Members who login will find a new section on the website under the Projects menu item. We have called it "Crisis Management", and it will contain information about policies, procedures, resources and links to websites that contain information that school leaders know that works in a critical incident situation in their schools.

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In the President's address to the annual conference of the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals in Irleland on October 16 2009, Ciarán McCormack looked briefly at the evolution of NAPD over the past decade and then focused in on the catastrophic effects of Budget ’08 on education over the ensuing year. Drawing on his experience at international level, the President reasserted the urgent need for Principals to be empowered and trusted to lead their schools.

(Published here with the permission of the NAPD.)

The final report from the Resourcing Schools project, in which the ICP worked with Jim Spinks to conduct research on the true costs of educating a child and to find how those costs matched the funds allocated to schools by employing bodies such as governments, is now available to ICP members on this website. This report is based on the research undertaken in Irleand by the Irish Primary Principals Network (IPPN) with Jim Spinks.

To access the report, please login to the Members Area and click on the Resourcing Schools menu item under Projects.