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Teaching council registration

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  • 30-08-2018 11:54am
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    Charlie27
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    Hi there I would be grateful if you could share this:
    I am in the process of registering with the teaching council (post primary) when I asked them if teachers are allowed to teach and can be employed to teach a subject they were not registered with the council for they replied "Of course, this is between you and the employer". So for example if the TC registered History as my degree subject but I have a pgce in Modern foreign languages I could go ahead and apply for French posts?


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    Avatar MIA
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    Charlie27 wrote: »
    Hi there I would be grateful if you could share this:
    I am in the process of registering with the teaching council (post primary) when I asked them if teachers are allowed to teach and can be employed to teach a subject they were not registered with the council for they replied "Of course, this is between you and the employer". So for example if the TC registered History as my degree subject but I have a pgce in Modern foreign languages I could go ahead and apply for French posts?

    Many Some (in the past at least) maths teachers didn't have maths degrees.


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    mtoutlemonde
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    Charlie27 wrote: »
    Hi there I would be grateful if you could share this:
    I am in the process of registering with the teaching council (post primary) when I asked them if teachers are allowed to teach and can be employed to teach a subject they were not registered with the council for they replied "Of course, this is between you and the employer". So for example if the TC registered History as my degree subject but I have a pgce in Modern foreign languages I could go ahead and apply for French posts?

    Do the Teaching Council not recognise your pgce for MFL but do for History - did you query that with them? The pgce is a teaching qualification?

    As far as I know, to get past shortlisting definitely with the ETBs, they would require that you have French listed on you TC registration. Now if you were to get a post teaching History, they may ask you to teach French but they would pay you the unqualified rate. This would not happen with Department schools.


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    Charlie27
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭Charlie27


    mtoutlemonde wrote: »
    Do the Teaching Council not recognise your pgce for MFL but do for History - did you query that with them? The pgce is a teaching qualification?

    As far as I know, to get past shortlisting definitely with the ETBs, they would require that you have French listed on you TC registration. Now if you were to get a post teaching History, they may ask you to teach French but they would pay you the unqualified rate. This would not happen with Department schools.

    So you can only teach what you are registered for?


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    Charlie27 wrote: »
    So you can only teach what you are registered for?

    Normally any posts advertised will request that you are registered with the teaching council. However, if you are in a school and a position cones up you may be considered.

    I don't think you'd have much chance of getting, say, a French teaching contract by applying externally for an advertisement.


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