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The Teaching Council has this week published a new Code of Professional Conduct for Teachers which will guide teachers’ professional judgement and practice. The Code sets out the standards of professional knowledge, skill, competence and conduct which are expected of registered teachers. In all, there are 33 such standards which reflect the complexity and variety of teaching and cover areas such as communication and relationships, equality and inclusion, compliance with national and school policies, professional development and pupil/student welfare. The standards are underpinned by four core values - respect, care, integrity and trust.

Fine Gael Senator for Galway West, Fidelma Healy Eames, has received confirmation from the Minister for Education that newly qualified teachers can use the JobBridge internship programme to complete their probation.

Two Kilkenny teachers are among 36 recipients nationally who, between them, received bursaries totalling €123,000 as part of the Kieran O’Driscoll Memorial Bursary Awards.

The Department of Education’s new National Induction Programme for Teachers will be taking place in The Galway Education Centre.

A Kilkenny teacher was recently awarded a research bursary by the Teaching Council, the regulatory body which promotes teaching as a profession and seeks to maintain and improve standards in teaching.