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Getting an ITE certificate while working

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  • 01-06-2018 5:31pm
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    pedro_am
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    Hello, i'm a programmer here in Brazil, but really want to get into teaching, which is a passion i discovered a bit late in my university years. I'll be moving to Ireland shortly and researched about the requirements to teach post-primary classes, and although i have the required NFQ level 8 certificate (i have a masters degree), i got confused about the ITE qualification.

    1) Is it possible to work and study the required ITE course simultaneously? Do you have any stories to share? The university schedules i checked seem pretty rough to do both things simultaneously.

    2) I've seen that the price of the courses are around 15k euros, is this correct? Is there a more affordable option?

    Thank you very much for your time.


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    mtoutlemonde
    Registered Users Posts: 2,120 ✭✭✭mtoutlemonde


    pedro_am wrote: »
    Hello, i'm a programmer here in Brazil, but really want to get into teaching, which is a passion i discovered a bit late in my university years. I'll be moving to Ireland shortly and researched about the requirements to teach post-primary classes, and although i have the required NFQ level 8 certificate (i have a masters degree), i got confused about the ITE qualification.

    1) Is it possible to work and study the required ITE course simultaneously? Do you have any stories to share? The university schedules i checked seem pretty rough to do both things simultaneously.

    2) I've seen that the price of the courses are around 15k euros, is this correct? Is there a more affordable option?

    Thank you very much for your time.

    Excuse my ignorance but was in ITE?

    Yes the prices you have seen are correct. It's a two year qualification.

    You can't teach post-primary without a Teaching Council number and you need a PME to register for secondary schools. You can register for further education without a PME.

    ICT is only being rolled out this year so you will struggle for sustainable employment unless you have another in demand subject.


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    evolving_doors
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    I thunk he means Initial Teacher Education.

    In the UK they might PAY YOU to be a teacher.
    Ireland is funny because it depends on what subject you have to get a job.
    English No
    Geography no
    History no
    Irish yes
    Home economics yes
    Spanish yes
    Italian no
    Physics yes
    Biology no
    Chemistry maybe
    Maths yes
    (That's just a generalisation above)


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    pedro_am
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭pedro_am


    Yeah, it would probably be in Maths. This is more complex than i imagined, especially now that i checked that you need a certain amout of ECTS credits in certain areas, which is quite hard to convert from the credits we use here. I might register for a full undergraduate course in Maths if that simplifies the process. Is it possible to obtain the requirements from a online university? It might be a very good option if one exists.


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    pedro_am
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭pedro_am


    Yeah, it would probably be in Maths. This is more complex than i imagined, especially now that i checked that you need a certain amout of ECTS credits in certain areas, which is quite hard to convert from the credits we use here. I might register for a full undergraduate course in Maths if that simplifies the process. Is it possible to obtain the requirements from a online university? It might be a very good option if one exists.


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    mtoutlemonde
    Registered Users Posts: 2,120 ✭✭✭mtoutlemonde


    pedro_am wrote: »
    Yeah, it would probably be in Maths. This is more complex than i imagined, especially now that i checked that you need a certain amout of ECTS credits in certain areas, which is quite hard to convert from the credits we use here. I might register for a full undergraduate course in Maths if that simplifies the process. Is it possible to obtain the requirements from a online university? It might be a very good option if one exists.

    There is an online version. - it's called Hibernia. Same price as well.

    If you were going to do another undergraduate, there is a maths/education degree in NUIG. There are science education degrees in Limerick. Any interest in languages? Maths, Home Economics and languages are the in demand subjects at the moment.


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    pedro_am
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭pedro_am


    I was checking the NUIG website, and it seems to have a few different fees. EU fees, Tuition fees, Student Contribution and Student Levy. Do i have to pay all of these per year? That would sum to over 10k. I would prefer an area related to Mathematics, since i'm more used to it, languages don't appeal to me that much.


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    mtoutlemonde
    Registered Users Posts: 2,120 ✭✭✭mtoutlemonde


    pedro_am wrote: »
    I was checking the NUIG website, and it seems to have a few different fees. EU fees, Tuition fees, Student Contribution and Student Levy. Do i have to pay all of these per year? That would sum to over 10k. I would prefer an area related to Mathematics, since i'm more used to it, languages don't appeal to me that much.

    I would presume so. It's been a while since I studied there. Send them an email and see overall costs and see if there is assistance you could claim for. Is there a possibility that you train in Brazil and then see if you need extra credits for Ireland. You will definitely have to do a History of Education exam.


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