ACCS/info Bulletin 11/19
Thu, Feb 28th, 2019
The Secretary,
Board of Management and
School Principal in
each Community and Comprehensive School.
Members of the Executive of ACCS.
ACCS/Info Bulletin 11/19
Re: ACCS Invitation to all Community & Comprehensive Schools to participate in a Middle Leaders Training Programme.
ACCS has developed a new in-service to assist Boards of Management in supporting colleagues in middle leadership positions in school. This in-service will be delivered as part of the ACCS annual CPD programme and will be rolled out in a pilot phase in year one to 25 schools on a first come, first served basis. Boards of Management are invited to nominate a total of three delegates, one API, one APII and one member of the senior leadership team to attend this in-service. As places are limited and there is a very high demand for this in-service from schools, delegates are required to commit to both residentials and to the entire in-service programme.
Context:
DES Circular 0003/2018
School Self Evaluation (SSE)
Looking at Our School 2016 – a quality framework for post primary schools
Programme Objectives:
To develop a shared understanding of distributed leadership by API, APII and the SLT/SMT in school in the current context.
To build leadership capacity in school.
To explore the LAOS framework and effective change management strategies.
To establish a robust culture which supports effective pedagogy in the classroom.
To consider the central importance of relationships and communication when working with stakeholders.
Cost: The cost to the school based on the in-service programme, materials and overnight single room plus meals per residential is €300 per person.
Total cost of the in-service to the school for three delegates for the two residentials = €1,800.
In order to participate fully, delegates will be required:
To complete work on an area of in-school research/activities in the area of distributed leadership in their own school.
To take learning back to school and to disseminate to the Board of Management, SLT, other post holders and staff in school.
To familiarise themselves with LAOS, SSE, Circular 0003/2018 and any other recommended reading during the in-service.
To bring along one of the School Improvement Plans (SIP) in the context of understanding their own reality.
To bring a fully charged device along to each residential.
Timeframe and Proposed Structure of In-service:
Residential 1: 9th & 10th April 2019.
Venue: The Mullingar Park Hotel, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.
Time: 9th April: 2 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. 10th April: 9.30 a.m. – 3.30 p.m.
Residential 2: 6th & 7th November 2019.
Venue: To be confirmed
Time: 6th November: 2 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. 7th November: 9.30 a.m. – 3.30 p.m.
Registering Delegates:
Boards of Management are now invited to nominate three delegates (one API, one APII and one member of the senior leadership team) by completing the attached booking form and return to ediver@accs.ie as soon as possible. Delegates’ will be allocated a place on the Middle Leaders Training Programme on a first come, first served basis.
Is mise,
le mór mheas,
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John Irwin,
General Secretary ACCS.