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ShamrockGirl · 26-01-2015 12:49pm

Jellytots159 wrote: »

Thanks Aoife
Congratulations:)
that's a great help and guidance for me to follow. I have mine now next week so fingers crossed I get it
Also I see in the email that they sent to confirm interview that their will be a reflective task 15 prior to the interview did you have this ? X

I interviewed too, didn't have any reflection task either, just to arrive 15 mins early before scheduled time :-)

Tipplad90 · 29-01-2015 10:15pm

Does anybody know that if one can defer starting until september if they get an offer??? Kind of jumping to conclusions here seen as I havent even done an interview yet but i'm starting a new job next week and i feel i would be in a better place to start the course then...

ChanelMalone · 30-01-2015 12:21pm

Hi,

Has anyone else had an interview yet? I'm so confused as to what to look at for the Irish interview. I used to have really good Irish but I haven't used it since I did my Leaving Cert. I only sent in my application on Tuesday an got a call about an interview the net day, in a week!! :O I thought I would have had a lot more time to go over my Irish. I'm afraid to learn off questions and answers as (from what I've heard) they seem to cut you off if they think you're rhyming off stuff. Can anyone even recommend any sites online for like quick refreshment of basic gaeilge.
Thanks.

Skittles80 · 01-02-2015 2:54am

@Tipplad Maybe you should do the interview first

chloeccc44 · 06-02-2015 7:00pm

Jellytots159 wrote: »

Thanks Aoife
Congratulations:)
that's a great help and guidance for me to follow. I have mine now next week so fingers crossed I get it
Also I see in the email that they sent to confirm interview that their will be a reflective task 15 prior to the interview did you have this ? X

Hey how did the interview go,
I have mine this wed and was also wondering about the reflective task too??? any help at all would be great thanks. my subjects are biology and ag science

Giggles90 · 15-02-2015 4:51pm

Hi,

Congrats to anyone who secured a place. I have my interview tomorrow. My subjects are geography and history. Do they go into much detail about your chosen subjects???

caromar · 15-02-2015 8:46pm

Giggles90 wrote: »

Hi,

Congrats to anyone who secured a place. I have my interview tomorrow. My subjects are geography and history. Do they go into much detail about your chosen subjects???

They asked me how I would bring my own degree subject into the classroom.Good Luck!

chloeccc44 · 15-02-2015 9:30pm

No but you do need to know what is on d curriculum. My subjects are ag science and biology and I had to give examples of experiments.

poster2525 · 17-02-2015 7:01pm

NOS3 wrote: »

Hi guys!

I'm just wondering if you have sufficient credits to teach 3 subjects, are you able to teach all 3? Or does the PGDE only allow you to teach 2 subjects?

I studied with Hibernia - you're required to teach 2 subjects(approx 84 hours each) over 3 placements.

Students find if very difficult to get hours in schools. If you had a 3rd subject, the training college/school may accomodate you and allow you to teach a few hours of that subject as part of the required total number of hours. You'd have to ask!!!

chloeccc44 · 18-02-2015 7:35pm

Did any1 get word from the interview yet

Giggles90 · 18-02-2015 7:52pm

chloeccc44 wrote: »

Did any1 get word from the interview yet

Not yet, only had my interview on Monday though! It's nerve wrecking waiting for the email ðŸ™ŠðŸ™ˆ

chloeccc44 · 18-02-2015 11:22pm

Mine was this day last week. I know it says 14days but you sometimes read here a days or two...

Giggles90 · 19-02-2015 12:25am

Ya I say I checked my emails about 100 times today! Hopefully have the results by Friday..I really don't know how to feel about the interview, it's really hard to tell how it went!

chloeccc44 · 19-02-2015 5:46pm

We surly will have it by 2moro.. ill let you know when I get em

Giggles90 · 19-02-2015 7:43pm

Check your junk mail! Just checked mine and they actually sent it out yesterday! I got accepted :-)

chloeccc44 · 19-02-2015 7:55pm

Just did. Still nothing. But well done 2 u. that's great news

caromar · 19-02-2015 8:19pm

Giggles90 wrote: »

Check your junk mail! Just checked mine and they actually sent it out yesterday! I got accepted :-)

Well done! When I got mine it was in junk mail too.

