20TRA362 Supporting Primary Principals Group

This hour long interactive online meeting via Zoom will be faciliated by Jack Durkan a former Primary School Principal who is now an associate with both the IPPN and the PDST Leadership team. It will be an informal meeting discussing the key concerns and issues school face in the final term. It will give Principals the opportunity to share ideas and concerns amongst themselves and hopefully help them navigate the final term of the school year. 

Jack Durkan M.ED

Former Principal in Togher Boys’ Primary School; recently retired to take up a position with the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN) on their Leadership Support Team. B.Ed Degree from Mary Immaculate College, Limerick and holds a Master’s Degree in School Leadership and School Management from University of Hull.

Associate with PDST on the Leadership Team. Lectures and Tutors on the PGDELM (Future Leaders Programme) with NUIM (Maynooth).

Jack is a trained Relationship Counsellor and is a qualified Executive Coach and Mentor. He also works with Ireland’s Centre for School Leadership (CSL).  

Current Chairperson BOM Blarney St CBS Cork.