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EU Teacher moving to Ireland

  • 21-09-2009 8:03pm
    #1
    Angelina70372
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭


    Hi people!
    I am a teacher in Germany (qualified to teach German, French, & English) & next year my boyfriend (who is Irish) & I are thinking of moving to Ireland (mainly as he wants to return home). I am hoping to teach in Ireland but at the moment I am completely lost as to how I would go about doing this. I have contacted the Dept of Education in Dublin and they told me I have to register with a council or something in Maynooth. How I go about looking for a job in a school I do not know though. I would love if you can give me some pointers and help me?? :).

    Do you think my subjects will be helpful? My boyfriend says French and German are the two most popular languages which is good.
    Will I be able to teach English? I love teaching it but as I understand it being a non-native speaker I will not be allowed to teach it in Ireland? (even though my boyfriend tells me I speak more intelligible English than half of Ireland ;)!)
    What would the salary be (Approx) for a teacher like me who will have 3 years experience at that point? I have looked at salary scales and so on but I cannot really understand them.

    Thats all - hope there are some people who can help:)!

    Vielen Dank


Comments

  • #2
    hot chick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 117 ✭✭hot chick


    First of all you'll need to find out if you're qualified to teach in Ireland.
    The teaching council of Ireland demand that you have each subject in each year of your 3 year degree (30% of each year I think). I doesn't matter to them what you did your teacher training in or where you qualified. They charge 200 euro plus 75 euro per additional teaching subject to assess your right to teach it. go to teachingcouncil.ie for more info. It's quite a long tedious process so you should get started straight away. You will definitely have to sit the exam on the History and structure of Irish Education. Good Luck!


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