Correcting Junior & Leaving Cert Exams

glenn3ie · 02-11-2011 10:11AM

Boober Fraggle wrote: »

No harm in applying, anyway! You can put down your dip hours as your classes for this year, you could get lucky.

Generally, it's 26 days from start to finish.

The papers don't 'arrive', you go to Athlone, for either a 1 or 2 days correcting conference, and you pick up the papers while you are there.

Deadlines are usually quite manageable so long as you don't have other commitments at the same time as the correcting.

Thanks for the reply.

Is it 26 days from the 1st of July or from the date your exam finishes etc.

The reason I ask is, I generally do be away for a week in July with voluntary work. Would this scupper my chances?

Boober Fraggle · 02-11-2011 10:43AM

It's 26 days from the end of the conference, which can be any time from mid-June to the first week of July, depending on the subject. If you are not available for the duration, you won't get it.

rainbowtrout · 02-11-2011 08:55PM

glenn3ie wrote: »

Thanks for the reply.

Is it 26 days from the 1st of July or from the date your exam finishes etc.

The reason I ask is, I generally do be away for a week in July with voluntary work. Would this scupper my chances?

It depends. The exams that are early on in June will start correcting around the end of June/start of July. The ones that are on the final days will start around a week into July. You can't take a week off during the exams. So if you want a week off don't bother applying. For the 26 days from conference to end of marking you'll be hard pushed to have one full day off let alone a week.

eoins23456 · 04-11-2011 09:03PM

can college students correct exams? or even mock exams for companies?

highlydebased · 04-11-2011 09:08PM

eoins23456 wrote: »

can college students correct exams? or even mock exams for companies?

Apparently they had 3rd level students correct CSPE in previous years, I wouldn't mind doing that myself for the experience

implausible · 04-11-2011 09:15PM

eoins23456 wrote: »

can college students correct exams? or even mock exams for companies?

highlydebased wrote: »

Apparently they had 3rd level students correct CSPE in previous years, I wouldn't mind doing that myself for the experience

Please be aware that the teaching landscape has changed a lot in the past few years - all teachers have taken big paycuts and many are on reduced hours, so the demand for marking has gone up.

That said - no harm in applying. It is great experience.

rainbowtrout · 04-11-2011 10:22PM

eoins23456 wrote: »

can college students correct exams? or even mock exams for companies?

Exactly as above. You can apply but the demand for corrections has gone up so you are less likely to get the state exams. Mock exams are produced and corrected by private companies so they can hire whoever they want. Last time I corrected mock papers they wanted teachers with at least two years experience. They have strange hiring policies. I've had friends rejected because they're not currently teaching even thoughthey had a number of years experience correcting for the SEC. Seems ridiculous that a person who is deemed good enough for the SEC are not good enough for some mock companies.

chunli_boom · 05-11-2011 09:21PM

does anyone have link for applying to correct exams?

spurious · 05-11-2011 09:29PM

chunli_boom wrote: »

does anyone have link for applying to correct exams?

http://www.examinations.ie/index.php?l=en&mc=re&sc=ei

They should appear soon, so bookmark that page.

prancer · 16-08-2012 09:09AM

Any idea when the last of the payment comes through after the advance, I corrected to get a few extra things paid for this year but just want to know how long you wait before you get the rest of the payment. I got the advance early July.

born2bwild · 16-08-2012 09:22AM

October

rainbowtrout · 16-08-2012 10:33AM

prancer wrote: »

Any idea when the last of the payment comes through after the advance, I corrected to get a few extra things paid for this year but just want to know how long you wait before you get the rest of the payment. I got the advance early July.

Think it was mid October last year.

prancer · 16-08-2012 02:55PM

thanks a million for replying

Bonbon1995 · 25-06-2013 09:29PM

Does anyone know when the examiners get the papers to begin correcting?

j.l · 25-06-2013 10:00PM

Question about applying for correcting papers - I did the Bachelor of Education (primary) with French in St Pat's - would this be sufficient for correcting?

rainbowtrout · 25-06-2013 10:11PM

Bonbon1995 wrote: »

Does anyone know when the examiners get the papers to begin correcting?

at the end of your conference you go to the SEC and collect your bag(s) of papers.

yellowlor · 13-03-2015 04:31PM

Hi, last year I applied for the correcting but I didn't get it because I was doing my dip. When I didn't get it I got another job for the Summer. The day before the conference was due to start for my subject I got a phonecall asking me to go up as they were short numbers. I explained that I couldn't because I had other commitments, the girl on the phone seemed a bit annoyed. Two weeks later I got another phonecall asking me to correct another subject as they were badly stuck. Again I had to say no as I couldn't let my current job down. They had written a note beside my name from the first call saying what was said on the first phone call and the girl was able to explain the call back to me. Anyway I didn't apply this year as I was meant to be going travelling but I'm not now, I'm just wondering is my name still on file from last year? I know the closing date is gone but would there be a chance they'd contact me or should I just chance and apply now, I'm freaked they'v a big red mark next to my name saying No to me because I said no last year!!

evolving_doors · 13-03-2015 07:57PM

yellowlor wrote: »

Hi, last year I applied for the correcting but I didn't get it because I was doing my dip. When I didn't get it I got another job for the Summer. The day before the conference was due to start for my subject I got a phonecall asking me to go up as they were short numbers. I explained that I couldn't because I had other commitments, the girl on the phone seemed a bit annoyed. Two weeks later I got another phonecall asking me to correct another subject as they were badly stuck. Again I had to say no as I couldn't let my current job down. They had written a note beside my name from the first call saying what was said on the first phone call and the girl was able to explain the call back to me. Anyway I didn't apply this year as I was meant to be going travelling but I'm not now, I'm just wondering is my name still on file from last year? I know the closing date is gone but would there be a chance they'd contact me or should I just chance and apply now, I'm freaked they'v a big red mark next to my name saying No to me because I said no last year!!

