What should I/we do?!?

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froggequene

You need to look into the legalities of moving to Ireland, if neither of you can claim an Irish passport through a parent or grandparent & you can't claim a passport/citizenship through a parent who was a citizen of an EU member state, you'll have to apply for visas.

Ireland doesn't have a shortage of teachers, there aren't enough jobs & many Irish secondary school teachers often wind up moving abroad to find a job - it's particularly difficult to find that first job if they don't have experience. Given that they're tightening up regulations all the time, if you need to apply for a visa to live & work in Ireland then you may need to have a job waiting for you in Ireland before you come.

This link has some information on the Irish secondary system, Leaving Cert & Junior Cert
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/education/state-examinations/established_leaving_certificate

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/education/state-examinations/junior_certificate_programme

Irish students who have an interest in Psychology usually pursue it at college/University. There are a broad range of subjects available at second level in Ireland, if you read the links, you'll see our system tends to be geared in a very specific way. The Irish education system is simply different to the US & perhaps there simply aren't the resources to extend the curriculum.

If you would like to pursue teaching psychology at a second level, the UK does include psychology in it's A Levels.

Ella's MamaÃ

theres a recession in ireland, so get the idea of waltzing over here and simply landing in a job out of your head.

I think you both need to get more information on ireland, I never understand why people want to move to a country that they know nothing about or have never been before!?!

KatieP

Hey Sara,

It's true that bachelor degrees are common here, and it may be difficult for you to find a job if it is teaching that you want to do. Lots of people do a post graduate course in secondary teaching when they have completed their undergraduate degree.

What you could do is enroll on a student exchange programme in college and come over to Ireland for a year or semester. Most universities do exchange programmes and study abroad, NUI Galway do a specific programme with North American Students

http://www.nuigalway.ie/international/otherstudy/junior_year_abroad.html

It would give you a chance to find out if you like it and find out more about the job market before you make a decision to move .You could even transfer and complete your degree here, a student visa would be easy to get, but there may be restrictions on the number of hours you can work.

If you wanted to do a Degree or Master's here,fees will be higher because you are not from the EU. You should find out what funding would be available from your home country. At the minute non-eu fees are around 13,000 euro per year. The price of living will also be higher in a university city compared to Donegal.

Nelly

im not sure how to answer your question but ireland is gorgeous!!!! my family owns a house and i go their every other year

have fun!

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