Leaving Cert students may face single English exam, with project in fifth year
New plans aimed at easing stress facing students in the traditional high stakes written exams
Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland
Teachers to be asked to upskill outside teaching hours to reduce disruption
Reform proposals form part of ‘exploratory’ reforms linked to public sector pay deal
Teachers should not be forced to deliver ‘sensitive’ sex education classes - union
New curriculum - including sexual consent and attitudes to pornography - to be mandatory at senior cycle
‘Find a substitute? You must be joking’: Teacher shortage forces schools to scramble to fill gaps
Principals point to range of factors affecting teacher availability, including housing costs, lack of permanent posts and length of time it takes to qualify
Moves to address teacher shortages have failed ‘to make dent’ in problem, says ASTI
Most schools had vacancies last year, only one in five of those that advertised received applications - union survey
Yoga, pilates, coding clubs: schools encouraged to make facilities available to the wider community
Any income from renting premises will not affect schools’ State grants, capitation fees or other public funding
Are the mistakes of Junior Cycle reform about to be repeated in the Leaving Cert?
There used to be more than 20 mandatory student practicals in the science subjects but in the new specification there are just 10 to 12 experiments
Teacher union members indicate high levels of support for proposed merger
Survey of ASTI and TUI members indicates overwhelming majority favour merger talks proceeding
Templeogue College teacher labels principal ‘a corridor angel and an office devil’
Jennifer Clancy, a former part-time Spanish teacher at the Spiritan-run school, was giving evidence to the Workplace Relations Commission
Many parents unaware special education staff do not need additional qualifications, conference hears
ASTI event told key roles such as co-ordinators of education supports for students with additional needs not officially recognised
‘We can’t afford to live in the capital’: Could a Dublin allowance improve teacher supply?
We asked delegates at teaching union conferences if they support calls for teachers in urban areas to be paid more to reflect higher living costs
‘It hits you in the heart’: Teacher considered leaving school over ‘ridicule’ on TikTok
ASTI teachers back calls for stronger laws to prevent online abuse and cyberbullying
Teacher unions ASTI and TUI announce survey of members over possible merger
Move could pave way for single union with 40,000 teachers at second and third level.
‘Children are using AI, whether we like it or not’
Delegates at the teaching unions’ conferences discuss the rise of artificial intelligence in the classroom
Artificial intelligence poses cheating risk to Leaving Cert, teachers warn
Reforms aim to reduce pressure on candidates by spreading assessment load, Norma Foley says
No megaphones or slow handclaps: why Norma Foley can expect easier ride at this year’s teachers’ conferences
Teaching unions have signed up to a public sector pay deal by a huge margin of up to 85 per cent
Half of younger teachers consider emigration due to living costs - poll
Teaching unions’ Easter conferences get under way with debate around recruitment ‘crisis’ set to dominate
‘By Friday, I’m so tired I can barely see straight’: The rise of long-distance commuting teachers
Staff shortages linked to high living costs will dominate teacher unions’ annual conferences this year
Teacher unions ASTI and TUI to survey members over potential merger
Presidents of both organisations describe opportunity of amalgamation as ‘seismic moment’ in education
Enoch Burke fails to remove ‘promoter of transgenderism’ from dismissal appeal panel
Judge rejects attempt to remove ASTI general secretary Kieran Christie from three-person panel hearing appeal
Teachers’ unions progress talks over ‘seismic’ merger of ASTI and TUI
New union would represent 40,000 teachers at second and third level
Crisis in the staffroom: ‘Teaching was once assumed to be a soft number. That’s over now’
Many secondary schools are unable to fill vacancies, affecting educators and their pupils
Hundreds of teaching posts unfilled a week before schools reopen
Second level schools forced to hire unqualified staff to fill key subjects, says principals’ group
‘It’s a nightmare’: Lack of affordable housing fuelling teacher shortage, principals say
Filling of vacant ‘specialist’ teaching roles – such as home economics, technology and woodwork – becoming increasingly difficult
Population bulge means record numbers will sit Leaving Cert and Junior Cycle exams
Candidates with Covid may access deferred sitting, while those with a runny nose advised to attend
Pension fund charges: What are the standard fees on additional voluntary contributions?