Welcome! theres a 'newer' dedicated superintendents/correctors thread at the top of the forum page.

Anyhow.. I wouldnt let the 'red mark' put you off. I get the feeling its a buyers market now.
A colleague got a call last week asking if he'd forgotten to apply this year (after being coerced into doing an extra bag last year). he politely said no, they started banging on about the 'red mark' for future possibilities. He said no after 2 further begging calls but with offer of 'new senior title' on the table... he asked what that would entail... place as supervisor BUT with extra bag of papers on top of the usual. Needless to say they'll be still ringing around!

No harm in showing an interest!

Thats one way to kill off the junior cert in june! Crap pay... (im still desperate though so hope I get it).

Msadhbh · 20-05-2016 12:22PM

Hi. How much roughly would someone get for correcting Junior Cert ordinary level Italian scripts ? Thanks

spurious · 20-05-2016 12:54PM

Msadhbh wrote: »

Hi. How much roughly would someone get for correcting Junior Cert ordinary level Italian scripts ? Thanks

First of all, there won't be many Italian correctors as only 150 candidates or less do it at OL and a further 300 odd at HL. There might only be two correctors in the country.

As regards pay (based on other OL papers), it's roughly 4.90 a paper before tax. There is also a 206 admin fee, so if you got all the OL papers it would be about 750 before tax, plus your admin fee.

Bambles · 20-06-2016 05:27PM

How many papers would you usually get (for popular subject)? Never corrected before and I'm wondering what the load would be.

Thanks

evolving_doors · 20-06-2016 05:57PM

Bambles wrote: »

How many papers would you usually get (for popular subject)? Never corrected before and I'm wondering what the load would be.

Thanks

Bout 300

Crazyteacher · 20-06-2016 06:01PM

Gebgbegb wrote: »

Welcome! theres a 'newer' dedicated superintendents/correctors thread at the top of the forum page.

Anyhow.. I wouldnt let the 'red mark' put you off. I get the feeling its a buyers market now.
A colleague got a call last week asking if he'd forgotten to apply this year (after being coerced into doing an extra bag last year). he politely said no, they started banging on about the 'red mark' for future possibilities. He said no after 2 further begging calls but with offer of 'new senior title' on the table... he asked what that would entail... place as supervisor BUT with extra bag of papers on top of the usual. Needless to say they'll be still ringing around!

No harm in showing an interest!

Thats one way to kill off the junior cert in june! Crap pay... (im still desperate though so hope I get it).

I got 350 last year but others in my group got about 400. Junior level subject. Sorry to quote the above but that posts hilarious !

Bambles · 20-06-2016 06:08PM

Crazyteacher wrote: »

I got 350 last year but others in my group got about 400. Junior level subject. Sorry to quote the above but that posts hilarious !

Thanks for reference point! Is it envelopes they give them in rather boxes?

Crazyteacher · 20-06-2016 06:16PM

Bambles wrote: »

Thanks for reference point! Is it envelopes they give them in rather boxes?

3-4 White sacks , then their centre envelope ðŸ˜€

Bambles · 20-06-2016 06:28PM

Crazyteacher wrote: »

3-4 White sacks , then their centre envelope ðŸ˜€

Sorry for being annoying. I'm looking at public transport to get to athlone (failed the driving test very recently) and wasnt expecting late call up. Should the 'sacks' fit into an empty carry on suitcase for transport? Or at least be reasonably transportable?

Moody_mona · 20-06-2016 06:34PM

Bambles wrote: »

Crazyteacher wrote: »

3-4 White sacks , then their centre envelope

Sorry for being annoying. I'm looking at public transport to get to athlone (failed the driving test very recently) and wasnt expecting late call up. Should the 'sacks' fit into an empty carry on suitcase for transport? Or at least be reasonably transportable?

No not really to be honest. I have gotten a bus down for the past few years and gotten a prearranged lift home. You need to get from the conference to the sec to collect papers and then you'd need to go to a train station or whatever from therethere, so you will 100% need to get chatting to someone for a lift. You'd manage the sacks walking onto a bus or train but they're not easy to transport.

Bambles · 20-06-2016 06:54PM

Moody_mona wrote: »

No not really to be honest. I have gotten a bus down for the past few years and gotten a prearranged lift home. You need to get from the conference to the sec to collect papers and then you'd need to go to a train station or whatever from therethere, so you will 100% need to get chatting to someone for a lift. You'd manage the sacks walking onto a bus or train but they're not easy to transport.

Fair enough. I'll wrangle lift to sec and work from there. Do the conferences generally wind up at a certain time?

Crazyteacher · 20-06-2016 06:57PM

Bambles wrote: »

Sorry for being annoying. I'm looking at public transport to get to athlone (failed the driving test very recently) and wasnt expecting late call up. Should the 'sacks' fit into an empty carry on suitcase for transport? Or at least be reasonably transportable?

They are pretty bulky. Have you an extra large suitcase at least? I'm sure a fellow examiner would give you a lift over to the sec and drop you off at the bus/train station . Can you get picked up when you get home? Or else someone from the conference or group might be heading your way ? You might be surprised you might know a few at it.

Bambles · 20-06-2016 07:27PM

Crazyteacher wrote: »

3-4 White sacks , then their centre envelope ðŸ˜€

Your PM box is full so I cant reply -

Correcting Junior & Leaving Cert Exams

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