Education, Degrees, Ireland.... thanks?

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RÃ³isÃn

Not far fetched, not sure really what you are asking?

If there is a Masters or Post Graduate course here that you want to do then sure, come over and do it.

But it could be difficult to get a teaching job here (incl. sub) as Government is cutting back on teaching jobs come September.

EDIT: You don't need to have a qualificatin in Irish to teach at secondary school level.

BUT actually, the subject most in demand is Irish (also lots of Gael Scoils looking for teachers), after that languages, french, spanish, german then maybe geography, history, art (NOT english - too many english and business teachers at the mo)

But generally slim pickings.
Check out http://www.education.ie/home/home.jsp?pcategory=27173&ecategory=27173&language=EN for vacancies and more info

Flying mop dog

1: Ireland is more expensive than any part of the States.
2: We are in a recession and we are going to give those sort of jobs to Irish people.
3: We have too many teachers as it is right now.
4: You need to speak Irish to be able to teach here (primary).
5: If you want to teach in secondary school then a BA in education is not good enough. You need a BA in the subject you want to teach and a H-Dip in education.
6: There are pretty much no part-time jobs at the moment.

This isn't a petty attitude it is just being honest with you.

xxEllexx

Well firstly, primary school teaching (elementary) is completely out of the question for you because you would need to be fluent in the Irish language.

Additionally, it would be extremely difficult for you to get a teaching career of any sort here - even secondary.
Obviously, due to the (dare i say it!) recession, first preferences will be awarded to Irish people, then EU residents, followed by Americans etc...

And considering that pretty much everyone if fighting for work at the moment, i'd imagine your chances are extremely slim.

Not trying to bring you down but its the reality.
Good luck!

Trust me I'm a Doctor â™¥

In a few years when you graduate hopefully the recession will have eased for all of us and you will be able to get a job easily in Ireland but realistically to teach you need to have a qualification in Irish, this may change in years to come as the population of Ireland becomes more diverse but as it stands at the moment you have to be able to speak Irish to become a teacher, any teacher, even a music teacher.

I'm not sure that the Y!A people advising you against moving to Ireland have a "petty attitude". Maybe they are speaking the truth? We are a small country struggling with crippling economic debt with thousands and thousands of Irish people joining the dole queue every week. Its not surprising that people advise you not to move here at given the current economic climate.

Talking of climate it rains all the time, Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn, rain rain and more rain. Are you so sure you want to live here?

tzddean

To teach in a secondary school, you need to have a degree in the subject you want to teach, then you do a postgraduate diploma in education for a year to become a teacher. I presume if you got a master's in the subject that this would be enough to get you into the diploma, but I don't know for sure. Try contacting the Teaching Council: http://www.teachingcouncil.ie/home/default.asp?NCID=1 (contact details at the bottom).

slipstreamer

Ireland is in worse shape economically than the US . Please start reading some of the Irish papers online editions and learn a bit about the situation. There are no jobs for the Irish who just graduated as fully qualified teachers in Ireland right now.

Your being able to work there is also an immigration issue. Do you have dual nationality? That would be a big help. Just as someone can't just up and move to the US, you cannot just start working in Ireland.

Getting further qualifications in Ireland is a good idea in theory, but you will need to have money to live on while you do so, and jobs are scarce. That is the reality, it isn't attitude at all. You need to do some real research on the country that you are planning to move to.

gaspipe

no that's not far fetched at all, its what most people do here as well, best subjects would be art, french, german, spanish, english, geography, music, science subjects any school subject really.
you cant teach primary school in the republic unless you get a degree in irish but you could teach special needs children in the republic without irish or you could teach primary school in the north because they dont learn irish.
after you do your masters youll have to do a h dip if you want to become a fully qualified teacher to teach in ireland full time.

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