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Primary Teaching Help

  • 28-11-2013 3:47pm
    #1
    david282213
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭


    Hi, I have been thinking about going into Primary Teaching but my big fear is that I maybe too old( I am 28 now) and still have to repeat Irish.

    I have worked in Marketing for the last four years but have work has tried up.

    I have always wanted to go into teaching but my growing fear is that I am so late going in that there may not be a job when I am finished.

    I would really appreciate any help/advice anyone may have.

    Also any advice on teacher training would be great i.e. Hibernia Vs Teacher Training Colleges.

    Thanks in advance.


Comments

  • #2
    nosietoes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 536 ✭✭✭nosietoes


    I just finished a B.Ed in St Pats and among my classmates there were people who were turning 30, 40 and 50.

    It's never too late to do what you want.

    And considering there are few jobs around now maybe it will get slightly better by the time you finish? We still have a ridiculously high birthdate and unless we start packing them in 60 to a classroom again, there should be some jobs available.


  • #3
    Heffc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 ✭Heffc


    I could have written your post, except I'm 34... I have been on the verge of going back teaching for years now and I'm still stuck in the 'will I, wont' i' mode. At 34 I'm now in a place where i have a mortgage and am trying to start a family so it seems more impossible than ever. If you're in a position where you have no ties and can do this now at 28, go for it, or in another 6 years you'll be like me....


  • #4
    evolving_doors
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭evolving_doors


    Heffc wrote: »
    I could have written your post, except I'm 34... I have been on the verge of going back teaching for years now and I'm still stuck in the 'will I, wont' i' mode. At 34 I'm now in a place where i have a mortgage and am trying to start a family so it seems more impossible than ever. If you're in a position where you have no ties and can do this now at 28, go for it, or in another 6 years you'll be like me....

    Id echo this with regard to primary teaching ,esp if you are under thirty, unattached no family, mortgage etc...although your best bet would be to get the heck out of Ireland and get good solid experience in the UK. You could be hanging around ireland for years with a few months here and there subbing to show for it.

    If primary school jobs do start to come onstream I hate to say it but nepotism will take over. Just think of all the new qualified teachers pouring out over the last few years ...that backlog has to be sorted out also.
    I have a friend whose son qualified and jumped to the uk into permanent jobs with the majority of the class. The only two out of the class who got work in Ireland had parents as principals!


  • #5
    RealJohn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,099 ✭✭✭RealJohn


    OP, I wouldn't say you're too old but the need to repeat Irish is concerning. Have you improved your Irish since leaving cert? If not and if you weren't able for higher level Irish then then it would appear you're seriously lacking in a core part of the curriculum.


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