These guidelines have been prepared under the direction of the Curriculum Committee for SPHE established by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment.
| Chairperson | Sally Sheils | Irish National Teachers’ Organisation |
| Committee members | Des Broderick | Irish Federation of University Teachers |
| Denis Coleman | Irish National Teachers’ Organisation |
| Angela Griffin | Irish National Teachers’ Organisation |
| Audrey Johnston | Church of Ireland General Synod Board of Education |
| Sr Regina Lydon | Association of Primary Teaching Sisters/Teaching Brothers’ Association |
| Marion Lyon | National Parents Council—Primary |
| Colm Ó Ceallacháin | Department of Education and Science |
| Mícheál Ó Cinnéide | National Parents Council—Primary |
| Carmel O’Doherty | Irish National Teachers’ Organisation |
| Proinsias Ó Dughaill | Department of Education and Science |
| Clare O’Leary | Catholic Primary School Managers’ Association |
| Eileen O’Sullivan | Management of Colleges of Education |
| Education officers to 1996 | Carmel O’Doherty | |
| Eileen O’Sullivan | |
| Education officer | Noreen Kavanagh | |