NEW 2022 Assistant Principal Competition - Open and Interdepartmental

2 days ago I got email from public jobs and froze ...here we go the results....but only a bleedin survey request !!! today got email and froze again...and Whoop Whoop I passed. I cannot believe it...I was convinced I'd made an absolute .... of it. I have a pal that says if ya keep knocking on a door it will open..so to anyone on here that has not been successful at any stage of this comp just keep knocking on the door. Congrats to all those that have survived this insane journey to AP land (Im guessing they are saving the best to last ....depending on what Dept you end up in 😀) and best of luck to those who still have the s...fest of presentation and interview ahead.

😀😀 and the rest.....thanks so much

Hi Tmea, I also was very relieved to get through this batch, got my results yesterday also. I emailed to clarify my OOM and asked about how quickly panels generally clear. This current panel that they've created from the recent interviews is 3.1, I was told that there are approximately 14 ahead of me to be called for clearance before my position is reached. My OOM is 7. I still don't know how quickly they go through these panels or how frequently positions become available. Still a while to keep my fingers crossed!

Hang in there for those still waiting.

Wow you’re right. I thought there would be a lot more ahead of us. A bit nervous now on timescales but guess we just gotta ride it out. I’m external so a little worried about when they would ask for employer references etc. Don’t want current employer to be tipped off too early without knowing more about which specific offer (location etc) is on the table.

They're currently clearing the Open panel in batch 2.2, I'd guess there are 5 to 10 left on that panel. They'll move onto batch 3, Interdepartmental after that. There have been approximately 240 AP appointments every year for the past four years in the Dublin region. So it works out at 20 per month, or a little under 5 per week.

Oh well done! What location were you? I’m Dublin

Is that 7 on open stream or interdepartmental do you mind me asking? Congrats that's a great result

So we will 100 per cent definitely be called for a placement around this position right? I came into this process

without knowing too much about it so have no clue

I think so. I think it’ll be soon enough.

do you mind me asking on what date you did your interview. I’m in the next batch and got the same OOM in the next batch and am trying to get a sense of how long it will take before they contact me for clearance

Same here! Hoping the topics are received this week in order to have 7 days to submit. I feel like we need a support group going through this 😆

For anyone with interviews coming up I found Brian McIvor on youtube very useful. His webpage is www.brianmcivor.com also. He has a free book Be Interview-Wise which you can order off his website and its a real nugget of tips and steers. Best of luck all.

i felt it was quite fast paced. Have your examples relating to the different competencies versed using the STAR framework. They were really nice. The usual stuff really

2 weeks

AP Comms results are out - well done to anyone who made the qualifying standard and commiserations to anyone who didn't