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Typical tasks undertaken in this profession: 37
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Teach basic skills such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills. |
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Establish and enforce rules for behavior, and policies and procedures to maintain order among students. |
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Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health. |
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Instruct students individually and in groups, adapting teaching methods to meet students' varying needs and interests. |
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Read books to entire classes or to small groups. |
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Demonstrate activities to children. |
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Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play. |
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Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate. |
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Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems. |
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Prepare children for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks. |
A detailed description of this occupation can be found on a number of online databases. Follow the link(s) below to access this information:
Note: you will be leaving the CareersPortal Site |
 Primary Teacher - from: Career Directions |
| Teacher - from: Career Directions |
| Teacher, primary level - from: GradIreland |
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| Education
Most of these occupations require qualifications at NFQ Levels 7 or 8 (Ordinary / Honours Degrees) but some do not.
Related Experience
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an engineer must complete four years of college and work for several years in engineering to be considered qualified.
Job Training
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Job Zone Examples
Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include accountants, sales managers, computer programmers, teachers, chemists, environmental engineers, criminal investigators, and financial analysts. |
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Note: All salaries are in thousands of euros and refer to annual salaries.
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| Job Title |
Primary School Teacher
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| Salary Range* |
31 - 53
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| Data Source(s): |
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Last Updated: November, 2012 |
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The following information is based on the National Skills Bulletin 2012 and displays some useful information about selected occupations, or occupation groups.
Each occupation is examined in terms of its employment profile (based on the data from the Quarterly National Household Survey by the Central Statistics Office (CSO)), recent employment trends and other available indicators on the demand and supply of skills.
Identified shortages are defined in terms of their characteristics, i.e. skill shortage or labour shortage. For more information see the Labour Market Information section of this site.
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| Labour / Skills shortage indicator |
This provides an indication of shortage for this occupation.
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| Growth Rate 2007 - 2011 |
This shows the average annual employment growth for the period. May be a guide to future trends |
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+0%
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-1%
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| Part-time workers |
This shows the percentage of part-time workers in the total employment of an occupation
Total employed in this occupation: 39400 |
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Part-time
11%
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89%
Full-time
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| Older workers |
This shows the percentage of workers over 55 in the total employment of an occupation |
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Over 55
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92%
Under 55
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| Ratio of Male / Female workers |
This shows the percentage of male and female workers in the total employment of an occupation |
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Male
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89%
Female
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| Non-Irish National workers |
This shows the percentage of Irish national and non-Irish national workers in the total employment of an occupation |
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Non-Irish
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98%
Irish
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Brian Cadigan
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"I feel I am good at dealing with people and teaching is all about human interaction" |
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Deirdre Sayers
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"There is a great sense of satisfaction in seeing another person develop both academically and emotionally" |
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Padraig Parle
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"Last year our school did very well in our Whole School Evaluation. Whenever I receive positive feedback from an inspector, I feel a combination of relief and pride" |
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