Qualifications Assesment/Business Degree

acurno

Hi Guys i'm hoping someone can help me here. I've applied to do the H.Dip in Education(Business) in Limerick this year and still waiting to see if I've moved to the new round.

Now my problem arises on what subjects I'm allowed teach. I did Commerce in Galway which according to the Teaching Councils Recognised Qualification sheet allows me to teach all 3 business subjects. During my interview however my interviewer claimed that he's yet to see a degree which allows anyone to teach all 3 subjects(?), and that I would need to spend the €200 fee and sort out all the necessary documentation with the TC to get my degree assessed. Surely for such a common degree this is unnecessary.

Does anyone know if this is correct? Do I NEED the degree assessed or can I assume (because the degree is on the recognised qualification sheet) that I can teach these subjects?

Really need to know before they ring me to offer(or not) the H.Dip and want to know if I've checked the subjects.
Thanks
ACurno

rainbowtrout

Try ringing the teaching council and see what they have to say... also did you have to choose electives for your degree? If you did you may not have enough modules completed in a certain area to teach all three subjects.

Powerhouse

acurno wrote: »

Hi Guys i'm hoping someone can help me here. I've applied to do the H.Dip in Education(Business) in Limerick this year and still waiting to see if I've moved to the new round.

Now my problem arises on what subjects I'm allowed teach. I did Commerce in Galway which according to the Teaching Councils Recognised Qualification sheet allows me to teach all 3 business subjects. During my interview however my interviewer claimed that he's yet to see a degree which allows anyone to teach all 3 subjects(?), and that I would need to spend the €200 fee and sort out all the necessary documentation with the TC to get my degree assessed. Surely for such a common degree this is unnecessary.

Does anyone know if this is correct? Do I NEED the degree assessed or can I assume (because the degree is on the recognised qualification sheet) that I can teach these subjects?

Really need to know before they ring me to offer(or not) the H.Dip and want to know if I've checked the subjects.
Thanks
ACurno

I would say that because your degree being on the recognised qualification sheet means no more than you can potentially teach one subject in second-level schools.

The BA in UCD is also on the recognised list but you do a double major in Archeology and Philosophy which would not take you very far in second-level teaching, so being on the recognised list is not necessarily a guarantee of anything.

Obviously there are B.Comms and there are B.Comms. It is not a generic qualification in the sense that people can take different options (or so I am presuming). And it would indeed be absolutely exceptional for any degree to qualify someone to teach three subjects, and even more exceptional if these were three mainstream subjects.

Such a time-honoured and well-recognised qualification is bound to qualify you to teach one subject anyway but you should have it assessed formally. But that takes time apparently. It should not stop you doing the Dip though as your qualification is recognised anyway. The minute details of what precisely it qualifies you to do is a different matter.

acurno

Thanks for the replies. Ive got on to the teaching council and they have kindly said they would look at my degree subjects throughout the 3 years to see what exactly I can teach. Beats paying 200 bucks!

roro2112

Hi Acurno,

Im having the same problem as you had. I did the B Comm(MIS) at UCD and they weren't able to tell me in the teaching council what exactly I am qualified to teach. Then they gave me the 200 euro spiel and 70 euro for each inquiry after the first application.

I was wondering can you help me out on this? If you could tell me your outcome and maybe the person who you dealt with in the teaching council it would be a major
help.

Cheers RoRo