caromar · 19-02-2015 8:32pm

chloeccc44 wrote: »

Just did. Still nothing. But well done 2 u. that's great news

Im sure youll hear soon. The waiting is awful.Definately keep checking Junk mail. Mine was in there too.To be honest they seem quite slow to release anything. I found out before xmas but have had only one email since with limited information and only provisional dates etc.It would be nice for you to find out before the weekend.

chloeccc44 · 19-02-2015 8:44pm

caromar wrote: »

Im sure youll hear soon. The waiting is awful.Definately keep checking Junk mail. Mine was in there too.To be honest they seem quite slow to release anything. I found out before xmas but have had only one email since with limited information and only provisional dates etc.It would be nice for you to find out before the weekend.

Were u waiting long after the interview. I must be in the no pile because it seems to take a couple of days to get the yes. And I actually thought the interview was ok

caromar · 19-02-2015 9:25pm

chloeccc44 wrote: »

Were u waiting long after the interview. I must be in the no pile because it seems to take a couple of days to get the yes. And I actually thought the interview was ok

I was waiting two weeks.Offer came in on a Wednesday.

Giggles90 · 19-02-2015 10:39pm

chloeccc44 wrote: »

Were u waiting long after the interview. I must be in the no pile because it seems to take a couple of days to get the yes. And I actually thought the interview was ok

I usually never check my junk mail! I'm sure ul get good news! We're you going for the primary or post primary?

chloeccc44 · 20-02-2015 6:50pm

Giggles90 wrote: »

I usually never check my junk mail! I'm sure ul get good news! We're you going for the primary or post primary?

got my email an hour ago.I got it!!!:) I'm post primary what about urself

Giggles90 · 20-02-2015 10:21pm

Congrats! ðŸ˜ŠðŸ˜Š
I'm doing post primary aswell...so exciting!! ðŸ™ˆðŸ™Š
Where abouts will your base be?

chloeccc44 · 20-02-2015 11:13pm

Giggles90 wrote: »

Congrats! ðŸ˜ŠðŸ˜Š
I'm doing post primary aswell...so exciting!! ðŸ™ˆðŸ™Š
Where abouts will your base be?

Cool What are your subjects. I'm from kk so hopefully near enough

Giggles90 · 20-02-2015 11:25pm

chloeccc44 wrote: »

Cool What are your subjects. I'm from kk so hopefully near enough

Geog and history! What's yours?
I'm from nenagh so I reckon il be in the Thurles group...

chloeccc44 · 20-02-2015 11:32pm

Giggles90 wrote: »

Geog and history! What's yours?
I'm from nenagh so I reckon il be in the Thurles group...

Yeah a couple of kk girls were based dere. Biology and ag science..

Giggles90 · 20-02-2015 11:40pm

Aww cool! Both of us might be based there! :-) do you know many people doing it?

chloeccc44 · 21-02-2015 10:18pm

Giggles90 wrote: »

Aww cool! Both of us might be based there! :-) do you know many people doing it?

No not1.. I know a couple of girls doing it now

username84 · 24-02-2015 12:40pm

chloeccc44 wrote: »

Yeah a couple of kk girls were based dere. Biology and ag science..

Does anyone know where groups may be? I know a girl doing it in SLigo which would be AWESOME for me, but not sure that's an area they always offer?

Congrats

I got accepted a couple weeks back

yerwanthere123 · 26-02-2015 8:47pm

Hi guys, I've an interview for the primary PME coming up next week, very nervous. I'm just wondering about the questions on IT/ICT that come up, what exactly are they looking for here?

EMZ91 · 19-03-2015 3:22pm

Hi!

Does anyone know if there is a webpage that I can find all the schools in Dublin that teach History and/or classics?

It would make my life a lot easier for finding a placement if one existed lol

Thanks!

spurious · 19-03-2015 5:09pm

EMZ91 wrote: »

Hi!

Does anyone know if there is a webpage that I can find all the schools in Dublin that teach History and/or classics?

It would make my life a lot easier for finding a placement if one existed lol

Thanks!

