School managers are hoping thousands of people will come forward to work as supervisors in their local second-level school by next Thursday.
Advertisements for candidates are appearing in the national media this weekend and applications should be with school boards by Thursday at 5 p.m.
Successful candidates will be paid a minimum of €68.56 a day for two hours of supervision/sub-stitution work. They will be paid €34.28 for every hour of additional work.
Schools will be given a grant of €1,270 for every teacher employed in the school. School managers are hoping that more people than needed will apply. In that case, a short-list would be in operation and those with "relevant experience" are expected to get preference. However they are encouraging anyone with an interest to apply.
Those accepted will have to supervise pupils on the school premises, in classrooms and the schoolyard.
A day's training will be given, plus an induction session in the school, said the Joint Managerial Body yesterday. Those doing the training will be paid €100, and €68.56 for the induction session.
The JMB said the training would be necessary because many of those involved would have no experience "in the type of duty to be fulfilled or of the particular difficulties of dealing with large groups of children".
Supervision normally occurs in the morning, twice during breaktimes and when school is over in the evening.
However, supervisors will also be needed to oversee classes during the day, and many schools are expected to have enough work to keep people busy for most of the day.
