MATHEMATICS

APPENDICES
Essential Subjects are:
n Irish: Grade C3 Higher Level.
n English: Grade C3 Ordinary Level or D3 Higher Level.
n Mathematics: Grade D3, either Ordinary or Higher Level.
Mature students and students of the post-graduate diploma in education who have completed their
Leaving certificate after 1969 must also meet these requirements. In June 2011, the TC initiated a
consultation process in relation to revised minimum entry requirements for entry onto ITE programmes.
In particular, there is a focus on issues around entry requirements in mathematics and English.
Initial Teacher Education (Post-primary sector)
Routes to registration for post-primary teachers (STEM included)
Under the regulations there are two main routes to registration:
n Concurrent model - completion of a concurrent degree qualification in post-primary initial teacher
education combining study of one or more approved curricular subjects with teacher education
studies encompassing professional studies, foundation studies and school placement all geared
towards the post-primary age range (typically 12-18 years).
n Consecutive model - completion of an undergraduate degree, which enables the holder to teach at
least one approved curricular subject and the completion of a postgraduate programme of initial
teacher education geared towards the post-primary age range (typically 12-18 years).
At present the Teaching Council distinguishes between applicants who seek registration (a) on or before
31 December 2016 and (b) on or after 1 January 2017.
HE Institutions engaged in post-primary teacher education (STEM subjects)
All 7 of the Irish universities, and some other HE institutions, are engaged in STEM teacher education
(consecutive and/or concurrent model):
STEM EDUCATION IN THE IRISH SCHOOL SYSTEM
n Dublin City University (consecutive and concurrent)
n University College Cork (consecutive and concurrent)
n NUI Galway (consecutive and concurrent)
n Maynooth University (consecutive and concurrent)
n Trinity College Dublin (consecutive)
n University College Dublin (consecutive and concurrent)
n University of Limerick (consecutive and concurrent)
n Dublin Institute of Technology (consecutive)
n Hibernia College (consecutive)
Over the years, Irish universities have developed specific undergraduate degree programmes (Level 8) in
STEM subjects that enable prospective post-primary teachers to qualify as post-primary teachers in
science and mathematics following the consecutive model.
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