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Resource teaching/Special Needs/Career guidance: qualifications?

  • 04-08-2010 10:16am
    #1
    Dionysus
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    A few questions some of you will know the answer to:

    1) What does resource teaching entail? What sort of qualifications aside from the PGDE would I need to do it?

    2) Likewise, for Special Needs; what additional qualification would be needed aside from the PGDE (and the Special Needs exam we had to pass) in order to be taken seriously when applying for a Special Needs job?

    3) And what's the standard career guidance qualification? Do most career guidance counsellors possess this or are they merely teachers working in that role without any additional qualification?

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    Postgrad10
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    Hi
    I can answer your third part. I have a good few friends who are guidance counsellers. The main course is in NUIM , graduate diploma /MA school guidance and counselling. It's available part time . Entry requirement is that you are a qualified teacher with a couple of years experience teaching. My friends definately needed this qualification, in particular the MA was necessary in order to apply for the positions. They all recommend doing the course . HTH


  • #3
    ulysses32
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    Resource teaching entails what the student with SEN needs to access the curriculum and benefit from school at an appropriate level. This might be extra help in certain areas, it may be behavioural or soacial interaction skills, it many be anything in fact.

    You might be teaching students individually, in small groups, in mainstream classes, in team teaching scenarios, etc.

    Resource teaching requires strong planning and administrative skills also.

    Many teachers who work inthis area full-time may have postgraduate diplomas in teaching children with SEN or Learning Support qualifications.

    Some second level teachers may be teaching some resource as part of thier timetable and therefore may not have resource qualifications.

    I think to be taken seriously you should demonstrate your willingness and experience of teaching children with special educational needs in your mainstream classroom; you should display an interest in learning more about particular needs and a commitment to equality of access.


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