Minister McHugh welcomes new online substitute teacher recruitment website for primary and post-primary schools
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Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh TD has today (Thursday 12 December) praised the two main principals’ and deputy principals’ organisations for creating a new recruitment website for substitute teachers.
The Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN) and the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals (NAPD) have created the online Sub Seeker service to match available teachers with short term substitute vacancies in schools.
Minister McHugh said:
“Congratulations to the IPPN and NAPD on the new online recruitment service. It will make it easier for schools to recruit substitute teachers.
“I hope it will build on the steps that the department is taking on teacher supply and the work others are undertaking to help address staffing challenges in schools. The Turasabhaile.com initiative involving post primary school management bodies, including the ETBI, ACCS, JMB as well as the NAPD, shows the benefit of new recruitment models.
“Collaboration and engagement with and between all stakeholders is important to tackle the issue of teacher supply in schools across the country.
“I want to encourage teachers and schools to register with the new online service. Their engagement will be key to its success.”
Sub Seeker is accessed from educationposts.ie and is live from today.
Páiric Clerkin, IPPN chief executive, said:
“Sub Seeker will assist school leaders with short term recruitment and hopefully ensure that every available primary and second level substitute teacher can be employed instantly to cover absences.”
Clive Byrne, National Director of the NAPD, said:
“Colleagues are experiencing such a shortage of qualified substitutes that it makes sense for NAPD and IPPN to collaborate and pool our respective systems in a new partnership called Sub Seeker. I hope that Sub Seeker will become a ‘one stop shop’ for colleagues seeking substitutes.”
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Teachers available for substitute work and schools seeking to recruit substitute teachers must register with the service, which is free to use.
Steering Group on Teacher Supply: The Steering Group on Teacher Supply is leading the development of a programme of actions on teacher supply and overseeing its implementation. The Steering Group is chaired by the Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills.
Teacher Supply Structures: The Teacher Supply Implementation Group supports the work of the Steering Group. The Implementation Group is in turn supported in its work by a number of working groups which consider and report on particular issues.
Teacher Supply Action Plan: The Teacher Supply Action Plan contains a range of priority actions identified through the work of the Steering Group and engagement with stakeholders.
These actions are classified under four broad headings:
The Teacher Supply Action Plan is available here:
More information on Sub Seeker is available from the IPPN here: educationposts.ie/page/subseeker.