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Postgraduate in Primary Teaching

  • 26-08-2010 2:19pm
    #1
    Dreamer24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭


    Hello,

    I am just wondering if anyone knows if the Postgraduate in Primary School Teaching Course will be going ahead this year. I am hoping to apply for it in Mary Immaculate in Limerick. I am currently working full time in technical area. I have a Grade c in honours Irish in Leaving cert and I hold an honours degree in Business Information Systems. If you hear anything can you please let me know. I emailed the college but they said they will not know until october. I also emailed last year and got same answer but heard they took 60 students on. I really do not want to miss out on it this year. I would like some advice on other routes to Primary teaching also. Please share your experiences with me and what i should do to prepare for this course.


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  • #2
    dambarude
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 2,503 Mod ✭✭✭✭dambarude


    Nobody will know until nearer the time if it's going ahead for sure. If I remember correctly it was nearly December before the college got the go ahead from the DES. It will most likely be the same this year. Last year it was rumoured that it wouldn't go ahead, yet it did, but with vastly reduced numbers. Mary I doesn't seem to have any input into whether it goes ahead or not. I presume you've heard of Hibernia?


  • #3
    Dreamer24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭Dreamer24


    Thanks for your reply. Yes I have heard of hibernia. I would prefer the other route however. Hibernia is a bit more costly. Do you know if you can work full time and do Hibernia at the same time?? I wish they would announce it sooner. There's a lot of preparation for the interviews etc and I'd be very disappointed if they didn't go through with it in the end! If you apply as Mature student to Mary do you still have the interviews etc???


  • #4
    dambarude
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 2,503 Mod ✭✭✭✭dambarude


    Dreamer24 wrote: »
    Do you know if you can work full time and do Hibernia at the same time??
    Apparently some people manage to hold down a job, but you'd need a very flexible employer to allow you to take weeks off at a time to do Teaching Practice.
    Dreamer24 wrote: »
    I wish they would announce it sooner.
    Nothing that can be done about that unfortunately. There is a chance that that place could be whittled down further, or that the course wouldn't run at all. Hibernia has increased the numbers it takes significantly this year (it has doubled I believe), so the DES/DOF might decide that that is sufficient to serve the needs of graduates wishing to enter the profession.
    Dreamer24 wrote: »
    If you apply as Mature student to Mary do you still have the interviews etc???
    Yes, you will have an interview in English and as Gaeilge. And bare in mind that you will have to do the 3 years full time in the college to qualify if you choose this route.


  • #5
    Dreamer24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭Dreamer24


    Is the irish interview difficult??


  • #6
    dory
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,574 Mod ✭✭✭✭dory


    Well you have to be able to have a comfortable conversation, talking about your hobbies, work, life etc. The Hibernia interview sometimes goes deeper and asks about school issues.

    My students were waiting to hear about the courses last year. Think it was Christmas before they knew for sure what it was happening.

    Competition is fierce. So although the Irish interview may not be 'hard' you still have to be one of the best to get in.


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