The Teaching Council is the regulator of the teaching profession in Ireland. Our role is to protect the public by promoting and regulating professional standards in teaching.

We do this through the statutory registration of teachers, ensuring a highly qualified teaching profession, whose members meet and uphold high standards of professional competence and conduct.

Find out more about what we do

Register to teach

How to register

Check what you need to do in order to register.

Renew my registration

Teachers must renew their registration annually.

Vetting

All teachers are legally required to be vetted by the National Vetting Bureau. It is the role of the Teaching Council to administer vetting for teachers in Ireland.

Thinking of coming home to teach?

If you're a qualified teacher and are thinking of coming home to teach, we have a registration process to support you.

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How to become a teacher

There are many pathways to becoming a teacher, whether you choose to do an undergraduate or post-graduate programme of Initial Teacher Education.

Find out more about how to become a teacher

Professional Learning

The Teaching Council has many functions relating to teacher education.

Research

Promoting a culture of shared learning in which research and leading practice is encouraged and applied within the classroom setting is an important objective for the Teaching Council as set out in its Research Strategy.

Research

Initial teacher education

To become a primary, post-primary and further education teacher in Ireland, you must complete a programme of initial teacher education (ITE).

Wellbeing

At the Teaching Council, we hold the wellbeing of all teachers and learners in the highest regard.

Wellbeing

Cosán

Cosán is a framework developed to support the continuing professional development of teachers.

Professional Learning (Cosán)

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Fitness to Teach

The Teaching Council is responsible for promoting high professional standards in teaching. Any person including members of the public, employers and other teachers may make a complaint about a registered teacher.