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Incremental Credit .

  • 24-10-2020 03:52PM
    #1
    pythonfoot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29 ✭


    Hi all,

    I have recently qualified as a teacher . I’m now on a RPT contract . I start at the bottom of pay scale .

    However ...

    Prior to getting my qualifications I worked for 13 years as casual unqualified substitute, SNA and for a period classroom assistant in UK.

    I believe that incremental credit won’t be applied to my situation but it is worth exhausting all avenues open to me . Alas , perhaps there are no such avenues .


    Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction ?

    Yours sincerely,

    Pythonfoot

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Comments

  • #2
    dory
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,672 Mod ✭✭✭✭dory


    I know from people in work you just really have to state your case. Some wrote very convincing arguments how working in a bank etc. helped them as a teacher. The main cut off point seems to be if you were qualified for whatever job you did. One person did 2 years full time teaching but was unqualified so got nothing. Another worked in a bank, is qualified in business, so was able to argue that she was qualified for her bank job and it helps her as a business teacher. If you're good at arguing the case you could have some luck with the classroom assistant / SNA work. It's a long shot but worth a go.


  • #3
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,463 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    A friend of mine applied for incremental credit for a couple of years worked as an SNA, while qualified as a teacher and wasn't successful. My reading of it is, if you were doing a job that does not require a degree that could be used for a teaching qualification then the years you want to get incremental credit for don't count. Also if you were doing a job that requires a degree that can be used in teaching then you might have a case.

    Consider two people who both have Chemistry degrees. One spends 5 years stacking shelves in the local supermarket and one spends 5 years working in a laboratory in a pharmaceutical company. Both then go and do the dip and apply for incremental credit. The former did a job that didn't require any chemistry but the latter did.

    I would say in your case that if it was to be given for working as an SNA, which requires a QQI Level 5, then you would be opening the floodgates to anyone who had ever worked at anything for incremental credit.


  • #4
    r93kaey5p2izun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,962 ✭✭✭r93kaey5p2izun


    SNA does not require a qualification up until now. Many teachers have been awarded incremental credit for working as an SNA, I know several of my friends were. I don't know of anyone awarded credit for unqualified teaching work though.


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