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Query re qualifying as a secondary school teacher

  • 27-08-2009 12:04pm
    #1
    nyfranky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭


    Hey guys,

    I'm new to this game so please be patient! So, here's my query.

    I have a degree in Business Studies (IPA), which I attained almost 10 years ago, and have done some substitute teaching in the past. I'm now considering going back to college to become a secondary school teacher.

    With an IPA Business Degree,
    1. What extra qualification do I need to attain?
    2. what are my chances of getting into a college at this stage of the year
    3. Where do I go to in the Cork/Limerick region to get the right advise on working forward with this?

    Any advise really appreciated. Thanks


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  • #2
    pathway33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,229 ✭✭✭pathway33


    1. PGDE in ireland. PGCE in England

    2. Very very slim. Closing dates for applications for UCC closed last 1st december 2008 I think.

    3. UCC. More advice on www.teachingcouncil.ie www.pac.ie

    Note: there is a quota on places available to business graduates so whereas points for a history graduate may be 42ish they would be 47ish for business.

    60% in your honours degree gives you 40 points. Add or subtract 1 point for every 2.5% you got over or under this.

    You get extra points for teaching hours done. You get 6 points for a masters. There's more points for other stuff.

    Just confirm that your degree is acceptable to the teaching council. You will see from the list of recognised qualifications on their website that IPA degrees are there. Yours from 10 years ago is similar to the one listed now yeah?


  • #3
    boogle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 777 ✭✭✭boogle


    Also, before you fork out 6000 euro here for the PGDE make sure your expectations are in line with the reality of teaching at the moment. First, there is and will be a lot of newly-qualified teachers coming out of college and no jobs to go to. The education budget slashed teacher numbers and every school in the country has let teachers go. Add the upcoming budget to the mix and in all probability, more teaching jobs will be gone. Not being able to get a sniff of a job is a hard pill to swallow when you've gone through the mill financially (and otherwise) for the PGDE course.

    BUT if you are willing to travel abroad, there are great opportunities for teachers. Close to home, English schools are always on a recruitment drive in Ireland to supplement a shortage of teachers. (Hopefully the Recession hasn't killed that). A couple of grads from my year (2007) also got jobs in the US, Middle East and Asia.

    So if you're willing to go abroad, at least until the worst of the bad times have passed, then go for it. You're most likely to have to wait and apply for the next academic year. Closing dates for applications are in December this year as far as I know.


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