May 2020

I am an administrative principal for almost a decade now. I have just taken the very difficult decision to step down from September. I love my school and have a wonderfully supportive staff. The children and parents are a joy to work with. However, over the past two years in particular, I have become more […]

I am sitting at my desk for the second Saturday morning in a row, trying to complete work that I didn’t get to during the week and that unfortunately can’t wait (curriculum planning day on Tuesday and I am only getting an opportunity to search through the resources on PDST now!). The workload of principals,

As a principal I wish to get out and finish my years teaching the children in a manner that respects each child’s uniqueness. Today I hate being a Principal. I work like a dog because I’m a professional educator and I’m proud of my profession and those who went before me. Where does one start

It is 24th of July. My daughter just gleefully announced to her sisters “Yay, Mammy is going to play with us today!” It is a rare occasion – she is delighted and immediately somewhat cynical. I have been in school every day since the holidays managing a massive backlog of paperwork from this cruel school

I began teaching in in February 2001. It is a rural school and had 3 teachers at that time and we gained another teacher in 2004. I became principal in September 2009. The first few years were busy but not too stressful. ∙ Policies were created and ratified. ∙ I applied and got the free

I am a teaching principal in a 5 teacher school. We are going to 6 teachers in September while also opening the 1st of 2 ASD classes. I am currently on maternity leave but since my baby has been 3 weeks old I’ve been dealing with an objection to planning permission for our temporary accommodation.

This is my second year in the role of teaching principal – I’m currently acting principal in my school (4 classes) and there is little about the job so far that would entice me to continue in the role if my principal were to decide not to return to the role. There is no job

I am a Teaching Principal in a three teacher school ( plus ** S.E.T. teachers!) I am almost ** years old and I have been absent on sick leave since early June 2017. My health has completely broken down. The past two years have been a very expensive nightmare of visiting doctors, dentists, two neurologists

For your submission I am focusing on just one area, that of the Board of Management and the Principal. As a primary school principal I am responsible for everything and everybody. I am the human resources department, the accounts department, data protection officer, compliance officer, health and safety officer, administrator, maintenance officer, child protection officer,

I’ve been teaching for 15 years and in this teaching principal job for 5 years. In those 5 years I feel I have aged 20. I never before suffered with stress and now I do everyday trying to do this impossible job (2 jobs).No matter how long or hard I work I never feel on