Religion Question

The Educator

I just landed the job as a religion teacher for a first year group... Im really enjoying it and the kids seem to be happy so far.

But the other day the principal the principal told me that I could have the class right through the JC if I wanted, I happily agreed. The only reason I got the job when Im unqualified is because of the huge first year groups coming in.

Anyways, so I started planning what I would teach for the next 3 years. I taught that I would do 2 Sections a year. But Section C seems awful long.

My question is that must I do all four major world religions or just one or two? I was looking at some of the exam papers and most of the questions seemed to be; Choose one of the Major World Religions you have studied, and then answer a general question...

So would it be ok to leave one or two alone??

Thanks in advance!!

The Educator

Opps!! I meant to put this in the Teaching & Lecturing forum! :O Would someone please move it? Thanks!

Terri26

You choose one world religion. It might be a good idea to read the syllabus guidelines especially as you aren't qualified!

spurious

Thread moved to Teaching and Lecturing.

sitstill

There are plenty of qualified religion teachers who can't get jobs. In my opinion, you shouldn't be teaching the class.

You only have to do one of the world religions - most people do Islam or Judaism.

wingnut

The Educator wrote: »

The only reason I got the job when Im unqualified is because of the huge first year groups coming in.

No offence to you personally but it ridiculous that principals can still get away with hiring unqualified teachers when there are literally thousands of qualified teachers desperate for work.

I hear about this in a lot of schools around the country. To have an unqualified teacher on the books for three years is a slap in the face to anyone who is qualified an cannot find work.

NewHillel

wingnut wrote: »

No offence to you personally but it ridiculous that principals can still get away with hiring unqualified teachers when there are literally thousands of qualified teachers desperate for work.

I hear about this in a lot of schools around the country. To have an unqualified teacher on the books for three years is a slap in the face to anyone who is qualified an cannot find work.

I believe the OP is a qualified teacher.

NathanOR

NewHillel wrote: »

I believe the OP is a qualified teacher.

I am!! Woohoo!! The only reason I got asked to do the job because, I took Arts for my undergraduate degree, and had Religion done for first year but gave it up in 2nd..

And to be fair our school isnt short of any teachers apart from one religion teacher... So you don't really expect a school to hire a teacher for one religion class now do you?

whiteandlight

NathanOR wrote: »

NewHillel wrote: »

I believe the OP is a qualified teacher.

I am!! Woohoo!! The only reason I got asked to do the job because, I took Arts for my undergraduate degree, and had Religion done for first year but gave it up in 2nd..

And to be fair our school isnt short of any teachers apart from one religion teacher... So you don't really expect a school to hire a teacher for one religion class now do you?

But you aren't qualified in religion? I think the point being made above is that the 2-3hrs you are getting might be a godsend to someone else.

wingnut

NathanOR wrote: »

I am!! Woohoo!!

My mistake, I just thought from the post that you were saying you were unqualified I thought you weren't a teacher.

Musicmental85

Musicmental85 wrote: »

But you aren't qualified in religion? I think the point being made above is that the 2-3hrs you are getting might be a godsend to someone else.

Absolutely. There are 100s of graduates from Mater Dei, St. Pats Thurles and St. Angela's Sligo who are specifically trained to teach religion and would give a right arm for that class.

tvnutz

Deleted User wrote: »

Absolutely. There are 100s of graduates from Mater Dei, St. Pats Thurles and St. Angela's Sligo who are specifically trained to teach religion and would give a right arm for that class.

I'm one of them! Currently working 40 hours a week for my dole in youth work to try get experience on the CV so someone might give me a job,but if they just give it to people who aren't even qualified in the subject then I'm fairly screwed!

Terri26

What college/course allowed you to do "religion" as a first year subject?

sitstill

Terri26 wrote: »

What college/course allowed you to do "religion" as a first year subject?

The OP possibly took Theology in the first year of their BA in Maynooth or someplace. However is still not qualified to teach RE and should not be teaching it. I know someone who graduated from Mater Dei this year and told me that only 4 or 5 of them have got jobs and they are all qualified to teach that subject.

Terri26

That's why I asked. If the OP did indeed study it in first year they would have called it theology and not religion/ Also you can't do Theology in the Arts degree in Maynooth but you can do Arts with the Theology degree. If you drop Theology in first year you have to transfer to NUI Maynooth as a separate
university. Hence my interest as it's a big deal and they don't allow a lot of students to do it.

Zaph

The Educator and NathanOR sitebanned for sockpuppeting.

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