[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"doc-seo-256130-105":3,"detail-sidebar-cat-1-en-105":81,"doc-detail-256130-en":127},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"ok",{"site_id":7,"language":8,"slug":9,"title":10,"keywords":11,"description":12,"schema_data":13,"social_meta":74,"head_meta":76,"extra_data":78,"updated_unix":80},105,"en","teaching-practice-placement-applications-and-cover-letter-guidance","Teaching Practice Placement - Applications and Cover Letter Guidance","","Teaching practice placement and application guidance for Year 1 and Year 2 students across multiple Irish universities. It explains how placements are sourced—either through the Education Dept and school placement coordinators or by the student finding a school—then lists steps to contact schools and confirm requirements with the university that offered the PME. The document provides instructions on addressing CVs and cover letters, using sample CVs, and drafting a four-paragraph cover letter with school-specific details, teaching subjects, follow-up notes, and evidence of relevant skills.",{"@graph":14,"@context":73},[15,34,56],{"@type":16,"itemListElement":17},"BreadcrumbList",[18,23,27,31],{"item":19,"name":20,"@type":21,"position":22},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",1,{"item":24,"name":25,"@type":21,"position":26},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/","Template",2,{"item":28,"name":29,"@type":21,"position":30},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/letters/","Letters",3,{"item":32,"name":10,"@type":21,"position":33},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/teaching-practice-placement-applications-and-cover-letter-guidance/256130/",4,{"url":32,"name":10,"@type":35,"image":36,"author":41,"headline":10,"publisher":44,"fileFormat":47,"inLanguage":8,"description":12,"dateModified":48,"datePublished":49,"encodingFormat":47,"isAccessibleForFree":50,"interactionStatistic":51},"DigitalDocument",{"url":37,"@type":38,"width":39,"height":40},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/teaching-practice-placement-applications-and-cover-letter-guidance/256130.png","ImageObject",442,249,{"name":42,"@type":43},"Mack Lee","Person",{"url":19,"name":45,"@type":46},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-19","2026-09-13",true,{"@type":52,"interactionType":53,"userInteractionCount":55},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":54},"ViewAction",10,{"@type":57,"mainEntity":58},"FAQPage",[59,65,69],{"name":60,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":62},"How do Year 1 and Year 2 students arrange teaching practice placements at TCD, NUIM, and UCD?","Question",{"text":63,"@type":64},"TCD: Year 1 students find/confirm placement details with the Education Dept, while Year 2 is organised by the TCD Education Dept through the School Placement Co-ordinator. NUIM: Year 1 students find their own school; Year 2 students find their own school different from Year 1. UCD: Year 1 students find their own school; Year 2 is to be finalised with possible placement co-ordinator support—students should keep in touch for clarification.","Answer",{"name":66,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":67},"What steps should students take when contacting schools about teaching practice?",{"text":68,"@type":64},"Students should contact the school secretary by phone, stating they have been offered a place on the PME (name the university) and enquiring whether the school takes students for teaching practice. They should also confirm who to address their CV and cover letter to, when interviews are normally held, and when they will learn if a placement is secured.",{"name":70,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":71},"What should a cover letter for teaching practice include?",{"text":72,"@type":64},"The cover letter should be divided into four paragraphs and reference the teaching subjects. It should include follow-up information from the phone call, state the PME university and teaching subjects, explain why the school is a good fit using details from the school website, highlight relevant skills and experience with examples, show enthusiasm for teaching the chosen subjects, confirm availability for interview, and be signed with the student’s name.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":32,"og:type":75,"og:title":10,"og:site_name":45,"og:description":12},"article",{"robots":77,"canonical":32},"index,follow",{"doc_id":79,"site_id":7},256130,1789298788,{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":83},"success",[84,89,94,99,104,109,114,118,123],{"id":85,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":86,"show_sort_weight":87,"slug":88},11,"Presentations",90,"presentations",{"id":90,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":91,"show_sort_weight":92,"slug":93},12,"Resumes",80,"resumes",{"id":95,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":96,"show_sort_weight":97,"slug":98},14,"Invoices",70,"invoices",{"id":100,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":101,"show_sort_weight":102,"slug":103},15,"Posters",60,"posters",{"id":105,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":106,"show_sort_weight":107,"slug":108},16,"Social Media",50,"social-media",{"id":110,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":111,"show_sort_weight":112,"slug":113},17,"Forms",40,"forms",{"id":115,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":29,"show_sort_weight":116,"slug":117},18,30,"letters",{"id":119,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":120,"show_sort_weight":121,"slug":122},21,"Paper Templates",5,"papers-templates",{"id":124,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":125,"show_sort_weight":4,"slug":126},158,"General","general-158",{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":128},{"doc_id":79,"user_id":129,"nickname":42,"user_avatar":130,"doc_module":22,"category_id":115,"category_name":29,"doc_title":10,"doc_description":12,"doc_content":131,"file_id":132,"file_url":133,"file_type":134,"file_size":135,"view_count":55,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":22,"is_downloadable":22,"audit_status":22,"page_count":26,"language":136,"language_code":8,"site_id":7,"html_lang":8,"table_of_contents":137,"faqs":138,"seo_title":139,"seo_description":12,"update_tm":80,"read_time":22},1236954509970,"https://us-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_6f874abed73319feea01a86fa6f0fab8","Teaching Practice Placement/Applications  \nAt this point you only need find a school for Year 1 and should check exact details with the Education Dept that made the offer  \nTCD Year 1-For this year student’s who have already arranged a placement school can go ahead with this, otherwise the Education Dept in TCD will organise placement through their School Placement Co-ordinator.  \nYear 2 -organised by the TCD Education Dept, School Placement co-ordinator  \nNUIM Year 1 Students find their own school  \nYear 2 Students find their own school-a different school from Year 1  \nUCD-Year 1 Students find their own school  \nYear 2, to be finalised – UCD may have a placement co-ordinator in place by then to do this-But keep in touch with the UCD Education Dept for clarification  \nNUIG Year 1 Students find their own school  \nYear 2 Students are placed in a different school by the placement co-ordinator  \nUCC Year 1 Students find their own school  \nYear 2 students find their own different school but school selected must be agreed with UCCs Teaching Practice Placement Co-ordinator –(must be significantly different from your 1st school)  \nContact Schools  \nCheck with the university that has offered you the PME re details on when and where you can undertake teaching practice as each university has different requirements regarding teaching practice-this data should be on the websites of the [Education Depts. in](Education Depts. in) the various universities  \nA list of schools names, addresses and contact details are available via – [www.education.ie/en/find-a-school](www.education.ie/en/find-a-school-use this)[-use this](www.education.ie/en/find-a-school-use this) listing to source the name of the school principal for your cover letter (see below)  \nStudents are advised to phone the school secretary indicating that they have been offered a place on the PME in   (state which university) and would like to enquire if the school takes students for teaching practice.  \nStudents need to find out  \n• To whom they should address their CV and cover letter  \n• When interviews are normally held  \n• When will they know if they have secured a teaching practice place  \nCV & Cover Letter  \n• Prepare a CV using our recommended samples – [http://careers.nuim.ie/resources](http://careers.nuim.ie/resources)[ ](http://careers.nuim.ie/resources)[Click on Sample CVs](Click on Sample CVs) (NUIM log-in needed)  \n• The cover letter can be divided into four paragraphs – see below.  \nEvery effort is made to ensure that information is correct at time of going to print but it is essential to check all details at source before making decisions.  \nSample cover letter layout for teaching practice  \nYour name, Address line 1, Address line 2 etc.  \nPerson to whom you are sending CV Their address line 1,  \nTheir address line 2 etc.  \nDate  \nDear – insert the principal’s name  \nRe: Teaching Practice – Teaching Subjects   list your teaching subjects here  \nIndicate that you are following up on your phone call with the School Secretary (or the person you originally spoke to) in relation to applying to the school for a teaching practice placement at (name the school) . State in which university you will be studying the PME and give details of your teaching subjects.  \nSay why you would like the opportunity to complete your teaching practice at (name the school)– have a look at the school website – find out a bit about the school – large, small, mixed, single-sex, offers transition year, large range of extracurricular activities? Or was this you your own school?  \nIndicate what you will bring to the school – highlight your useful skills and experience e.g. in team-working, you strong communication and organisational skills, your ability to work to deadlines and give examples of how your used these skills in the past, whether in classroom observation, in you voluntary work, involvement in sports, part-time jobs etc. Show your enthusiasm for teaching your chosen teaching subjects. Do ","cbCaintntS9PkI6S","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaintntS9PkI6S","pdf",26892,"English","# Teaching Practice Placement/Applications\n## Placement arrangements by university and year\n## Contact schools and confirm requirements\n## CV & Cover Letter guidance","[{\"question\":\"How do Year 1 and Year 2 students arrange teaching practice placements at TCD, NUIM, and UCD?\",\"answer\":\"TCD: Year 1 students find/confirm placement details with the Education Dept, while Year 2 is organised by the TCD Education Dept through the School Placement Co-ordinator. NUIM: Year 1 students find their own school; Year 2 students find their own school different from Year 1. UCD: Year 1 students find their own school; Year 2 is to be finalised with possible placement co-ordinator support—students should keep in touch for clarification.\"},{\"question\":\"What steps should students take when contacting schools about teaching practice?\",\"answer\":\"Students should contact the school secretary by phone, stating they have been offered a place on the PME (name the university) and enquiring whether the school takes students for teaching practice. They should also confirm who to address their CV and cover letter to, when interviews are normally held, and when they will learn if a placement is secured.\"},{\"question\":\"What should a cover letter for teaching practice include?\",\"answer\":\"The cover letter should be divided into four paragraphs and reference the teaching subjects. It should include follow-up information from the phone call, state the PME university and teaching subjects, explain why the school is a good fit using details from the school website, highlight relevant skills and experience with examples, show enthusiasm for teaching the chosen subjects, confirm availability for interview, and be signed with the student’s name.\"}]","Teaching Practice Placement - Applications and Cover Letter Guidance | PDF"]