Teaching Council

slickmcvic

Has any1 here registered for the teaching council.....I got the form sent out but i havent returned it yet.......what happens if ya dont register?

spurious

I sent the form back and never heard anything.
Waste of time methinks.

Delphi91

spurious wrote:

I sent the form back and never heard anything.
Waste of time methinks.

The following is a quote from the FAQ's on www.teachingcouncil.ie

13. What will happen at the end of the first year of registration?
One year from Establishment Day, in March 2007, all teachers will be required by law to register with the Teaching Council if they are, or want to be, employed in a recognised school. Registration will be renewable annually and a fee will be payable.

Mike

Trotter

They're gonna charge for the privilage of being a teacher!?!?

I cannot believe that. I cant see the INTO being into it either. Imagine.. so you want to work there.. thats fine.. we'll pay you beans compared to similarly qualified people in the private sector..

Oh and we'll charge you to be listed as a teacher.

Sickening.

Drag00n79

The teacher unions back the establishment of the Teaching Council and in fact have members sitting on it. It will be interesting to see what the annual charge will be. Its powers are very far-reaching.

Delphi91

Trotter wrote:

...I cannot believe that. I cant see the INTO being into it either. Imagine.. so you want to work there.. thats fine.. we'll pay you beans compared to similarly qualified people in the private sector..

Oh and we'll charge you to be listed as a teacher.

Sickening.

22 out of the 37 council members are teachers - 11 are primary teachers (9 elected and two union nominees) and 11 are secondary teachers (7 elected and 4 nominated - two unions, I guess).

Purpose of the Teaching Council

The Teaching Council seeks to promote and develop teaching as a profession at primary and post-primary levels. It provides an important and influential forum for presenting the views of the profession on educational issues including all aspects of the teaching career from initial recruitment to in-career professional development.

Specifically its functions are as follows:

* To promote teaching as a profession
* To promote the continuing professional development of teachers
* To establish and maintain a register of teachers
* To establish, publish, review and maintain Codes of Professional Conduct which include teaching, knowledge, skill and competence [Draft code available http://www.teachingcouncil.ie/_fileupload/Publications/DraftCodesBW_73194829.pdf]
* To regulate the teaching profession and the professional conduct of teachers and
* To maintain and improve standards of teaching, knowledge, skill and competence.

TheDriver

AFAIK, 50 yoyos a year out of your wages to join for permanent teachers. Sent form back but with no certs as I sent them in when I was initially employed so they can earn their money and look through their files! Giving a tiny SAE and expecting my lovely scrolls to be sent to them in it!

kittex

I have to say I was pleased to see the setting up of the Irish Teaching Council.

Having a centralised place to deal with all the faff and things that will be required is helpful. Here in Scotland they source your Police checks, handle your entitlements, validate you to teach additional subjects if you do further stuy and generally keep things right - all completed far more quickly and easily than the Education Department.
Unlike when I ring the Department of Education, you get a right answer first time from any of the worlds teaching councils I've dealt with.

Think also, technically without a Teaching Council, once the guards get their checks system sorted, you could need a police check for every job with young people. So a sub could need one for every school they work at. If registered with the council, you'd just need one and that would cover all teaching positions.

The idea is that it regulates the profession, ensures a consistent experience for pupils and teachers which is quite important.

Although yes, having to pay for it is bull****. It should be covered by cost savings made/staff transferring over from Dept of Ed.

killbillvol2

Trotter wrote:

They're gonna charge for the privilage of being a teacher!?!?

I cannot believe that. I cant see the INTO being into it either.

The establishment of the Teaching Council has been INTO policy for as long as I can remember. It would be standard practice to pay to register with any such regulatory body.

As kittex said, the TC will do a lot of the nitty-gritty jobs that were either being done badly by the DES or not at all.

I got a letter from them today giving details of my registration and including a short form to register for next year (March 2007-March 2008). There was no mention of what the fee was though.