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Teaching Computer Science/Computer Programming/etc..

  • 12-10-2011 1:06am
    #1
    Robdude
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    I'm not even sure where to begin....I'm from the United States and haven't been here in Ireland very long at all, so I'm afraid I'm pretty ignorant on how all of this works.

    Back in the US, I'd done some 'adjunct' teaching. I have a bachelors degree in Computer Science and am in progress on a masters in Computer Science. I should have a green card shortly and will be working full-time as a software engineer.

    What are the requirements typically like to instruct classes in Ireland? Would my US degrees carry any weight here/does it sound like I'd have a shot at doing this here?


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  • #2
    rainbowtrout
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    Do you mean in secondary school? We don't have Computer Science as a subject here. Students have computer classes but they learn things like word processing, email, powerpoint etc.


  • #3
    spurious
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    The only computer subject for exam is the IT elective in the Applied Leaving Cert and there is no school in the country would have enough hours to give a job exclusively for that.

    As rainbowtrout said, the 'computer classes' for the general class groups are very basic and usually taken by a staff member who has more of a clue than the rest.


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