help please?

jakko86

Iv posted on the mature student forum with no luck,im a 26 year old carpenter (limerick) and iv been thinkin about teaching however im not sure where to start or will my qualification (level 6 fetac, merit grade in carpentry and joinery) stand to me or will i have to start all over again ... i want to teach in a secondary school woodwork and maybe technical drawing or else lecture in fas/fetac.iv done my leaving cert 390pts with little study very foolish in hindsight...I want to do a part time course as ill need to work to pay for course and living etc...i dont know where to start looking or what it is im looking for to get the ball rolling as i feel its now or never to do something about it.
help would be greatly appreciated.

lawrose

Hi jakko86

University Limerick is (as far as I know) the only place that has courses to qualify you to teach woodwork, etc. At least you're already living there!

Check out this link http://www3.ul.ie/courses/MaterialsAndArchitecturalEducation.php

That's a 4 year course from scratch. You'd prob have to check with them directly to see if your FETAC qualifications would mean any exemptions.

They also have an 18-month PDE (new name for the HDip) which you can do if you already have a suitable Honours Degree. This is the link for that
http://www2.ul.ie/web/WWW/Services/Research/Graduate_School/Prospective_Students/Graduate_Programmes/Taught_Programmes/Education_&_Health_Sciences/Technology

Good luck.