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Serious Advice Needed re Primary School Teaching

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  • #32
    Cinders84
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭Cinders84


    I know Calcio, its heading for 2am and im still thinking about it, like in this climate, am I crazy to give up a good job???What I had planned was, if I left,apply for all courses going, id get some experience subbing or even observing which might help, go to Oz for 2 months,as I have a few friends over there who want to travel the coast next year, come back, get crappy lil job anywhere until course starts,but here's the thing...im not guaranteed to get the course, I am also looking into UK,but looks tricky enough to get in, have emailed a few colleges, need to have a good bit of experience simally (observing , working with kids) to meet their criteria, its a nitemare,just redundancy dosh wud cover my fee's and also my trip to Oz, if i stay working for next 2 years I aint gona save that dosh , but like you say there's the problem of been umemployed, can't be good for the mind, aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh im gona loose my marbles eventually if I dont just make a decision!!!


  • #33
    foodie66
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 365 ✭✭foodie66


    Anyone know what the leaving cert equivalent of GCSE passes at grade C or above is?


  • #34
    tascher rose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭tascher rose


    I have a H-dip in ed but found the discipline issue within secondary schools too much to handle. Currently thinking of doing social work but my heart is still thinking of teaching. Thinking of applying for Hibernia but not sure as my Irish is not good and it would be a total change from secondary. Help!


  • #35
    BoozyBabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,724 ✭✭✭BoozyBabe


    Help with what exactly tascher rose?
    If your Irish is not good, you won't get the course.
    If you think it's better than you like to admit, then apply.
    What have you got to lose, bar 70 or 75 euro!!!!
    Maybe that'll help make up your mind


  • #36
    jog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭jog


    TradMick84 wrote: »
    Hi to all,

    Basically I'm thinking of becoming a primary school teacher and applying to do the Hibernia course as i've missed all other date deadlines.
    I'm pretty lost as for what to do career wise as i've trained in GIS systems and its pretty specialised with an apparent lack of job availabilities, or if there's ones out there i cant find them!
    I'm 24, male, into sport and play heap loads of traditional Irsh music (guitar, uilleann pipes, whistles). i enjoy teaching music, however i really want advice from people who teach. is it an enjoyable career? It is serious work... so i'm not in it just for the holidays.
    Also, is it a wise decision to spend close to 10k when teaching is being cut again and again by the current government. i have fears of doing the course and coming out to find no work around.
    Also has anyone any info into how tough the oral Irish aspect of the Hibernia interview is? i have fair enough irish, as in i can hold a basic conversation but do i need to be liofa, tríd is tríd?

    Any advice from anyone would seriously be welcomed?


    Hi Trad Mic - im a primary teacher. i did postgrad in Pats few years back and it set me back a serious amount of cash but worth every penny. the job is amazing but u really need to enjoy working with children and have the patience of a saint! it's very rewarding. i'd say go for it! generally male teachers get snapped up for jobs quicker that females as it's 80% female dominated! not sure about the Gaeilge regarding Hibernia! best of luck. JOG


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  • #37
    BoozyBabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,724 ✭✭✭BoozyBabe


    jog: TradMick posted the thread a year ago.
    Hopefully he's made up his mind by now


  • #38
    angie26
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭angie26


    tascher rose wrote: »
    I have a H-dip in ed but found the discipline issue within secondary schools too much to handle. Currently thinking of doing social work but my heart is still thinking of teaching. Thinking of applying for Hibernia but not sure as my Irish is not good and it would be a total change from secondary. Help!

    Hi Tascher. Just want to say that there are discipline issues in primary school as well. If you are teaching fifth or sixth class they can be as challenging as secondary level. As for the younger ones, they can also be quite a handful in a different way. You need a lot of patience to deal with Junior Infants for example. At the junior level you get constant chattering, wriggling in seats, fiddling with things on the table; trying to hold the attention of 30 four year olds can be quite a challenge. Getting them ready to go to the yard : a lot of them can't put on or take off their own coats, zip or button themselves, find their own hat, gloves etc. They struggle to open bottles and lunch boxes. Of course they gradually become more capable but it does require tremendous patience. Also of course they wet themselves, throw up etc. and you have to deal with it. Then by the time you teach second class, there's constant tale telling and conflict resolution to deal with. The list goes on! I absolutely love teaching primary level, but it is just as difficult as secondary in a different way.


  • #39
    angie26
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭angie26


    Sorry, forgot to mention that there are also children at primary level, even in JI who dispaly seriously challenging behaviours, refusing to do work, shouting, throwing things, running around the room etc Primary teachers have been kicked, bitten, spat at and hit by children as young as five or six.


  • #40
    TheColl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 321 ✭✭TheColl


    angie26 wrote: »
    Hi Tascher. Just want to say that there are discipline issues in primary school as well. If you are teaching fifth or sixth class they can be as challenging as secondary level. As for the younger ones, they can also be quite a handful in a different way. You need a lot of patience to deal with Junior Infants for example. At the junior level you get constant chattering, wriggling in seats, fiddling with things on the table; trying to hold the attention of 30 four year olds can be quite a challenge. Getting them ready to go to the yard : a lot of them can't put on or take off their own coats, zip or button themselves, find their own hat, gloves etc. They struggle to open bottles and lunch boxes. Of course they gradually become more capable but it does require tremendous patience. Also of course they wet themselves, throw up etc. and you have to deal with it. Then by the time you teach second class, there's constant tale telling and conflict resolution to deal with. The list goes on! I absolutely love teaching primary level, but it is just as difficult as secondary in a different way.
    angie26 wrote: »
    Sorry, forgot to mention that there are also children at primary level, even in JI who dispaly seriously challenging behaviours, refusing to do work, shouting, throwing things, running around the room etc Primary teachers have been kicked, bitten, spat at and hit by children as young as five or six.



    couldnt agree more, if discipline is a difficulty for you then you need to address that before you consider any kind of teaching. but don't let it put you off, just do some good research on the topic, ask experienced teachers for tips etc.


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