Outside special primary schools that run classes up to Junior Cert. you can more or less take it that all schools will be teaching History.
If you email the SEC they will tell you what schools offered Classics to exam - I would expect that number to be much lower.

lespetitspois · 30-03-2015 9:42pm

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could help me out.
If I get offered two places for PME e.g Trinity and UCC would I better off choosing the university nearer where I want to get a permenant job eventually (cork) or would it look better to have gone to a different college for my masters degree (trinity)?
Currently a student of UCC, want to teach french.
Thanks.

TheBody · 30-03-2015 9:54pm

lespetitspois wrote: »

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could help me out.
If I get offered two places for PME e.g Trinity and UCC would I better off choosing the university nearer where I want to get a permenant job eventually (cork) or would it look better to have gone to a different college for my masters degree (trinity)?
Currently a student of UCC, want to teach french.
Thanks.

Nobody will care where you do the PME. Just choose what is cheapest/easiest for you.

evolving_doors · 31-03-2015 9:45am

lespetitspois wrote: »

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could help me out.
If I get offered two places for PME e.g Trinity and UCC would I better off choosing the university nearer where I want to get a permenant job eventually (cork) or would it look better to have gone to a different college for my masters degree (trinity)?
Currently a student of UCC, want to teach french.
Thanks.

I suppose it might be better to keep in with the school you did your teaching practice in. So if you want to end up in Cork then hang around Cork. There might be an off chance that a principal in your TP school would pass on your name to another local principal.

TheBody · 31-03-2015 9:48am

Gebgbegb wrote: »

I suppose it might be better to keep in with the school you did your teaching practice in. So if you want to end up in Cork then hang around Cork. There might be an off chance that a principal in your TP school would pass on your name to another local principal.

That's a fair point. The principals do know each other.

evolving_doors · 31-03-2015 9:55am

TheBody wrote: »

That's a fair point. The principals do know each other.

Corkonians might take offence that you rejected the hallowed grounds of UCC too (esp. for Dublin). Sorry, just enjoying racism responsibly:D

lespetitspois · 01-04-2015 9:19am

Thanks for the replies, I had an odd feeling that might be the case..

Am1993 · 01-04-2015 7:31pm

Hi everyone. I have been placed on the waiting list for the PME in trinity. Was wondering if anyone knows how long it will be until you find out if you've been given a spot, and what are the odds of me actually getting a spot?

Dickie10 · 15-04-2015 12:41pm

hi i didnt applyh for the PME this year to start in september because their ws a good lot of stuff i needed to get in order before january. this collided with exams for me in maynooth so i thought i would wait and try to get some observation and maybe supervision/ practice in a few schools before h i applied for the PME next December, however Hibernia College are having a stand in maynooth tommorrow and was just wondering was this not very late in the year for advertising a stand to apply for PME in September. My family think im mad having a kind of nothing year next year and only getting small bits of expierence in schools. i was also going to do GAA training course for juvenile football and hurling, im thinking all this stuff might help to get in with a few schools eg be willing to do any type of extra curricular activity. anyway has any one any expeiernec of doing the PME wit Hibernia? it just sends alarm bells off that they are still looking for people at this stage of the year to do PMEs?

ps sorry for the spelling in a hurry and this wont be marked!

JohnMearsheimer · 15-04-2015 1:40pm

Dickie10 wrote: »

hi i didnt applyh for the PME this year to start in september because their ws a good lot of stuff i needed to get in order before january. this collided with exams for me in maynooth so i thought i would wait and try to get some observation and maybe supervision/ practice in a few schools before h i applied for the PME next December, however Hibernia College are having a stand in maynooth tommorrow and was just wondering was this not very late in the year for advertising a stand to apply for PME in September. My family think im mad having a kind of nothing year next year and only getting small bits of expierence in schools. i was also going to do GAA training course for juvenile football and hurling, im thinking all this stuff might help to get in with a few schools eg be willing to do any type of extra curricular activity. anyway has any one any expeiernec of doing the PME wit Hibernia? it just sends alarm bells off that they are still looking for people at this stage of the year to do PMEs?

ps sorry for the spelling in a hurry and this wont be marked!

Noting strange about it. Hibernia have 2 start dates, March and September.

