Service
English Language Assistant (ELA) Scheme
Published on
Last updated on
The role of the ELA is to assist teachers in the classroom and help pupils to see a foreign language as a living language used by millions of people rather than as a ‘school’ language. The basic duties of the assistant are to:
- assist the regular staff of schools in Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Belgium/Wallonia-Brussels
- conduct conversation classes in English
- supplement classes through exercises in reading, dictation and oral composition and written composition
- give pupils an insight into life in Ireland
Teaching assistants can be selected from the 6 countries referenced above to serve in Irish schools.
You can find the latest COVID-19 related travel restrictions by visiting www.hse.ie and www.dfa.ie
Applications for the ELA Scheme for 2022/2023 will open in November 2021 and all details will be available at that time.
The closing date for the ELA Scheme for 2021/2022 was 15 March 2021. The applications are now with the Selection Committee. The scheme is now closed to any further applications.
For further information please email ELA@education.gov.ie
International Co-operation Unit
Address:
Department of Education, International Co-operation Unit, Marlborough Street
, Dublin 1
, D01 RC96
Phone number:
