EPV days for Post Primary

Stayfrosty2 · 10-09-2013 7:16pm #1

Not to seek more than I'm due but I'm working as an Irish teacher in a secondary school and during the holidays I spend time working in the gaeltacht.
Am I entitled to epv days like primary teachers are as it's viewed as professional development?

Thanks for any answers.

Boober Fraggle · 10-09-2013 7:43pm

Secondary teachers dont get epv days.

If you need a day off, you can take a personal day, which you find cover for yourself from among your colleagues. You need to ask permission from the principal first, some schools are more formal than others in this regard. You are entitled to 5 of these in the year.

implausible · 10-09-2013 8:25pm

Boober Fraggle wrote: »

Secondary teachers done get epv days.

If you need a day off, you can take a personal day, which you find cover for yourself from among your colleagues. You need to ask permission from the principal first, some schools are more formal than others in this regard. You are entitled to 5 of these in the year.

Not in VEC schools you aren't. If you need a day not covered under the other types of leave, you have to apply to the VEC

"in respect of occasional brief absences owing to reasonable causes."

and they are under no obligation to allow them.

I assume OP, that this work in the Gaeltacht is paid. Why would you be entitled to time off just because it happens to be in a Gaeltacht?

Stayfrosty2 · 10-09-2013 8:47pm

Fair point!!

Just said I'd ask as a primary teacher friend of mine presumed I'd get them too!
His mates get 5 epv days or whatever for working in the gaeltacht...which is paid by the way and is viewed as professional development!!

implausible · 10-09-2013 9:53pm

Stayfrosty2 wrote: »

Fair point!!

Just said I'd ask as a primary teacher friend of mine presumed I'd get them too!
His mates get 5 epv days or whatever for working in the gaeltacht...which is paid by the way and is viewed as professional development!!

That's mad! I'll be attending a very relevant course on a Saturday soon and my principal says that he can't even knock the 6 hours off my Croke Park hours, never mind a day off!!

whiteandlight · 11-09-2013 2:21pm

implausible wrote: »

That's mad! I'll be attending a very relevant course on a Saturday soon and my principal says that he can't even knock the 6 hours off my Croke Park hours, never mind a day off!!

We got a concession from our principal for 3 hours of the croke parke for courses after it came up at a staff meeting last year. Most of the courses are longer but at least it's something

spurious · 11-09-2013 2:37pm

Just like the silly S&S scheme, how Croke Park hours operate in different schools varies hugely.

joebloggs32 · 11-09-2013 9:31pm

Musicmental85 wrote: »

We got a concession from our principal for 3 hours of the croke parke for courses after it came up at a staff meeting last year. Most of the courses are longer but at least it's something

More than in my place. Wouldn't give anything

ethical · 13-09-2013 9:23pm

It makes me laugh the way some teachers are treated by their principals,we all know that you do not have to attend 100% of Croke Park hours....but if your effin principal is a bollocks or the female equivalent they will request you attend 100% of the time even if you are not permanent.If you are p/t,you attend pro rata.This is the sh1te secondary school teachers in Ireland have to put up with Minister Quinn would be better off bringing out a no bullying policy for staff before a similar one for students. Why do we have to put up with this crap where one teacher can nod and wink and get away with everything whereas another teacher has to go through the ringer to get their dues.

EPV days for Post Primary

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