5th Year student wanting to become a secondary school teacher

kilkenny runner

I'm a 5th year student and want to become a secondary school teacher.
my carrer guidence teacher might not as well be there because he dosent help at all.
I have browsed the web over the last few months for about 30mins at a time but cant seem to find what im looking for. im not in a rush or anything but i would like to know what kind of points i need to be aiming for and where and how long the course is.

I Would like to become a geography and (accounting or business) teacher.
does anyone know a 3rd level college course that would fit that role..
any help would br great

smallgarden

id say ul have to do arts degree in your subjects and then do hdip which is year teacher training after it.there are few degrees that hv teaching integrated but mainly for practical subjects like pe,home ec,woodwork etc

partyguinness

Secondary school teachers generally do a 3 year Arts degree in univeristy (BA) which is offered by all the universities in Ireland followed by a Higher Diploma (H.Dip).

During the BA, you pick 4 subjects in 1st year and then cut down to 2 for 2nd and 3rd year. Say irish or english etc and then a H.Dip in english teaching

As you want to become an Accouning/Business teacher, then doing a business studies degree with accountancy followed by a H.Dip should see you good.

There are a few different paths to take. But the first step is to take a degree in business studies/commerce/ accountancy and take it from there.

As regards which 3rd level college, go to the universities and the courses are all pretty much same. No differences worth mentioning.

pathway33

go to www.teachingcouncil.ie and see the list of recognised qualifications to see which degrees are recognised for the subjects you want to teach

go to www.pac.ie to see what sort of grades you'll need in your degree to get into the PGDE (the one year post grad in education after your degree)

google GTTR to see how to do that year in england

niall3r

The economic climate will hopefully have changed by the time you have graduated but do you have your mind set on those two subjects?

Because thats not the worst combination you could have in terms of employment prospects (that honor is held by English and history/geography) but if you were interested in, say Irish and Maths, you could nearly pick a school!

But then we'r taking 6 years in the future so who knows!
Best of luck though and keep studying!

kilkenny runner

NIALL3R

Just wondering so do you think in the current economic climate that my subject choices would be just ok in terms of getting a job ??? or bad ??