Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 April 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (Resumed)

3:30 pm

Dr. Seán Rowland:

No, I do not think it is me. We are looking at live streaming which will give each of the students an opportunity to ask questions of the teacher. What we highly recommend is that there is a teacher from the school in the classroom with the students. I have been in teacher education for a long time. One of my colleagues mentioned that we were in the same class so I will not mention that we are 40 years in teacher education. One just has to make sure that it is quality, it is productive, there is discipline and supervision and that it is fulfilling the requirements of the Teaching Council and that the teachers are Garda vetted. All the requirements have to be filled except the teacher is on the other side of the camera. The teacher involved must be a fully qualified teacher, not some teacher covering while students study maths.

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