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PGCE Graduates

  • 30-09-2010 4:12pm
    #1
    oh username
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    Hi,

    Is there anyone here who has completed the PGCE and returned home to Ireland? I rang the Teachers council there about Recognition of your qualification when you come home and she was not the most helpful.

    There are two criteria which your PGCE must have in order for the teaching council to recognise it here,

    1) That your PGCE is aimed towards teaching 12-18 year olds which mine is.

    2) That your teacher placement is supervised by the college.

    Now i rang Manchester University about this they said that they organise your placement, and that they have someone in the school who is in charge of teacher training and organises your classes.

    I feel the supervise part is a grey area, i asked what the teaching councils definition was of supervise and she wouldn't answer me!

    Anyone else done the PGCE and came home?


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  • #2
    Inspector Coptoor
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    Yeah, I did it in UWIC in Cardiff in 2006/2007 and am home teaching now for the last 4 years with no problems and with full recognition although it did take a full academic year to get it all sorted out.

    When you are about to come home, draw up a list of everything they need from you.
    Pass this information on to your tutor in Manchester and ask him/her to write up a letter on headed paper outlining how all these different criteria have been met.

    That should suffice.
    If you're really stuck, I should be able to find the letter I got drawn up and pass it on via pm.

    The way the PGCE works is that you have a placement in a school and someone in that school is in charge of teacher training and asseses you once a week.
    then, your college tutor will visit you 3/4 times during the year also, so yes, it is very well supervised.

    I really dont know why so many graduates in ireland are paying over 6000 euro a year to do the PGDE when you can pay ~1800 euro in UK for the PGCE which in my mind is a better qualification with less emphasis on philosophy and psychology of education and much more emphasis on getting out into the classroom and getting experience.


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