The Teaching Council

Welcome

The Teaching Council is the regulator of the teaching profession and promotes professional standards in teaching. It acts in the interests of the public good while upholding and enhancing the reputation and status of the teaching profession through fair and transparent regulation.

Watch a video about the work of the Council.

Circular 0025/2013 on Section 30

Section 30 of the Teaching Council Act, 2001 will commence on 1 November 2013.

After 1 November, teachers employed in State-funded teaching positions in recognised schools will have to be registered with the Teaching Council in order to be paid from State funds.

Registration

Register of Teachers

Garda Vetting

Telephone Opening Hours and Processing Timeframes

To facilitate the very high volume of applications being processed, our telephone lines are open daily 9:00am – 10:30am and 2:00pm – 4:30pm. You may wish to email your query to

info@teachingcouncil.ie

If you wish to visit the Council offices, appointments must be made in advance. Please click here for further information.

Please note that a call recording system is in place and calls may be recorded for training purposes.

For application processing timeframes, please click here.