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irish primary teaching

  • 12-01-2011 02:58PM
    #1
    1990A
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭


    to become a primary teacher in a gealscoil do you have to do a primary teaching course and then specialise in irish or is there any colleges with separate courses?
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  • #2
    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    You do not have to do a seperate course, but you do need a very good standard of Irish. Any teachers on our staff who are not native speakers would have been either in primary/secondary or third level through Irish and/or took Irish with education to degree level.


  • #3
    1990A
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭1990A


    thanks. I went to an Irish primary school but an english secondary school but i speak fluent irish. for my CAO is it primary teaching i put down? because i dont think i can get the points but would love to be a gaelscoil teacher! is there any other way around it do you know?:)


  • #4
    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    Some people did,say an ARTS degree and then the post grad to get into primary. Yes, it's primary teaching you apply for, in your choice of college-we all think our own alma mater was best, so I'll say Mary I and wait for the teachers from other places come on and plug theirs.


  • #5
    ugni
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭ugni


    1990A wrote: »
    thanks. I went to an Irish primary school but an english secondary school but i speak fluent irish. for my CAO is it primary teaching i put down? because i dont think i can get the points but would love to be a gaelscoil teacher! is there any other way around it do you know?:)


    If i were you I would put pats down first because you have the option of taking an arts subject with education. A you are interested in teaching in a gaelscoil I would reccommend taking Irish. You can also opt to undertake your teaching practices in gaelscoileanna in college.
    I have heard great reviews of the other teaching college but if you want to focus on irish then this may be your best bet.


  • #6
    ugni
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭ugni


    Also forgot to say, if you are living in a gaeltacht area, you could apply as a gaeltacht applicant and you will automatically be placed in gaelscoileanna for your teaching practices!


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  • #7
    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    ugni wrote: »
    If i were you I would put pats down first because you have the option of taking an arts subject with education. A you are interested in teaching in a gaelscoil I would reccommend taking Irish. You can also opt to undertake your teaching practices in gaelscoileanna in college.
    I have heard great reviews of the other teaching college but if you want to focus on irish then this may be your best bet.
    eeeeerrrrrrrrrr, I took irish with Education for my B.Ed in Mary I.


  • #8
    pooch90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,437 ✭✭✭pooch90


    Me too. you do an arts subject with majority of education courses so saying Pats is your best bet for Irish is ridiculous. I'm a Mary I grad but you should pick whichever college suits your needs best.
    OP apply for a normal B. Ed, there's no separate course for Gaelscoil teaching. Just apply to do your TP in Gaelscoils.


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