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- 1) Contact your school Principal to discuss registering for the home based Summer Programme. 2) Complete the “ Application Form for Sanctioning ” document and return it immediately to your school Principal. 3) The school will then complete an online application via a DES web portal.
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Application Process. What is the application process for 2022? What steps need to be taken before the programme commences? Where can parents source Teachers/SNAs? Grant Claim Form. Categories of Eligible Teachers/SNAs. Are parents permitted to employ newly qualified teachers to work on the home-based summer programme??
- Background
- Student eligibility criteria
- Sibling allocations
- Conditions required for individual allocations for siblings
- Who is eligible to participate in the programme
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- Who is not eligible to participate in the programme
- Step 1 - Application for Sanction
- Step 2 - Parent receives Grant Claim Form
- Step 3 - Parent engages a Teacher/SNA
- Step 4 - Delivery of programme
- Sourcing a Teacher/SNA
- Child protection criteria and garda vetting
- Tuition in a group setting
- Payment information for Teachers/SNAs
- Fully Qualified Post-Primary Teacher Rate: €47.55 per hour
- SNA: €16.77 per hour
- Deductions made from payments
- PRSI
- Overpayments
The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of the Home-Based Summer Programme for 2022, explain the application process and outline the terms and conditions of the programme. It should be read carefully before making an application and also referred to throughout the duration of the programme. The Department of Education considers that...
Students with complex needs for whom there is no school-based programme available are eligible for the 2022 Home-Based Programme. For the purposes of the Home-Based Programme students with complex needs are defined as: Any student enrolled in a special school or a special class - primary and post primary Students presenting with the most significa...
Allocations for siblings are broadly reflective of the school grouping principle. This is where one teacher is allocated to a group of six students with complex needs in schools. To allow for the differentiated needs of siblings with complex needs in the home, an increased shared allocation is provided for siblings as set out in the table below:
Separate allocations of 10 hours per week will be provided to a child where that child is: Attending school at a different educational sector to their sibling – (i.e. one child is primary and the other is post-primary) One child is in a specialised setting (i.e. one child in a special class or a special school and the other child in mainstream) ...
In order to participate in the Home-Based Summer Programme a parent must engage the services of: • a qualified teacher, registered and vetted with the Teaching Council of Ireland to provide tuition Where a parent cannot source a teacher who is qualified in the same school sector as their child, primary or post primary, they may engage the service...
• an SNA who has been vetted and has been employed by a school in some capacity (full, parttime or temporary basis) and is aged 18 or over, to provide care support. The Teaching Council and Irish Primary Principals Network (IPPN) will promote the summer programmes with this year’s graduate teachers, Professional Masters of Education (PME) student t...
A teacher/SNA who is availing of approved paid or unpaid leave from his/her employment during the period of the Home-Based Summer Programme is not eligible to participate in the Home-Based Summer Programme. However, a teacher/SNA who is on Career Break or Jobsharing may be employed as a teacher/SNA during the period of the Home Based Summer Progra...
Each of the steps below should be read carefully. Failure to follow the steps may lead to ineligible claims or a delay in payment. Payment cannot be made in respect of children who are not covered by the programme Application Forms for Sanctioning and this Overview/Terms and Conditions document have been provided directly to all recognised sch...
A link to a Grant Claim Form will also be provided with the sanction email and the school is requested to print a copy for the parent Notes have been provided with the Grant Claim Form to explain each step of the process and when each part should be completed The parent can complete PART 1 of the Grant Claim Form with their own details and that o...
Once the parent has received a sanction email from the Department, they may engage the services of a teacher/SNA. Information on sourcing a teacher/SNA where the school cannot recommend one is provided in the section Sourcing a teacher/SNA If the parent is planning to participate in a group arrangement through a private provider they should contac...
The parent must keep a record of the daily provision by inserting the relevant date and time on the Timetable in PART 4 of the Grant Claim Form on the day each week in which tuition/care support is provided Where siblings have a shared allocation and are supported together by the same teacher/SNA both children’s names should be entered on the timet...
The Teaching Council and Irish Primary Principals Network (IPPN) will promote the summer programme with this year’s graduate teachers, Professional Masters of Education (PME) students and undergraduate student teachers to increase the supply of available teachers. To help parents source a teacher/SNA for the summer programme in their local area, th...
As the Home-Based Summer Programme takes place outside the usual school structure, parents should be mindful of additional risks or potential dangers involved in engaging Teachers/SNAs in a private arrangement. Parents should be particularly careful where teachers/SNAs are engaged who may not be familiar with some children’s highly complex medica...
The Department will approve a group arrangement between parents/ and private providers. This is subject to the private providers being in compliance with the published terms and conditions for group arrangements and being approved to participate in advance of the programme commencing. Such arrangements must be sourced and procured by parents/legal...
Teachers/SNAs are paid per hour of tuition/care support delivered.
This is paid to a post-primary qualified teacher providing tuition to a post-primary pupil
IMPORTANT: The above grant payment rates cover tuition/care support only and there is no additional grant aid available outside of that outlined above, to cover any other expenses which may be incurred by the teacher/SNA i.e. travel, subsistence, resources, materials etc.
Under the terms of the Home Based Summer Programme parents/guardians engage teachers and SNAs in a private arrangement. The Department acts as a payroll agent only on behalf of the parents/guardians. This is to facilitate compliance with statutory deduction provisions including taxation and associated provisions. Statutory deductions such as PAYE...
PRSI is administered by the Department Social Protection. Within the PRSI system the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has classified payments made under the Home Based Summer Programme as liable for PRSI deductions at class “S”. Queries on PRSI should be directed to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection ...
In the event of an overpayment of grant aid under the Home-Based Summer Programme, the overpayment will be recouped by the Department in consultation with the Teacher/SNA. If the Teacher/SNA is also in receipt of a salary or pension which is paid through a payroll operated by this Department, the overpayment will be recovered from that payment. As...
May 3, 2022 · A home-based summer programme is available for children with complex special educational needs where their schools are not providing a school-based programme. The allocation of hours is 10 per week for four weeks, where a student is eligible and their school is not participating in a school-based programme or is not in a position to offer the ...
You can apply for the home-based Summer Programme through your child’s school. The closing date for registration was 14 June 2024. You should not start a home-based programme until the Department of Education has confirmed that your child qualifies for the home-based Summer Programme.
May 3, 2022 · This year’s Home Based Summer Programme is now available. Closing date for registration has been extended until 21 June 2024. This year, all schools can offer a summer programme for students with complex special educational needs and those at risk of educational disadvantage.
May 26, 2022 · 1) Contact your school Principal to discuss registering for the home based Summer Programme. 2) Complete the “Application Form for Sanctioning” document and return it immediately to your school Principal. 3) The school will then complete an online application via a DES web portal.
2022 Home-Based Summer Programme Application Form for Sanctioning . Important information for parents. Please ensure you have read the Overview/Terms and Conditions document of the Home-Based Summer Programme fully before filling in this form: www.gov.ie/summerprogramme.
