[cuddlebunny]

Hi Ulstergirl,
Thank you for the advice, might try and get a bit of classroom experience. Is there anyway you could forward on the notes you used, by any chance? that would be great, whenever you can, thank you.

[Flipflops2]

Hi I'm just reading this thread & I'm actually thinking of going back to do primary teaching also, I have an hons degree but I don't have a leaving cert, does this make a difference? I intended on doing honours Irish for the leaving as a stand alone subject, but will this be enough? I gave been trying to contact Hibernia for a few days by phone but to no avail, and I have emailed also. I'm guessing that they are busy attending to the current intake of student! Any help would be much appreciated & best of luck to all of you who are starting studying!

[brightblue]

hi, im not sure if this is the right thread to be posting on? im just wondering has anyone any information on getting a job after hibernia if u receive a pass award at the end of the course. Is it really important to get an honour , or do principals factor in everything u have done throughout the course? e.g how good t.p went etc?
any feedback really appreciated on this. thanks!

[anidon]

Hi Ulster girl - have just applied for the hibernia interview - so nervous about the interview - you said you could forward on the notes you use - would you mind sending it on to me please? I have started irish grinds just to refresh - just so nervous

[EricC]

Have just come on to this thread, am just wondering how all of you are now getting on that started the course last October and how those got on in their interview earlier this year.

Would really appreciate the feedback.

[byhookorbycrook]

Originally Posted by brightblue

hi, im not sure if this is the right thread to be posting on? im just wondering has anyone any information on getting a job after hibernia if u receive a pass award at the end of the course. Is it really important to get an honour , or do principals factor in everything u have done throughout the course? e.g how good t.p went etc?
any feedback really appreciated on this. thanks!

Honours or pass, jobs ,even subbing are like hen's teeth.

[torregolf]

Hi everyone, hope someone here could give me some advice on options to take for primary teaching. I have completed an undergrad and postgrad and now have a job in marketing. I've always wanted to do primary teaching but ignored any instincts to pursue and decided I'd like to try something different. Surprise surprise I've now decided I want to do primary teaching. I have all the leaving cert requirements but haven't spoken Irish since my LC 5 yrs ago. I'm now a mature student but understand that I can't get a grant because I've already done a masters? Could anyone please advise on which course is best? I would be open to travelling abroad but obviously cost is a big factor too. Also, I have a small bit of experience with secondary school subbing.

[Ulstergirl]

Originally Posted by torregolf

Hi everyone, hope someone here could give me some advice on options to take for primary teaching. I have completed an undergrad and postgrad and now have a job in marketing. I've always wanted to do primary teaching but ignored any instincts to pursue and decided I'd like to try something different. Surprise surprise I've now decided I want to do primary teaching. I
have all the leaving cert requirements but haven't spoken Irish since my LC 5
yrs ago. I'm now a mature student but understand that I can't get a grant
because I've already done a masters?
Could anyone please advise on which
course is best? I would be open to
travelling abroad but obviously cost is a
big factor too. Also, I have a small bit of
experience with secondary school
subbing.

Hi there, I'm doing the Hibernia primary teaching course at the minute and working full time, it's a busy course but enjoyable. If you think that might be an option for you and you want to ask me
any questions you can send me a pm.

[Jimmy Iovine]

Originally Posted by torregolf

I would be open to travelling abroad but obviously cost is a big factor too.

Have you considered doing a post grad in Wales? You can see from the information at the bottom of my post that you may be eligible for a fee grant.

The jobs market is completely different to Ireland. I had a look at a few websites last week and I found 20-30 jobs in the area from Birmingham up to Manchester. I was only looking at Catholic schools as well. I reckon I came across over 200 jobs. Easily.

I haven't even considered the rest of England either due to the fact that I wouldn't be able to get there for an interview. There could be another coupe of hundred, or even a thousand, jobs out there.

I read this article on the BBC's website and it says that there could be a serious shortage of teachers in England in a few years.

Shadow Education Secretary Stephen Twigg said an extra 15,000 teachers would be needed by 2014-15 as an additional 256,000 pupils start school. Mr Twigg said this was a "real and growing threat to school standards".

Mr Twigg's comments come less than two weeks after the National Audit Office warned that a quarter of a million extra school places would be needed in England by autumn 2014.

I don't really know why anyone would do a degree in Ireland without seriously considering doing one in Wales or England. Scotland is separate from the other two countries, I think. If you attend a course in Wales, then you can do your NQT year in Wales or England but not Scotland.

Originally Posted by torregolf

I'm now a mature student but understand that I can't get a grant because I've already done a masters?

I'm not sure if you're eligible in Ireland, but you may be able to get a £5,535 fee grant in Wales that does not have to be repaid. It reduces the cost of the course from £9,000 to £3,465. You can also take out a loan against that remaining £3.465.

If you will be studying in Wales and start your course on or after 1 September 2012 you may be eligible for a Fee Grant to cover part of the tuition fee amount charged by the university or college.
The Fee Grant amount is the difference between the maximum Tuition Fee Loan available (£3,465) and the Tuition Fee being charged by the university or college.
For example; Tuition Fee charged (up to £9,000) - Tuition Fee Loan maximum (£3,465) = Fee Grant entitlement (up to £5,535).
You will not be eligible to receive the Fee Grant if you are undertaking a course at a private university of college in Wales.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum.../dg_201463.pdf

[Beanie13]

my sister did hibernia 2006 and has been in permanent employment since 2008. We are in Limerick, literally Mary I's door step. She did come across fuddy duddy stuck in the past principals who felt hibernia was not what MaryI was offering yet all members of her class (34) are employed. Hibernia attracts graduates with life experience...something money cannot buy and it is this life experience that helps in the lonely times when parents are causing a teacher grief or the stress of it all is getting to them....my sister had worked in banks, hospitals, admin etc after finishing her degree and all this made her a more rounded teacher well able to take on any tough cookie...most Mary I graduates entering into classrooms these days have only ever been in a classroom setting...i.e. they went to primary school, secondary school, Mary I and then back to a classroom....my sis has had customers in a bank being irate, patients in a hospital being impatient, customers on phone lines screaming abuse etc and all these life experiences have helped her be a great teacher I think...so if you are weighing up courses consider what suits you...as someone said already it's about the type of teacher you are as an individual and not the college you attended and if a principal shows a particular allegiance to a certain college, just back away and thank your lucky stars you don't work for someone so insular and small minded.

Best of luck

[byhookorbycrook]

Things are changed a lot since 2008. Mary I, along with other colleges also offer a post grad, Hibernia are NOT the only post grad provider.