Insufficient inspectors to carry out diploma evaluations [educationmatters.ie]
- Published: 12 December 2009
Some newly qualified primary teachers in their probationary year will not receive their diplomas this year due to a shortage of department inspectors.
All new graduates of primary school training programmes must do a one-year diploma in a teaching environment in order to be fully qualified. The diploma involves evaluations of the teacher in the classroom by department inspectors. Traditionally, this evaluation has taken place during the first year of teaching and the teacher has secured the diploma by the end of that year.
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