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My missus is beginning to snap having been told dozens of times by schools looking for art teachers she's overqualified (MA in Art and MA in Teaching). She's considering moving to Northern Ireland from Eire (CRCland for those who didn't go to school).
How does she go about becoming a teacher there then? Her degree isn't a British one but EEC nonetheless.
C'mon, somebody point me (and I'll do it to her) in the right direction, please.
Won't she need a [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postgraduate_Certificate_in_Education ]PGCE[/url]? In the best STW style, I haven't read the link so I don't know how it fits with her already having a Masters and a Masters in teaching.
Get in touch with General Teaching Council for NI; they'll be able to tell her whether her MA teaching qualification is fully recognised or not.
[url= http://www.gtcni.org.uk/ ]http://www.gtcni.org.uk/[/url]
Generally, for England you aim to get Qualified Teacher Status, achieved as par of a combined degree or a degree/PGCE combo. These include teaching practice. For folk who change track there is also GTP scheme taking graduates pretty much straight into classroom after quick induction which sounds more the thing for her given her quals. Bad news in NornIrn doesn't do GTP, but will accept it as a qual if done elsewhere. If she's already applying and being turned down for jobs, does she not have a transferable ITE registration from the South?
[url= http://www.teachingcouncil.ie/home/default.asp?NCID=1 ]http://www.teachingcouncil.ie/home/default.asp?NCID=1[/url]
[url= http://www.deni.gov.uk/index/teachers-pg/teachers-teachinginnorthernireland_pg.htm ]http://www.deni.gov.uk/index/teachers-pg/teachers-teachinginnorthernireland_pg.htm[/url]
[url= http://www.tda.gov.uk/get-into-teaching.aspx ]http://www.tda.gov.uk/get-into-teaching.aspx[/url]
NI is a nightmare for teachers qualified elsewhere unless it's in a subject with shortages (maths and physics you can teach as long as you can count) not sure what it's cureently like for Art but I'm sure I could find out for you from a friend at the local education board
Thanks, the GTC forms look pretty simple and obvious. Will get onto the paperwork sharp-ish.
sssimon, could you? My understanding is she just wants to teach, kids rather than teenagers if possible. She mentioned she'd even be happy to be a classroom assistant for a bit to get to understand the NI ways better (she dealt with schools in England but in an outsource/subcontractor facility).