Q&A: You are entitled to clear answers on what you are paying and why. don’t get fobbed off with fast-talking and industry jargon
Breda O’Brien: Norma Foley’s half-baked reform of the Leaving Cert ought to be abandoned
Students and teachers are now united in opposing rushed plans that would create more problems than they would solve
Newton Emerson: Britain has been helping to house key workers for two decades. What about Ireland?
It is time to look at subsidising homes for teachers, nurses, doctors
‘Absolutely the wrong decision’: Move to return to traditional Leaving Cert criticised
Calls for Government to consider another hybrid Leaving Cert instead of written exams
Further talks planned by exams group as calls continue for hybrid Leaving Cert
Majority of parents and students support hybrid model, surveys indicate
State exams body ‘advancing preparations’ for Leaving Cert exams
Students' group says State exams cannot go ahead as plans due to Covid disruption
Leaving Cert cannot go ahead as planned this year, students’ union says
Students have been ‘very vocal’ about disruption to education caused by Covid-19
‘No justification’ for hybrid Leving Cert exams this year, say teachers’ unions
TUI and ASTI say calls for choice between exams and predicted grades ‘unhelpful’
Omicron spike: Teachers entitled to medical-grade face masks
Department of Education says schools may use Covid-19 funding to supply higher grade masks to staff
Foley confirms schools will reopen on Thursday
Public health officials advise ‘no rationale’ for keeping facilities shut beyond this week
Omicron wave: Government faces standoff with teaching unions over schools reopening
Unions and school management bodies to meet Minister for Education today
Coronavirus: Call for staggered school reopening amid Omicron surge
‘Harm’ of school closures on children outlined by Government rapporteur
Teachers’ unions await public health advice on return to school
South Dublin principal warns many schools may not be able to reopen due to Covid issues
Education sector calls for guidance on how to use ventilation funds
Schools and childcare facilities to get €72 million in Covid grants
New close contacts rule ‘may lead to more pupils being sent home’
Teacher supply set to shrink further, school managers warn
No data available on numbers of unvaccinated teachers
Department believes ‘vast majority’ of staff will be vaccinated before schools restart
‘Unacceptable’ changes to vaccine rollout should be reversed, teachers’ union says
Teachers angry and dismayed at revision, but no threat to school reopening, ASTI says
Jennifer O’Connell: We do not elect politicians so they can pass the buck on Covid
You might have fairness on your side, but you get nowhere in this country without a lobby
Covid-19: Teachers urge rethink on resuming special education classes
Still unclear if planned reopening of special needs schools will go ahead on Thursday
Feeder schools: Do they help or harm education?
Academic performance alone does not define a student’s secondary school education
Schools welcome decision to close until January 11th
Cabinet moves to delay reopening after 21 clusters reported during seven days
Some schools missing up to 10 teachers over wait for Covid-19 test result – ASTI
Teachers’ trade union repeats calls for rapid testing and contact tracing system for schools
Some school staff told to ‘reuse’ masks due to shortage, union claims
Covid-19 committee to be told some teachers and SNAs being asked to reuse face masks
ASTI struggles with infighting and internal dysfunction
Members argue the union needs a strategy beyond resisting compromise at all costs
Are junior cycle reforms on the right track?
Critics claim the State is about to take a wrong turn on secondary school education
A guide to junior cycle reforms: what parents need to know
Some children could be at risk of losing 10% in their English exam due to a union dispute
How teacher unions have been divided and conquered
Staffroom tensions simmer as different tactics drive a wedge between representatives
Public sector pay commission ‘will have no power,’ says ASTI
Union says first step in resolving dispute would be for Government to say they ‘believe in equal pay for equal work’
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