17 November 2015
The term of office of the current Teaching Council comes to an end in March 2016. The Council has 37 members and 16 of these are teachers who are elected by teachers. An election for teacher members will open in February and close in early March.
Teachers are strongly encouraged to vote. This is an important opportunity to help lead the development of national policy as it relates to teaching and learning, and regulation of the teaching profession. The elected members that you vote for will be in a position to make a significant contribution to this.
The Teaching Council (Election of Members) Regulations, 2015 are available here.
Nominations
Nomination as a candidate can be submitted between 8 January and 29 January. Forms will be available on this website before and during that period.
An e-zine will be issued at this time and a notice will be placed in three national newspapers and on this website. Each teacher seeking nomination will need the signatures of 15 teachers. These teachers must be registered to vote in the electoral category and the geographic constituency of the teacher whose nomination they are supporting.
The categories and constituencies are available here
Information about the nominated candidates will be available on this website in early February.
The electoral roll
The electoral roll, the list of registered teachers who may vote in the election, was finalised on 30 September 2015. Any teacher registered on that date is entitled to vote.
The electoral roll will be available for inspection from 1 December. Limited information from the electoral roll (name, registration number, category and constituency) will be available online. This is to help teachers to check that they are registered to vote.
There will be an opportunity in December to query or change your details on the roll.
How to vote
Voting will take place online. We hope that online voting will encourage more teachers to vote by making it quick and easy. You can vote securely on any device – PC, laptop, tablet or smart phone. We will send you a letter giving you instructions and two security pin numbers.
Voting will be open from 22 February to noon on 9 March.
Election outcomeThe results of the election will be announced as soon as possible after the election has closed and the new Council will be formally appointed soon after.
Up-to-date information about the Elections will be made available here.
