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becoming a secondary school teacher

banjobongo · 2009-05-27 12:53:00

my wife is German. She has a degree (not in German, its a BA degree...),. She does a small amount of tutoring German. She is thinking about becoming a secondary school teacher; teaching German, as she enjoys this. I have no idea where she should go to find out more about how to apply, how long it takes, which…

27-05-2009 12:53PM

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my wife is German. She has a degree (not in German, its a BA degree...),.
She does a small amount of tutoring German.
She is thinking about becoming a secondary school teacher; teaching German, as she enjoys this.
I have no idea where she should go to find out more about how to apply, how long it takes, which colleage/course she should do, how much it would cost etc.
Any ideas?
thanks!

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#2 28-05-2009 10:15AM

Dun

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The Department of Education and Science has information on what's needed on their site:
http://www.education.ie/home/home.jsp?maincat=&pcategory=10900&ecategory=19312&sectionpage=12251&language=EN&link=link001&page=1&doc=16914

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#3 28-05-2009 12:55PM

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thanks Dun, do you know would they consider a non-Irish person who got thier degree abroad (german national, german degree)?

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#4 28-05-2009 12:57PM

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You might get more information on the Teaching/Lecturing forum.

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#5 28-05-2009 03:15PM

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She will need the Hdip as she only has a BA.

It's a year degree but I don't know which colleges (if at all) offer it around Limerick. Best to contact the local colleges and enquire as to the availability and price.

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