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- The steps you must follow are: 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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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 ...
- Summer Programme 2024
This year’s Home Based Summer Programme is now available....
- Summer Programme 2024
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.
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.
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??
- Introduction
- Student Eligibility Criteria
- Continuum of Support
- 2 Home-Based Programme
- 2.1 Allocation of Hours
- Who can Deliver a Small Group Arrangement?
- 2.5 Private Group Provider Arrangements
- 3.1 Who is eligible to participate in the programme?
- OR
- Who is not eligible to participate in the programme?
- Step 2 - Parent receives sanction email with link to Grant Claim Form
- Teacher/SNA working with more than one family
- Guidance for teaching and learning
- 4. Sourcing a Teacher/SNA
- 5. Child protection procedures and Garda vetting
- 6. Payment information for Teachers/SNAs
- Fully Qualified Post-Primary Teacher Rate: €50.50 per hour
- SNA: €17.37 per hour
- Bank details
- Deductions made from Home-Based Summer Programme payments
- PRSI
- Overpayments
The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of the Home-Based Summer Programme for 2023, 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 aim of the Department is to meet the n...
Home-Based Summer Programme is only available for children with complex special educational needs where their school is not running a Summer Programme or a place on a school-based programme is unavailable. Where a school is not running the School-Based Summer Programme they should prioritise those students with the greatest levels of need first f...
The Department has set out the Continuum of Support framework (available here) to assist schools in identifying and responding to student’s needs. This framework recognises that special educational needs occur along a continuum, ranging from mild to severe, and from transient to long term, and that students require different levels of support depen...
The Home-Based Programme should not commence until the sanction letter/email is received by the parent/legal guardian confirming eligibility.
The allocation of hours is 10 hours per week for a maximum 4 weeks for an eligible student whose school is not participating in a school-based programme or is not in a position to offer them a place on a school-based programme. Parents should be aware that an initial sanction does not permit your child to attend a facility where tuition is provided...
It is a requirement of the Small Group Arrangement that it must be delivered by a teacher who is qualified in the sector in which tuition is being provided, and is registered with the Teaching Council for the duration of the approved tuition, up to and including issue of final payment. Where all efforts have failed to secure the services of a tea...
The Department will approve a group provider arrangements between parents and private providers. This is subject to the private providers being in compliance with the published terms and conditions for Private Group Provider Arrangements and being approved to participate in advance of the programme commencing. Such arrangements must be sourced and...
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 17 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) studen...
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...
The sanction email that issues to the parent and school after the school enters their child’s details contains a link to a Grant Claim Form. The parent can complete PART 1 of the Grant Claim Form with their own details and that of their child as soon as they receive the form.
Where Teachers/SNAs are delivering the programme on a 1:1 basis, they may provide the programme to more than one family over the course of the summer. Teachers who carry out tuition in a Small Group Arrangement may carry out more than one such arrangement over the course of the summer. However, for each individual group, the children in the gro...
The NCSE provide resources to support the Home-Based Summer Programme. The resources support tutors to provide fun and engaging learning experiences for students that focus on consolidating relationships, supporting physical, social and emotional well-being, developing resilience, building their confidence as learners and developing skills and rout...
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...
Teachers/SNAs are paid per hour of tuition/care support delivered. The Department will only pay one hour’s pay for each hour worked regardless of the setting.
This is paid to a post-primary qualified teacher providing tuition to a post-primary student
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, fuel, subsistence, resources, materials etc
It is the responsibility of participating teachers/SNAs to ensure that the bank details held by the Department of Education are current. Where a teacher/SNA’s bank details need to be set up or amended the Bank Details Form provided at the back of the Grant Claim Form should be completed and returned. The Department does not hold the bank details of...
Under the terms of the Home-Based Summer Programme, parents/guardians engage teachers and SNAs in a private arrangement. Teachers/SNAs who work on the programme are considered self-employed. The Department acts as a payroll agent only on behalf of the parents/guardians. This is to facilitate compliance with statutory deduction provisions including ...
PRSI is administered by the Department of Social Protection. Within the PRSI system, the Department of Social Protection has classified payments made under the Home-Based Summer Programme as being liable for PRSI deductions at class “S”. Queries on PRSI should be directed to the Department of Social Protection at www.welfare.ie. Please note that ...
In the event of an overpayment 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 public monies...
Home-Based Summer Programme - Frequently Asked Questions. Q1. I am a teacher. I am interested in carrying out tuition in a small group arrangement. How many hours of tuition can I provide to this group and how many hours will I be paid for? A1. The following table outlines the breakdown of hours which can be provided in a shared setting. _______
Mar 21, 2024 · Where a school is not running a Summer Programme or a place on a school-based or alternative programme is unavailable, children and young people with complex special educational needs will be able to apply for the Home-based programme.
