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Primary

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Mainstream with Special Classes

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Co-Educational

Catholic

DEIS 2

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St David's NS is a co-educational DEIS Band 2 school in Artane, Dublin 5. We have 13 mainstream classes and 5 special classes

The Board of Management of St David’s National School invites applications for the position of Administrative Deputy Principal. This permanent position will be appointed through open competition in line with circular 0044/2019.

The roles and responsibilities of this post relate to the four domains of leadership and management as specified in circular 0044/2019 and Looking at Our School 2022.

1. Leading teaching and Learning
2. Managing the Organisation
3. Leading School development
4. Developing Leadership Capacity

Some of the key duties of the role include:

• The rollout of the Primary Curriculum Framework
• DEIS planning
• Develop, implement and review policies
• Oversee the organisation and operation of our special classes
• Manage the deployment of the SNAs in mainstream and special classes
• Behaviour management and the implementation of the Relate programme

Eligibility Criteria:
• Applicants must be fully registered with the Teaching Council (Route 1, Primary)
• Have a minimum of five years recognised teaching service, two of which must be in a recognised school in the Republic of Ireland.

At regular intervals, but at minimum every two years, the Deputy Principal is required to undertake a review with the Principal. Roles and responsibilities will be reviewed in the context of the changing needs and priorities of the school and the professional development of the Deputy Principal. This may result in the reassignment of roles/responsibilities.