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Returning to Ireland to teach!

  • 19-05-2013 3:48pm
    #1
    Trained Monkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78 ✭✭


    Hi, I have been primary teaching in the UK for the past few years and now I want to return to Ireland. I know people will say that I am mad considering the job situation but I don't want to live in the UK any longer and want to try get a job at home in Ireland.

    I am completely out of the loop on the system for registering with the teaching council, completing the Irish language requirements and where to search for jobs.

    Can anybody who has done similar give me some advice? I would really appreciate it!:D


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  • #2
    ShamoBuc
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 33,993 CMod ✭✭✭✭ShamoBuc


    My advice, stay in England!

    If not....if really, really not you will have a lot of hoops to jump through. Teaching Council website will have all their info. SCG is fairly hard and your Irish would want to be of a reasonably good standard - it also has a lot of hoops aswell and requires a fair bit of work. Also, you cannot get your dip done till you have it I think.

    Once you have all that done you can then compete with a ridiculous amount of teachers with a varied level of experience for the little or no jobs that are out there.

    My advice, stay where you are or go further abroad instead of coming home.


  • #3
    Trained Monkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78 ✭✭Trained Monkey


    I am fully qualified over here so I presume I dont need to do the Dip as well?


  • #4
    An Bradán Feasa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 405 ✭✭An Bradán Feasa


    Trained Monkey wrote: »
    I am fully qualified over here so I presume I dont need to do the Dip as well?

    If you completed your probation over in the UK, the only outstanding thing you'll need to cover in Ireland is the teaching Irish part of probation. I think...


  • #5
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    No matter how much you may dislike working in UK, I would strongly advise you to stay where you are. There are sfa teaching vacancies here at present.


  • #6
    Trained Monkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78 ✭✭Trained Monkey


    Update: I returned home and subbed for year 1 getting about 85% of the days in the school year. Year 2 I got a maternity leave for the whole year and year 3 has been same. Maybe I was lucky but coming home has worked out quite nicely so far.


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  • #7
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Trained Monkey wrote: »
    Update: I returned home and subbed for year 1 getting about 85% of the days in the school year. Year 2 I got a maternity leave for the whole year and year 3 has been same. Maybe I was lucky but coming home has worked out quite nicely so far.

    If you don't mind year to year work.
    How many years are you qualified?
    Have you any plans to buy a house/marry etc.?


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