The term of office of registered teachers who were elected to the current Teaching Council comes to an end in April 2020. The Council has 37 members and 16 of these are teachers who are elected by teachers. An election for teacher members will be held in February/March 2020

The Teaching Council (Election of Members) Regulations, 2019 are available here »

Electoral Roll Now Available

In accordance with the Teaching Council (Election of Members) Regulations 2019, the Electoral Roll, comprising teachers whose name was on the Register at 5pm on 30 September 2019 is now available for inspection by Eligible Teachers.

A condensed version of the Electoral Roll, containing the name, teacher registration number and electoral category (including geographical constituency) is now available on the Teaching Council website Here. Eligible Teachers, who wish to take part in the election, are invited to inspect the Electoral Roll.

Amendments to the Electoral Roll
Eligible Teachers who wish to request an amendment to the Electoral Roll, in relation to omission and/or electoral category (including geographical constituency), may do so by completing the Request for Amendment to the Electoral Roll, which is available Here. Applications to amend the Electoral Roll will close on 20 December.

Nominations
Nomination as a candidate can be submitted between 9 and 30 January. Forms will be available on www.teachingcouncil.ie before and during that period. An e-zine will be issued at this time and an announcement will be placed on www.teachingcouncil.ie. Each teacher seeking nomination will need the signatures of 15 teachers. These teachers must be registered to vote in the electoral category and the geographic constituency of the teacher whose nomination they are supporting. The categories and constituencies are available Here.

Information about the nominated candidates will be available on www.teachingcouncil.ie in early February.

Election outcome
The results of the election will be announced as soon as possible after the election has closed and the new Council members will be formally appointed by the Minister for Education and Skills soon after.

More information
Eligible Teachers who wish to take part in the election are advised to visit the Teaching Council website on a regular basis for updated information. The Council will also issue emails to Eligible Teachers with updated information for each stage of the election.

The Bee Aware program is run in conjunction with the All Ireland Pollinator Plan and is a Roscommon County Council funded workshop, therefore free to primary schools. It is a two hour workshop on pollinators and Bees in particular.  It involves a question and answer session along with some colouring to help children to identify different Bumblebees.  Then there is a second session (after break) where the children come up with ideas on how to make their school grounds more pollinator friendly.  It's designed to cater for 30 children and is aimed at 3rd to 6th class.

Please visit https://pollinators.ie/schools/ to view the How-to-guide Develop a Pollinator Plan for your school for the teacher to look at and to give them some ideas prior to the workshop. There are 2 workshops available to schools in Co Roscommon and these will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.

If this is something your school is interested in please contact Janet Laffey  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. from Green Sod Ireland. www.greensodireland.ie

NOT TO BE MISSED...

The Dylexia at Bay Presentation will offer teachers a good insight into the difficulties students with dyslexia are experiencing. Not only will this presentation help boost Morale but also help teachers reflect on what they are doing well in the classroom.

Dyslexia at Bay Presentation for Post Primary Teachers on Wednesday 4th March 2020 @ 6pm at Carrick Education Centre.