Services for schools and school staff

1. Allocation of Teachers to Schools
2. Appointment forms
3. Boards of Management
4. Breaks and leave
5. Disciplinary procedures
6. Employee Assistance Service
7. Fixed term contracts
8. Foreign Teacher Exchange
9. Garda Vetting
10. National Nursing Pilot for Children with Complex Healthcare Needs Pilot Scheme
11. New teachers

12. Occupational Health Strategy
13. Payroll and financial
14. Posts of responsibility
15. Professional development
16. Registration with Teaching Council
17. Retirement and pensions
18. Secondment/Temporary Re-Assignment
19. SNA Allocations to Schools
20. SNAs recruitment and qualifications
21. SNA redundancy
22. Teacher Recruitment Registration and Qualifications

Services and information for teachers, Special Needs Assistants and non-teaching staff in schools.

If you can’t find what you are looking for here, try this link.

If you would like to contact the Payroll Division, please click the following link: https://dessurveys.education.gov.ie/surveys/Payroll-Query-Form

Allocation of Teachers to Schools

Special Needs Assistants Allocations

Appointment forms

Appointment and re-appointment forms for teachers and SNAs.

Boards of Management

School Boards of Management

Breaks and leave

Statutory and non-statutory leave entitlements for teachers and special needs assistants, see Breaks/leave for school staff.

Disciplinary procedures

Disciplinary Procedures (Teachers and Principals)

Employee Assistance Service

Fixed term contracts

Primary and post-primary teachers, see Fixed term contracts for teachers.

Foreign Teacher Exchange

Exchange opportunities for teachers, see German Teacher Exchange Scheme or French/Irish Teacher Professional Visit Scheme.

Garda Vetting

Requirements for school staff and volunteers are set out in Commencement of Statutory Requirements for Garda Vetting.

National Nursing Pilot for Children with Complex Healthcare Needs Pilot Scheme

New teachers

For information of interest to newly qualified teachers, see Teaching Transforms. Shape the Future.

Occupational Health Strategy

Occupational Health Strategy for teachers and special needs assistants and for clerical officers and caretakers employed in national schools under the 1978/79 scheme and clerical officers employed in post-primary schools under the 1978 scheme.

Payroll and financial

Payroll services for teaching, non-teaching and retired staff on Department of Education payrolls.

Contact Payroll here

Payroll Division

Address:

Payroll Division, Department of Education, Cornamaddy, Athlone, N37 X659

Summary:

Please provide your school roll number when contacting the Payroll Division to help us direct your enquiry to the correct staff member. If you don't know your school roll number, you can find it using our Find a School application.

Posts of responsibility

Posts of Responsibility in Schools

Professional development

Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST)

Registration with Teaching Council

Under section 30 of the Teaching Council Act 2001 people employed as teachers in recognised schools must be registered with the Teaching Council in order to be paid from public monies by the Department of Education or an ETB. For more see: Teaching Council registration.