Woodwork teaching in ireland?

ayapatrick

Hello, im trying to decide on something to do in college, and i think woodwork/construction teaching would suit me down to the ground!
Just a quick question though? Any of ye know what the current state of jobs in the area is? In the present time it would make no differ, but in 4 years time, what would ye think the position with jobs would be?

and then, which in yer opinions would be the better degree, or are they on par? Letterfrack or U.L?

Thanks guys:cool:

Toto Wolfcastle

I work with a construction teacher who got a permanent job this year straight out of his degree in UL. I went to an in-service with a newly qualified teacher who has some sort of contract for this year only. (So far.)

I'll talk to my colleague if I see him and ask him what he thinks of the situation.

In a general sense though, it's not a great time to go into teaching. Having said that, 4 years down the line the situation could be vastly different.

spurious

We had a post in our school for years that we couldn't even get applicants for.
In the end we cut our provision of the subject. Anecdotally it would seem it's still one of the few areas that you can walk into a job.

ayapatrick

janeybabe wrote: »

In a general sense though, it's not a great time to go into teaching. Having said that, 4 years down the line the situation could be vastly different.

cheers for that. ya but it seems not to be a great time going into anything?

spurious wrote: »

Anecdotally it would seem it's still one of the few areas that you can walk into a job.

Talking to a teacher(geog) last september, he was saying that you would basically walk into a job, so i dont know? and it was one of reasons i didnt accept anything on the cao last year!

implausible

This and Home Economics are the areas that have the vacancies. Graduate numbers seem to be the same as the number of retirees. Walking straight into a permanent job is a thing of the past, but if you're on a contract for 4 years in a row, it becomes permanent.

Look, you either want to do it or you don't. Don't base your choice solely on employment prospects. I'd rather be subbing for a few years at something I loved than have a permanent job that bored the ass off me.

Go for it!

ayapatrick

deemark wrote: »

Look, you either want to do it or you don't. Don't base your choice solely on employment prospects. I'd rather be subbing for a few years at something I loved than have a permanent job that bored the ass off me.

Go for it!

You couldnt have put it better!;) My mind is nigh on made up!

thank you!

Toto Wolfcastle

Right, my colleague said that the majority of the 70 who did the course in UL with him last year got hours. Well, those who wanted them did anyway. And as I said, he was lucky enough to get a permanent position. He also said that the director of that course is fantastic.

I'd echo what is said above. Do it if you want to do it. You are at least 4 years away from wanting to find a job so don't worry about that so much. I went into teaching thinking that I'd never get a job and I did!

dg647

I'm qualified with two years now, there are hours there but I wouldn't say that you would walk straight into a job. They have taken on too many over the last couple of years. Last year there were 6 applicants for a job I went for, this year there was over 20. there are jobs just not as easy as some people are making it out to be. Its a great course in UL though.

am in my fourth year in UL, its an excellent college and an excellent course.

look up info on UL itself, remember you have to live there for 4 years so the social aspect is extremely important and ul have got that down to a tee also.

UL all the way.

Job prospects however for the 75 in my class graduating are very very poor though, at least half the class will have to go to england to get jobs

Broom16

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am in my fourth year in UL, its an excellent college and an excellent course.

look up info on UL itself, remember you have to live there for 4 years so the social aspect is extremely important and ul have got that down to a tee also.

UL all the way.

Job prospects however for the 75 in my class graduating are very very poor though, at least half the class will have to go to england to get jobs

hi

Im in my last year in Building Surveying and want to do woodwork/construction teaching after and have a few question if anyone could help me please??

- Is UL the only place in Ireland that does it or do Queens in Belfast do it??

- What are the fee's in UL??

- What is the woodwork/construction subject known as in the UK colleges because the UK government pay the fee's for the Irish to study there??

- how long will the course take in Ireland or the UK with a level 8 degree??

I would be very thankful if anyone could help me

thanks

Broom16

hi

Im in my last year in Building Surveying and want to do woodwork/construction teaching after and have a few question if anyone could help me please??

- Is UL the only place in Ireland that does it or do Queens in Belfast do it??

- What are the fee's in UL??

- What is the woodwork/construction subject known as in the UK colleges because the UK government pay the fee's for the Irish to study there??

- how long will the course take in Ireland or the UK with a level 8 degree??

I would be very thankful if anyone could help me

thanks

Broom16

Deleted User wrote: »

am in my fourth year in UL, its an excellent college and an excellent course.

look up info on UL itself, remember you have to live there for 4 years so the social aspect is extremely important and ul have got that down to a tee also.

UL all the way.

Job prospects however for the 75 in my class graduating are very very poor though, at least half the class will have to go to england to get jobs

Hi Iv a level 8 degree and if any could help me with the following questions id be very thankful.

I done all the research on the course and etc

but still have a few questions.

Is there many hours in the last 3 semester's of the course??
do you have to do a thesis??
over all do you think it is hard??

pmonster

Hi I’m in first year/semester of the graduate diploma in education technology. From talking to the people in the 3rd semester they went on 6 weeks teaching practice and are only back now. They said teaching practice was hard and lots of work. I dont know what their time table is like now.

I don’t think there is a thesis involved I could be wrong on that one though.

The course isn’t the hardest but it’s very long and lots of projects and course work. You never get a chance for much but college work. I can only think of one lad in the course with a part time job.

I think there is a place up north but I’m not sure if you will be recognised by the teaching council when looking for jobs in the republic. (I am open to correction on that one). I have heard something about letterfrack having a course as well but dont know anything about it.

I think the subjects are known as technology or something like that in the UK

The fees for UL are about €5,200 this year over 200 people applied for the course and they only took in 17 for the course so chances of getting in are hard.

The course at the moment is a year and a half they are talking about moving it up to a 2yr course but I don’t know when that is coming in.

Paul.C

Hope it picks up in the future, thats when Im planning to go into the same field