Robin Said:

Where would I go to find information on teaching jobs in Ireland? What season is the best time to look?

We Answered:

The Internet is a wonderful invention. If you take your subject of your question and add to what you want to know about it, the search engine will do the rest. For example:

My subject is Teaching. I want to know where to get certified.

The search engine result is as follows:

Teaching + state certification requirements

What you get is this: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Teachin…

This will work for any subject category. Give it a try and good luck.

Katrina Said:

Where can you do a course for secondary school teaching in Ireland?

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You can do a BA in any university in Ireland as long as you take two teaching subjects. I guess the closest to you would be Galway, Maynooth or Dublin. After this you do a postgraduate course, commonly called the HDip, which is the actual teaching qualification. If you want to teach a more vocational subject such as woodwork or metalwork or some of the more applied subjects (accounting, construction studies), you can do a degree in one of the ITs - Sligo or Athlone would be closest to you (again followed by the HDip). Competition for the HDip is high so you would want to be getting at least a 2.1 in your degree, as well as getting some teaching/tutoring experience if you can at all. The HDip is only offered in the universites.

You can find out more on the official state career advice website below.

Nancy Said:

I have been offered an interview for a teaching job in Ireland. Can anyone tell me about the Irish system?

We Answered:

not sure about the payscales but i know they are paid well, they are treated with a lot more respect than in uk and have ten weeks off in summertime. i have recentley moved to eire from england and i am over the moon with my kids standard of education. they also stay at school until they are eighteen.

Donald Said:

Is it easy to get a teaching job in Ireland?

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There are some teaching positions available for teachers who do not have the Irish language requirement, particularly in the area of TESOL teaching. Many schools now have large immigrant pupil bodies and require qualified teachers for English language support. You could also possibly get work as a resource teacher (SEN) depending on the subjects of your M.Ed. There are many British primary teachers working in schools here who do not speak Irish.

Check with the Department of Education to see if your qualifications will be considered equivalent here - they do have an internationalisation register which helps in the 'translation' of qualifications.
http://www.education.ie/home/home.jsp?ma…

If they are equivalent, the national newspapers are the best place to look for vacancies. The main ones are the Irish Independent (new vacancies are published on Thursdays and Sundays) or the Irish Times (job section on a Friday). Both have online editions.
You could also try http://www.teachingjobs.ie/Jobs.aspx, but it isn't as good.

Finally, the website of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (primary teachers are also known as national school teachers) may also be useful to you:
http://www.into.ie/

Susan Said:

What is it like teaching in Ireland in a high school setting?

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You need to have the Irish language to teach in Ireland. Irish is compulsory in schools there. Apart from having a degree you need to have a HDip Higher Diploma to teach. You could try Northern Ireland or other part of the UK to get teaching jobs. They called secondary schools in Ireland and the UK. Both countries have different education system
UK GCSE O levels A levels
Ireland Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate.
http://www.examinations.ie/index.php?l=i…
In Irish.
School uniform are compulsory in both private and states schools. Plentry of Irish teachers go to work in the UK becasue they have English. But UK teachers can't teach in Ireland like I have mention above because lack of the Irish language.