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Primary teaching - Alternative route

  • 29-05-2009 10:58pm
    #1
    Happy Gilmore
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭


    Ok heres my problem. I' got it into my head this year that I really want to do primary teaching, but I dropped out of honours Irish at the start of 5th year which leaves me in a spot of bother for going direct..
    Anybody know a 'back-door' into it? Ive heard the arts in UCD gives a way but I'm trying to keep my options open here, any advice would be so great!


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 16,720 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Move from yonder College forum as requested by BuffyBot :)

    You should get more answers from these kind folk here.


  • #3
    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,514 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    even if you do a post grad you'll need to do your Irish ,either in leaving cert form or SGC form.

    Have a look at www.educationposts.com/forum


  • #4
    The Real McCoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38 ✭The Real McCoy


    Only advice is to repeat Irish higher level for leaving cert. No other way unless ou want to teach abroad


  • #5
    Powerhouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,428 ✭✭✭Powerhouse


    Happy Gilmore wrote: »
    Ok heres my problem. I' got it into my head this year that I really want to do primary teaching, but I dropped out of honours Irish at the start of 5th year which leaves me in a spot of bother for going direct..
    Anybody know a 'back-door' into it? Ive heard the arts in UCD gives a way but I'm trying to keep my options open here, any advice would be so great!


    If you did Irish in first year Arts in UCD it would cover the Irish requirement for primary teaching, but that does mean completing a three-year Arts degree which takes a lot longer than repeating the Leaving Cert Irish.


  • #6
    hot chick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 117 ✭✭hot chick


    Assuming you've got a degree already...
    1. Repeat your Irish LC.
    2. Do the 2 year diploma (1 evening a week) with UCD or NUIM (about 2K) gives exemption:S
    3. Do your pgce abroad and you'll have 5 years to do the Scg when you get home.
    4. Do your PGCE abroad and do the adaption period (3yrs) when you get home. i.e. inspected on your irish lessons by an inspector.
    5. First year University exam in irish gives exemption.

    If you don't have a degree already it's
    1. Repeat your Irish LC.
    2. Do the 2 year diploma (1 evening a week) with UCD or NUIM (about 2K):S
    3. go North and sit the GCSE A in Irish.

    Not great options but if you don't want to do irish at all do the 3 year degree in montessori in St. Nicholas' Dublin and you'll be able to teach Resource class in primary.


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  • #7
    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,514 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    hot chick wrote: »
    Not great options but if you don't want to do irish at all do the 3 year degree in montessori in St. Nicholas' Dublin and you'll be able to teach Resource class in primary.
    Resource teaching is a very unsafe job, as if a child leaves who had "resource hours" there may not be enough hours to make up a job and at the rate the cutbacks are going who knows where they'll stop.


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