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Who is involved in the interview process for primary school teaching vacancies?

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  • 04-12-2014 3:25pm
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    slickboy
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    Hi all,

    I am not a primary school teacher, and I have no knowledge whatsoever of how the primary education sector operates in Ireland.

    In a nutshell, I would love to know who is typically involved when candidates are interviewed for primary school teaching vacancies. Is the teacher(s_/principle of the school involved? The local parish priest? Members of the parent-teacher council of the school? etc.

    Thanks for any help.
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    desperate housewife
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    There are three people on the interview panel. One is the school principal, one is the chairperson of the board of management of the school, and one is a principal from another school of the same ethos. There must be at least one male and one female on the interview panel.


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    desperate housewife
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭desperate housewife


    Just to add, in some Catholic schools the parish priest might be the chairperson of the board of management so he might be on the interview panel for that reason


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    poolsandles
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    desperate housewife wrote: »
    One is a principal from another school of the same ethos.

    Not always. The third person, also known as an assessor, can also be a retired principal. The assessor is seen as an independent third party on the interview board.

    In recent years, I have noticed a lot of priests standing down as chairpersons of boards of management as they want nothing to do with interview boards. Lately it tends to be a member of the local community who is the chairperson in my experience.


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    byhookorbycrook
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    Ours is a Catholic school but we have never had a priest as chairperson of our board of management.


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    killbillvol2
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    There are 10 RC primary schools relatively close to ours. They all had a priest as chairperson when I started almost 30 years ago. There's only one now and he's doing his level best to get out of it.


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    slickboy
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    Thanks for your replies everyone.

    In relation to the chairperson of the board of management and the independent assessor/third party - is there a requirement that the people fulfilling these roles have previous experience working as a primary school teacher?


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    killbillvol2
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    slickboy wrote: »
    Thanks for your replies everyone.

    In relation to the chairperson of the board of management and the independent assessor/third party - is there a requirement that the people fulfilling these roles have previous experience working as a primary school teacher?

    Not for the chairperson. The independent assessor is taken from a panel made up of serving and former principals AFAIK.


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