Funders & Stakeholders
Funders
The Teachers’ Professional Journeys study is jointly funded by the Teaching Council and the Department of Education on behalf of the Government of Ireland.
For more information, visit the Teaching Council and Department of Education.
Stakeholders
TPJ stakeholders represent key groups that are consulted throughout the life of the project 2024-30.
- Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS)
- Department of Education (DE)
- Teaching Council (TC)
- National Parents Council (NPC)
School Management Bodies
- Joint Managerial Body (JMB)
- Association of Community & Comprehensive Schools (ACCS)
- Catholic Primary Schools Management Association (CPSMA)
- National Association of Boards of Management in Special Education (NABMSE)
Teacher support services
- Oide: Support service for teachers and school leaders
Teacher Unions
- Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI)
- Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI)
- Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO)
National agencies, networks
- National Council for Special Education (NCSE)
- National Association for Principals & Deputy Principals (NAPD)
- Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI)
- National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA)
- HEIs involved in ITE
Research Design
TPJ study is an accelerated longitudinal mixed-methods study focused on understanding the dynamics of teacher learning and development from the final year of initial teacher education (ITE) through the first nine years of teachers’ work within classrooms and schools in the context of the wider education system at primary, post primary and further education (FE) sectors in Ireland.
Ethics & Data Protection
The Teachers’ Professional Journeys study Research ethics approval is being undertaken via the UL Education and Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee. The study is compliant with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that protects the personal data of student-teachers, teachers and school principals and other research participants that are involved in the study. The joint data controllers for TPJ are the Teaching Council and the Department of Education. The data processors in the study are UL, ESRI, and MIC.
