As the professional body for teaching in Ireland, the Teaching Council has many functions relating to teacher education.  These functions span the entire teaching career – from entry to initial teacher education programmes; accreditation of such programmes; induction of newly qualified teachers into the profession; and the continuing professional development of teachers throughout their careers.   Click here to see an overview of the Council’s functions in teacher education.
 
Following a consultation process, the Council has published its Policy Paper on the Continuum of Teacher Education. This provides the framework for the Council's functions relating to teacher education. 

The policy, and a suite of ancillary documents which helped inform it, can be downloaded here: 

Policy Paper on the Continuum of Teacher Education

Other ancillary documents:  

• Background document  
• A Review Paper on Thinking and Policies Relating to Teacher Education in Ireland, Professor John Coolahan  
• Learning to Teach and its Implications for the Continuum of Teacher Education: A Nine-country Cross-national study, Conway et al  
• Teaching Council [Registration] Regulations 2009  
• Code of Professional Conduct for Teachers