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JEB??? Really confused!!

  • 22-02-2008 11:48pm
    #1
    Derrygirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭


    Hey all,
    will set the scene, qm a qualified teacher, spent 4 years doing a Bed (hons) at St Marys Belfast. Spent a couple of years working in England, before settling at home in NI with now hubby. Am totally unfamiliar with Irish education system, so would like some advice/info. Hubbys brother is engaged to a rather overbearing girl from southern Ieland. The "lady" in question has never been to university and thus has no degree/3rd level qualification of ANY sort. Whilst working as a secretary, she secured sponsorship by FAS to do a part-time 1 year diploma in JEB computer practices in IT. i have googled this course and the entry requirements are very low (5 GCSE's!!) Now this girl claims to have secured employment delivering a Youthreach programme, she claims to "teach" (her words!) Maths & English (how does an IT course qualify someone to deliver core subjects??) However details are very sketchy and differ regularlyWith the current crisis in teaching in NI (7000 unemployed/qualified teachers, banghead.gif FYI i myself have secured alternative employment due to financial pressures) can this be true???!!! i am totally mistified by this banghead.gifbanghead.gif , could it be true that someone, without teacher training and a 3rd level qualification could gain such a post? Also if true, can she be offered a permanent contract? Perhaps i should move house!
    BTW there is a certain level of bruised ego here, am fed up of DH relatives saying this fraud is now a teacher!! im trained to do what she claims (maybe rightly??) to do!
    Hope this makes sense to someone,
    Thanks thanks.gifthanks.gif


Comments

  • #2
    CraftySue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 291 ✭✭CraftySue


    Sounds like she is working as a Resource Worker, with Youthreach. Generally most VEC's will hire qualified teachers for this position, but they do not have to. Its not a permanent contract, but a 2 yearly contract.
    I can understand your frustration, all the qualified teachers out there looking for work, yet people with limited experience are been hired. The whole "anybody can teach anything" attitude is very disheartening.


  • #3
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    ..also, YouthReach courses are not always to any exam and have their own particular difficulties, given the clientele they serve.

    Many of the resource teachers in YouthReach perform a more pastoral role than necessarily an exclusively teaching one. YouthReach is not for everyone.

    It's quite possible 'qualified' people did not apply.


  • #4
    LMulhaire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭LMulhaire


    Sounds very familiar. Have heard of numerous people who completed FETAC courses, all without degrees and many without Leaving Certs, and then progressing on to teaching FETAC courses. I am not saying they are under-qualified or that I would be any better at their jobs but once you are in the system via FAS or adult learning programs there does seem to be a lot of inside help.


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