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Ireland : Initial Teacher Training
7.1.1 Control
7.1.2 Types of training courses and institutions
7.1.2.1 Admissions
7.1.3 Trainers
7.1.4 Curriculum for initial teacher training
7.1.5 Qualifications and standards
7.1.5.1 Qualifications and entitlement to teach
7.1.5.2 Probationary periods
7.1.6 Post-qualification induction periods
Please note that the initial teacher training sections of the website were originally funded by the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA). They have not been updated since March 2009 and the information provided in them may have been superseded.
7.1 First phase, pre-compulsory education, aged up to 4/5 [see 3.2.1]
Although children in Ireland are not obliged to attend school until the age of 6, well over half of all 4-year-olds and almost all 5-year-olds are enrolled in early childhood education in infant classes provided by state-funded primary schools. Teacher training for teachers of children aged 4-6 in state-funded primary schools is consequently described in the second phase of this chapter (see section 7.2).
7.1.1 Control
Playgroup staff do not normally have any special training. There is, however, a Joint Pre-School Committee, which provides some training courses. Staff in daycare centres hold either a national certificate awarded after two years of training or have other kinds of private training.66
7.1.2 Types of training courses and institutions
Although children in Ireland are not obliged to attend school until the age of 6, well over half of all 4-year-olds and almost all 5-year-olds are enrolled in early childhood education in infant classes provided by state-funded primary schools. Teacher training for teachers of children aged 4-6 in state-funded primary schools is consequently described in the second phase of this chapter (see section 7.2).
See 7.1.1 in addition.
7.1.2.1 Admissions
Although children in Ireland are not obliged to attend school until the age of 6, well over half of all 4-year-olds and almost all 5-year-olds are enrolled in early childhood education in infant classes provided by state-funded primary schools. Teacher training for teachers of children aged 4-6 in state-funded primary schools is consequently described in the second phase of this chapter (see section 7.2).
7.1.3 Trainers
Although children in Ireland are not obliged to attend school until the age of 6, well over half of all 4-year-olds and almost all 5-year-olds are enrolled in early childhood education in infant classes provided by state-funded primary schools. Teacher training for teachers of children aged 4-6 in state-funded primary schools is consequently described in the second phase of this chapter (see section 7.2).
7.1.4 Curriculum for initial teacher training
Although children in Ireland are not obliged to attend school until the age of 6, well over half of all 4-year-olds and almost all 5-year-olds are enrolled in early childhood education in infant classes provided by state-funded primary schools. Teacher training for teachers of children aged 4-6 in state-funded primary schools is consequently described in the second phase of this chapter (see section 7.2).
See 7.1.1 in addition
7.1.5 Qualifications and standards
See 7.1.1.
7.1.5.1 Qualifications and entitlement to teach
Although children in Ireland are not obliged to attend school until the age of 6, well over half of all 4-year-olds and almost all 5-year-olds are enrolled in early childhood education in infant classes provided by state-funded primary schools. Teacher training for teachers of children aged 4-6 in state-funded primary schools is consequently described in the second phase of this chapter (see section 7.2).
7.1.5.2 Probationary periods
Although children in Ireland are not obliged to attend school until the age of 6, well over half of all 4-year-olds and almost all 5-year-olds are enrolled in early childhood education in infant classes provided by state-funded primary schools. Teacher training for teachers of children aged 4-6 in state-funded primary schools is consequently described in the second phase of this chapter (see section 7.2).
7.1.6 Post-qualification induction periods
Although children in Ireland are not obliged to attend school until the age of 6, well over half of all 4-year-olds and almost all 5-year-olds are enrolled in early childhood education in infant classes provided by state-funded primary schools. Teacher training for teachers of children aged 4-6 in state-funded primary schools is consequently described in the second phase of this chapter (see section 7.2).
