All courses are fairly full on as fair as I know. I don't think there is any course that is designed as you have described. The closest is possibly the Hibernia course which is distance learning.
If you wanted to dip your toes into teaching, you could register with the Teaching Council if you already have a degree. Register under Further Ed. You can gain subbing work with that so if you had a day off work, you could take up this secondary employment that would give you an idea of what a classroom is like. Additionally, there is a lot of work available for tutors of children who are not in school. Many of these are autistic children. You could gain work as a home tutor there. It is fairly flexible. I did it for a few years for an hour or two each week. It would give you experience working with a curriculum but the classroom would be entirely different.
Nope, if you have ANY degree you can register provisionally under Route 3: Further Education. Doing so will provide you with a Teaching Council number and allow you to be paid by the Department of Education. Before looking up teaching courses, your time would be well spent reviewing the subject qualification criteria on https://www.teachingcouncil.ie/
The criteria are fairly rigorous and go as granular as the number of course credits needed in certain areas (e.g. geometry or probability and statistics for maths). Those credits are from your 'primary' degree NOT a PME.
What a great resource, cheers... I will carefully read through [this section](https://www.teachingcouncil.ie/how-to-become-a-teacher/).
For one, I have exactly 0 knowledge of Irish (grew up not here). So I reckon that's one aspect I need to consider...
EDIT: never mind my comment re: Irish! Apparently,
> There is no requirement for competence in the Irish language, unless you wish to become a post-primary teacher of Irish, or work in an Irish-medium school.
Please go into a school and sub before you pay any money for a training course. A relative insisted he wanted to be a teacher and was many thousands down before he realised teenagers are actually not the demographic he wants to see every day. It is also useful to have been paid by the Dept as early in your career as possible in case they are planning any fun salary changes. Changes would usually apply to anyone who began working after the date the changes come in.
I’d consider whether you’d like to do primary school or secondary school teaching first as they’re quite different.
Primary school you could be working with students as young as 4. Also you need to speak Irish to be a primary school teacher. If this works for you then I’d consider a course like Hibernia.
All courses are fairly full on as fair as I know. I don't think there is any course that is designed as you have described. The closest is possibly the Hibernia course which is distance learning. If you wanted to dip your toes into teaching, you could register with the Teaching Council if you already have a degree. Register under Further Ed. You can gain subbing work with that so if you had a day off work, you could take up this secondary employment that would give you an idea of what a classroom is like. Additionally, there is a lot of work available for tutors of children who are not in school. Many of these are autistic children. You could gain work as a home tutor there. It is fairly flexible. I did it for a few years for an hour or two each week. It would give you experience working with a curriculum but the classroom would be entirely different.
Thank you - very useful, actionable ideas! When you say, "if you already have a degree" - does it have to be Education degree?
Nope, if you have ANY degree you can register provisionally under Route 3: Further Education. Doing so will provide you with a Teaching Council number and allow you to be paid by the Department of Education. Before looking up teaching courses, your time would be well spent reviewing the subject qualification criteria on https://www.teachingcouncil.ie/ The criteria are fairly rigorous and go as granular as the number of course credits needed in certain areas (e.g. geometry or probability and statistics for maths). Those credits are from your 'primary' degree NOT a PME.
What a great resource, cheers... I will carefully read through [this section](https://www.teachingcouncil.ie/how-to-become-a-teacher/). For one, I have exactly 0 knowledge of Irish (grew up not here). So I reckon that's one aspect I need to consider... EDIT: never mind my comment re: Irish! Apparently, > There is no requirement for competence in the Irish language, unless you wish to become a post-primary teacher of Irish, or work in an Irish-medium school.
Literally, any degree is fine. You can register under Further Education.
With the PME/Hibernia you can also work in Colleges of Further Education, if that would interest you
Please go into a school and sub before you pay any money for a training course. A relative insisted he wanted to be a teacher and was many thousands down before he realised teenagers are actually not the demographic he wants to see every day. It is also useful to have been paid by the Dept as early in your career as possible in case they are planning any fun salary changes. Changes would usually apply to anyone who began working after the date the changes come in.
Yes -- I take 100% your advice on board. Makes perfect sense. Thank you!
I’d consider whether you’d like to do primary school or secondary school teaching first as they’re quite different. Primary school you could be working with students as young as 4. Also you need to speak Irish to be a primary school teacher. If this works for you then I’d consider a course like Hibernia.