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Competency-Based Recruitment and Selection for Principal and Deputy Principal Appointments

  • Mullingar Park Hotel (map)

ACCS will deliver an in-person training session to support chairpersons of boards of management, principals, and selection committee members in managing the recruitment and selection process, and conducting a competency-based interview for the appointment of a principal or deputy principal.

WHAT THE TRAINING COVERS:

  • Roles and responsibilities of the board of

  • management and selection committee

  • Key stages of the appointment process, from

  • advertising to job offer

  • Effective competency-based interview questioning

  • Evidence-based evaluation of candidates

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? This training is particularly relevant for schools anticipating a principal or deputyprincipal vacancy in the coming school year, including:

  • Chairpersons of boards of management

  • Principals

  • Educationalists serving on selection committees

It is important that members of selection committees for principal/deputy principal appointments are trained in competency-based interviewing.

DATE: 25/02/2027

TIME: 10.00 am - 1.00 pm

VENUE: Mullingar Park Hotel, Co. Westmeath.