Primary Teacher Salary

finlma

I'm sick of working in IT and I'm hoping to do the Primary School Teacher postgrad. Does anyone have any idea of roughly how much a primary school teacher can expect to earn?

Kinetic^

finlma wrote:

I'm sick of working in IT and I'm hoping to do the Primary School Teacher postgrad. Does anyone have any idea of roughly how much a primary school teacher can expect to earn?

You're looking at about 29-31k starting off with a raise each year for the first 5 years (i think).

Eventually it goes up to like 60k after 25 years service.

Nice hours. My gf does it and is finished by about 3:30 each day.

esperanza

You have to have fluent Irish though, that's a bit unfair for those who didn't like Irish.

nesf

esperanza wrote:

You have to have fluent Irish though, that's a bit unfair for those who didn't like Irish.

I don't think you have to be fluent. You just need to have a good level of Irish as Irish makes up quite a bit of the qualifications to become a primary teacher. You have to do orals etc iirc.

Kinetic^

You need a C or higher in Higher level Irish.

esperanza

Does that mean that those you did not complete their secondary school education in Ireland are not entitled to work as primary school teachers?

Big Ears

esperanza wrote:

Does that mean that those you did not complete their secondary school education in Ireland are not entitled to work as primary school teachers?

I would assume so .

OrangeOranges

what kind of increments are involved per yer after qualification

finlma

You do have to have a good level of Irish. I'm attending courses before I have the interview as I did my Leaving in 1998 so haven't done much Irish in 7 years. Its amazing how much you remember though.

Hibernia College offer the postgrad online now and it is recognised by the government. I still think its better to attend a college.

ionapaul

You also get a higher starting salary based on your third level qualifications - you get more with a BA 1st class honours than a 2nd class honours, and even more if you have a Masters. With the right qualifications you're looking at closer to €35 starting salary.

esperanza

ionapaul wrote:

You also get a higher starting salary based on your third level qualifications - you get more with a BA 1st class honours than a 2nd class honours, and even more if you have a Masters. With the right qualifications you're looking at closer to €35 starting salary.

That sounds wonderful,I'd definitely love to be a teacher, but there isn't much demand for my subject combination and apparently it's quite hard to get into, isn't it?

luckat

The radio talk shows have been going on about how desperate schools are for teachers at the moment.

You'd be expected to have decent Irish, surprisingly enough when it's a subject you have to teach

If your Irish needs brushing up, Gael-Linn run excellent intensive courses, and you can also go up to Oideas Gael in Gleann Cholm Cille, where their course includes Irish plus lots of cultural stuff - hillwalking, archaeology, dancing, etc. They even have special courses for teachers. They're nice people, too.

loyatemu

esperanza wrote:

That sounds wonderful,I'd definitely love to be a teacher, but there isn't much demand for my subject combination and apparently it's quite hard to get into, isn't it?

if by "subject combination" you mean what you studied in college - it doesn't matter for primary teaching because you don't specialise in particular subjects - you teach them all.

if you're already a graduate its probably easier to get into than if you are trying to get straight into it after doing your leaving.

yop

So the only option for people is to do it part time with Hibernia college?? My wife works there but never even considered doing the course but after reading what ye are on about I would love to get out of IT!

So for primary teaching only a D in honours Irish is no good, would it be enough for Secondary??

Salary is pretty decent, with the holidays and that it is mighty!

Sposs

Once you have a degree you can work as a temp ,no matter what your degree is in. Should you want to get a permanent Job you need the H dip.

esperanza

I only did pass Irish, so it would be an uphill struggle to brush it up after more than 5 yrs post leaving cert ... but perhaps secondary school teaching might be an option. My language combination is French and German.

Civilian_Target

Yeah - I believe Physics, Chemistry, Maths and German teachers are hard to get these days so you've got a good chance...

You still need honours Irish or to pass some sort of Irish course to become a full-time secondary school teacher though...