Can I do a CE scheme and a short full time course

Airyfairy12

Im due to start a CE scheme soon but its not by choice and its in childcare which im not interested in but ill do it anyway for the work experience and hopefully a decent reference for my CV but I did express that I didnt plan on doing childcare as my career and ive no interest in it.
I have a degree and had planned to do my PME but since its been made into a two year course and the grants for postgrads changed I can no longer afford it. I did an online Tefl 180hr course last year but cant find livable waged work with it. Ive had a few interviews in Ireland for english teaching but they all said I need the celta training, otherwise I would have been hired.

The Celta is one month full time, very intense course. Id be blowing all my savings on it but would be guaranteed work at the end of it if I got my certificate. Could I take a month off from the CE scheme to do the course and not lose my payments? I couldnt do the course without any money coming in.

mp22

When you start the scheme they will ask you if you want/wish to do any courses ect.Ask them about the Celta course it cant do any harm.

mp22

Thread reopened,please note we are discussing whether the OP can do a short full time course while on a CE scheme.

yellowjumper

I don't know if CE schemes are different, but I know you can't do a CELT/CELTA while on the dole. I think some of the reasoning is that you could go abroad with it, not keeping the money in the country or something! Plus you can't sign on, or be 'actively seeking work' when you're attending classes full-time.
It's a bit irritating, I understand!

Airyfairy12

yellowjumper wrote: »

I don't know if CE schemes are different, but I know you can't do a CELT/CELTA while on the dole. I think some of the reasoning is that you could go abroad with it, not keeping the money in the country or something! Plus you can't sign on, or be 'actively seeking work' when you're attending classes full-time.
It's a bit irritating, I understand!

True but I couldnt do it if I was working either as its a full time course, How do other people do it? I wonder if I told them im guaranteed to find work if I do it? I had an interview a few weeks ago for English teaching, they told me only for im not Celta qualified id have been hired, got replies from some other places asking if my tefl cert was ACELS accredited too, these were jobs in Ireland. Im afraid to ask them, theyv stopped my payments for less.

yellowjumper

There is the option of doing the course part-time, which would be about 12 weeks or so (it varies depending on where you do it). It's possible you'd be able to keep up your payments that way while doing the course.
I know there are people who do it full-time, and have to miss a morning when they have to sign on. That's not really ideal, because as you can imagine, every minute counts in the full-time course! It is an option though.

You've been almost offered jobs though, save for your lack of CELT, so I don't know if that would have any bearing on how lenient they'd be with your payments + doing the course.

bodhrandude

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

Im due to start a CE scheme soon but its not by choice and its in childcare which im not interested in but ill do it anyway for the work experience and hopefully a decent reference for my CV but I did express that I didnt plan on doing childcare as my career and ive no interest in it.
I have a degree and had planned to do my PME but since its been made into a two year course and the grants for postgrads changed I can no longer afford it. I did an online Tefl 180hr course last year but cant find livable waged work with it. Ive had a few interviews in Ireland for english teaching but they all said I need the celta training, otherwise I would have been hired.

The Celta is one month full time, very intense course. Id be blowing all my savings on it but would be guaranteed work at the end of it if I got my certificate. Could I take a month off from the CE scheme to do the course and not lose my payments? I couldnt do the course without any money coming in.

You can take a month off, but it would have to be annual leave or taking holidays, you can take ten days off and because CE is only two and a half days of the week thats 4 weeks you can take off but you would have to fill in the annual leave form a week before the break and get it signed by your CE supervisor, this means you would still get paid but no summer or winter holidays for you this year apart from Xmas and Easter which is given anyway.