Dickie10 · 15-04-2015 3:05pm

what are they like to d the PME with? i heard a few horror stories on her

loubian · 15-04-2015 10:11pm

Hi there, don't know if this is the right place. I have work experience in my local school and I want to write about it. I'm not studying education yet but I volunteered in my old school to see how it went. I want to write up about it so I could use it in my application for masters but Could anyone give me guidelines of how to write about it? As in if i was writing this for a college assignment... Thanks

JF2013 · 22-04-2015 6:46pm

Hi everyone,

I was wondering just about subject recognition in regards to the teaching council. I have a degree in Gaeilge and History as well as a degree in Irish Studies. The degree in Irish Studies dealt with mainly english literature from Irish authors etc, does anyone know if this will entitle me to teach English at post primary level?

Thanks in advance

JF

evolving_doors · 22-04-2015 8:59pm

JF2013 wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I was wondering just about subject recognition in regards to the teaching council. I have a degree in Gaeilge and History as well as a degree in Irish Studies. The degree in Irish Studies dealt with mainly english literature from Irish authors etc, does anyone know if this will entitle me to teach English at post primary level?

Thanks in advance

JF

Teaching Council have a list of what degrees are acceptable, otherwise you're looking into getting your subject assessed!

Id hazzard a guess that you need an English degree to teach English!

Butterfly182 · 23-04-2015 8:52am

Hi,

I'm currently nervously waiting to hear back from three schools where I have done interviews for teaching placement. My first one was on Friday 17th April and I haven't heard anything yet, her exact words were 'we'll get in touch next week and take it from there'. Should I be worried at this stage?

The next two I know when to expect phone calls so I'm not concerned yet.

Dr Crippen · 23-04-2015 10:17am

Just contact them, schools are fairly hectic at this time with language exams etc

Just give them a bell its the quickest and handiest way and they wont mind

KK94 · 09-05-2015 8:36pm

Im applying for the September 2015 intake for the primary pme and am just wondering if anyone here who has already started the course could give me any info on it? My main query is whether or not it would be possible to continue working for at least the first few months of the course (before school supervision, teaching practice starts)? Or is the work load quite heavy from the beginning? Thanks in advance

KIngKoopa_EIRE · 11-05-2015 7:55pm

Hi guys, was wondering if someone could help me, I've been accepted into the PME in UCC, I was given a list of schools, I sent off CVs to some last month, still havnt heard a reply, and now I have rang the rest and apparently they are all full.
I'll be ringing those that I sent a CV to tomorrow. I'm wondering what happens if all these schools say they are full and I can't find a place? What can I do about it?
I explained to the so called "Helper" in UCC, she just said that its up to me to find a place and to send your CV blah blah blah (Things I've already done).
Are there any other things I can do?

Thanks very much.

Butterfly182 · 11-05-2015 8:22pm

KIngKoopa_EIRE wrote: »

Hi guys, was wondering if someone could help me, I've been accepted into the PME in UCC, I was given a list of schools, I sent off CVs to some last month, still havnt heard a reply, and now I have rang the rest and apparently they are all full.
I'll be ringing those that I sent a CV to tomorrow. I'm wondering what happens if all these schools say they are full and I can't find a place? What can I do about it?
I explained to the so called "Helper" in UCC, she just said that its up to me to find a place and to send your CV blah blah blah (Things I've already done).
Are there any other things I can do?

Thanks very much.

Hi, I was in your position until about a week ago. What I will say that at this point you need to check EVERY school that is on the list (with the exception of all Irish schools if you haven't fluent Irish). I kept following up on schools until I found one. I would call them on the phone first use the thing they say to( i.e. introduce yourself as a PME 1 student, your subjects and is there a time available to meet the principal or vice principal). They will either say, just send on your cv by email to X (sometimes the email addresses are different to the ones provided on the sheet), or they will say I will get the principal to ring you back. You can ask should you send on your cv too as it may be helpful. The PME 2 places are gone long ago so be clear that you are a PME1 student. Send a follow up communication if you haven't heard from schools in a while, your email may have been misplaced etc (had that happen at least once) as you said that you will do.

Basically you need to find a school by yourself, I went in to them in the same situation and they just said keep looking.

You need to contact all schools, brush up on your interview skills in the meantime, and something will come along hopefully. I got my school by calling them first, sending a cv, sending up a follow up email and attending an interview.

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