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Primary teacher UK moving to ireland/no Irish!! Help

  • 25-01-2015 11:29am
    #1
    conbarhan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭


    Moved to a thread on it's own OP... hope the title is ok
    mod

    Hi all....I am an English born and English trained Primary school teacher and my question is ....what are my chances of teaching in Ireland? I am moving over with my partner in August. I have absolutely no Irish whatsoever. Is there any international school where Irish is not compulsory? thanks


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  • #2
    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,514 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    You'll have to have Irish, I'm afraid. The other downside is that you'll be competing against all the current people with experience for any job.


  • #3
    athtrasna
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    I have a couple of UK trained friends. When they came back they worked in preschools or montessori schools while doing Irish courses.

    Irish is compulsory all the way through the education system here with very few exceptions.


  • #4
    RealJohn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,099 ✭✭✭RealJohn


    conbarhan wrote: »
    Is there any international school where Irish is not compulsory?
    Well that's a pretty bad attitude to start with. Most people would at least be open to the idea of learning a new language and from a teacher, that's the minimum I'd expect. You could be a great inspiration to those students (and indeed, those lazy teachers) who say Irish is too hard (it isn't) but instead you're looking for ways around something you know to be a requirement of the job you want to do.

    mod warning:

    Sorry RealJohn thats not the way it works on boards. See above posts for how to respond to someone seeking advice. Anyone seeking advice is automatically in a vulnerable position so we have to be sensitive to their situation.

    Do not respond to warnings in-thread as it drags things off topic.



    If I don't know which mod I'm talking to, how can I respond anywhere other than on the thread?


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