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Please note the NIPT Office will be closed from 5pm on Friday, 28th July 2017 until 9am on Monday, 14th August 2017.
If you have a query in the meantime, please email info@teacherinduction.ie and we will be in touch on our return.
The National Induction Programme for Teachers will run Information Seminars for Primary principals on the Droichead process in 2017/18.
Please click below for dates and venues for the September seminars
The Teaching Council decided to proceed with the implementation of the revised Droichead policy with immediate effect at its meeting on 8th May.
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The INTO directive, which prohibited co-operation with Droichead, was lifted with immediate effect by the CEC at its meeting on Friday May 12th.
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Please click here for details of Professional Support Team Training for schools wishing to implement the Droichead process.
Professional Support Team (PST) training is a 4-day training event provided to enable schools to support an NQT through the Droichead process.
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Post-Primary Registered Droichead Schools are available here:
Droichead Quality Assurance process was initiated with a view to examining the quality and consistency of the Droichead process in a number of schools involved in the Droichead pilot phase which commenced in September 2013. To read the 2017 DQA Report, please click on the link below:
The aim of the research will be to provide an insight into the profile of the schools engaging in Droichead and the PST members. To examine the elements of the NIPT training and support which has an impact on the teachers practice and best supports their role, to investigate the benefits and challenges encountered in their role as PST members and to highlight to what extent engaging in the Droichead process is changing the school culture.