Recruitment

The Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST) is a cross-sectoral support service under the remit of the Teacher Education Section of the Department of Education and Skills (DES) and is managed by Dublin West Education Centre (DWEC). The PDST offers professional development support to primary and post-primary teachers and school leaders. The work of the PDST contributes to school improvement by providing high quality CPD on curricular and educational issues, fostering reflective practice and ongoing development among teachers and school leaders.

Amongst the priorities for the Department of Education and Skills for the coming years is the implementation of proposals to improve literacy and numeracy in both primary and post-primary schools. Other key priorities include support for implementing the new Primary Language Curriculum, school leadership, school self-evaluation, health and wellbeing, post primary subjects and programmes and the Digital Strategy for Schools.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR FULL-TIME SECONDMENT POSITIONS IN THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICE FOR TEACHERS

There are opportunities available and panels may be formed from which successful candidates may be appointed as:

School year 2018/19

a) Team Leader for CPD Design and Research;

b) Team Leader for Leadership (including School Improvement  and Section 24 supports);

School year 2019/20

c) Advisor for Digital Technologies (Primary) - This advisor will primarily work in the West/North West region - Sligo, Mayo, Donegal, Roscommon and Galway.

For further details on these full time secondment positions, including a job description and application form, please click on the links in the table below. This information is also available upon request from recruitment@pdst.ie

The closing date for applications is Thursday 28th March 2019 at 3pm.

There are currently no part time positions available.