Getting an ITE certificate while working

pedro_am

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.

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.

evolving_doors

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.