What does the Teaching Council do? [IrishTimes]
- Published: 29 March 2011
This month, more than 70,000 teachers pay their annual €90 registration fee to the Teaching Council, the regulatory body for the professsion. But what does the council actually do – and how does it spend this money?
IT’S HARD TO find a teacher with a good word to say about the Teaching Council. Set up in 2006 to regulate and develop the teaching profession, the council is still finding its feet, and its powers are only gradually being rolled out.
This cautious and slow approach has caused some frustration among the 74,000 teachers who are due to pay the €90 annual registration fee this week.
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