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Leaving Certificate
MAKING YOUR CHOICE
Routes after Junior Certificate at Coláiste na Trócaire
Transition Year LCA LC / LCVP
A unique one year programme •Promotes personal, social, vocational and educational development •Students become more independent learners •Develop transferable skills like critical thinking and creative problem solving skills
2 year practical Leaving Certificate •a project based leaving certificate •more emphasis on work experience •Prepares for adult and working life •Recognises the talents and provides opportunities for developing personal responsibility, self esteem and self knowledge
2 year Leaving Certificate •Students study 7 academic subjects for their leaving certificate •Students study and sit exams in 8 subjects if they qualify for LCVP
Transition Year
What is Transition Year
• Optional one year programme between Junior Cycle and Senior Cycle
• It is a unique year of learning
Aims of Transition Year
Maturity
• Academic maturity
• Social maturity
• Personal maturity
• Maturity in relation to work
Who is Transition Year for?
• All young people can benefit from Transition Year
• Multiple intelligences
Subjects
• English Engineering
• Gaeilge Science
• Maths Geography
• French Religion
• German Home Economics
• Art Career Guidance
• Music PE
• Business SPHE
• Accounting
Career Guidance
• Students have had the opportunity to partake in • Timetables Career Guidance classes
• Interview Technique seminars
• Mock interviews
• CV preparation
• College Open Days
Work Experience
• Very valuable
• Every Wednesday
• Optional Week Block
• Garda/Defence Forces
• Royal College of Surgeons
• Trinity College Physics
Enterprise Education
• All students are involved in setting up their own Mini-Company
• Enterprise Outings and Awards
ICT
• Timetabled ICT classes each week
• Projects
Gaisce Programme
• Community
• Personal
• Physical
• Adventure Journey
Community Awareness
• Gaisce
• Integrated Dance – Rathfredagh Cheshire Home
• Fundraising
• Youth Space
Activities
• Kung Foo Healthy Eating
• First Aid Zumba
• Gaisce Brass Band
• Trip to Delphi Drama
• Swimming/ Life Saving Boxercise
• Driving Instruction Foreign Trip
Students Take on Responsibility
• Rathkeale’s Got Talent
• Mentoring Programme
• Coaching Teams
• Open Days
• Fundraisers
Parents
• Support student learning
• Help out with supervision – fundraising
• Encourage children
Assessment and Reports
• All aspects of the programme are assessed
• Projects, portfolios, orals, tests, practicals, presentations, diaries, display of skills, self assessment
• Continuous Assessment
• Attendance, participation and performance
Certification
• Recognition from Dept of Education and Science
• Certificates collected throughout the year
Overall Benefits
• Personal Development
• Academic Achievement
• Lifeskills Acquisition
• Significantly higher Leaving Cert Results (Irish Independent, 2009)
Cost of TY
• Cost of €500 which is collected in three instalments
• Foreign Trip
• Other costs are kept down by fundraising throughout the year
Any other queries or questions?
Leaving Certificate (Established)
• Students study 7/8 subjects
• Irish
• English
• Mathematics
• 4 chosen options
• LCVP (if they qualify)
Subject Options Night
Information night will be held on
Tuesday 22nd November 2016 at 7pm
Thank You.....
Niamh Prenderville
Programme Coordinator
Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme
Leaving Certificate PLUS
An extra subject called Link Modules
2017 - 2018
PROGRAMME REQUIREMENTS
2-year duration
Minimum 5 Leaving Certificate Subjects at Higher, Ordinary or Foundation level
• to include Irish
• to include 2 Vocational Service Groupings
Module of a Modern European Language
LCVP Link Modules
Preparation for the World of Work
Enterprise Education
PREPARATION FOR THE WORLD OF WORK
Introduction to Working Life
Job-seeking Skills
Career Investigation
Work Placement
ENTERPRISE EDUCATION
Enterprise Skills
Local Business Enterprise
Local Voluntary Organisations / Community Enterprises
An Enterprise Activity
• Take responsibility for their own learning
• Active teaching and learning methodologies
• Become more innovative and enterprising
• Develop key skills for the modern working environment & a range of Key Transferable Skills
• Network with people in business and the community
• Communicate thoughts and ideas effectively
• Access and use computers and audio-visual equipment
LCVP can help Students to:-
Transferable Skills
Basic Skills (incl. IT)
Motivation to Learn
Communication
Initiative & Enterprise
These skills are equally relevant to young people progressing to further
study, working for themselves or going directly into employment
Team Working
Critical Thinking
Flexibility
Leadership
Typical Link Modules Activities
Invited Visitors
Site Visit
Case Studies
Team Enterprises
Work Experience
Using Computers
Video Interviews
Link Modules Assessment
The Link Modules are assessed by written examination and portfolio
Portfolio
Written
LINK MODULES RESULTS
Distinction 80% - 100%
Merit 65% - 79%
Pass 50% - 64%
LCVP RECOGNITION
Points can be
used for
application to
INSTITUTES of
TECHNOLOGY
and
UNIVERSITIES
Distinction 66 points
Merit 46 points
Pass 28 points
POINTS SCHEME Grade Higher Grade Ordinary H1 100
H2 88
H3 77
H4 Distinction 66 (60-70%)
H5 56 O1 56
H6 Merit 46 (40-50%) O2 46 Merit (80-90%)
H7 37 O3 37
H8 0 O4 28 Pass (60-70%)
O5 20
O6 12
O7 0
O8 0
Year Percentage of Students
in Coláiste na Trócaire who
used the Link Modules for points
2016 93%
2015 85%
2014 78%
2013 74%
2012 70%
2011 88%
2010 86%
2009 85%
OVERVIEW
Leaving Certificate Applied
What is the Leaving Certificate Applied?
• It emphasises forms of achievement and excellence which the established Leaving Certificate has not recognised in the past
• It is a distinct, self-contained two-year Leaving
Certificate programme aimed at preparing students for
adult and working life
Who would benefit most?
• Students who are not adequately catered for by other Leaving Certificate programmes
• Students who choose not to opt for those programmes
• Students who wish to do a course in any of the Colleges of Further Education (students may progress then to Universities & Institutes of Technology)
• Students who want to get an Apprenticeship
• Students who want to go directly into the World of Work
• Prepares students for adult and working life
• Promotes communication and decision making skills
• Applies knowledge and skills to the solution of real problems
• Recognises talents of all pupils
Rationale
OV
OV
Curriculum
Vocational Preparation & Guidance
English & Communications
Mathematical Applications
Information Technology
Vocational Specialisms
Arts Education
Languages
Leisure & Recreation
Social Education
Elective Modules
Assessment
3 Modes
Satisfactory completion of Modules 62 credits (31%)
7 Student tasks 70 credits (35%)
Final examinations 68 credits (34%)
Certificate awarded at three levels:
Pass 60-69 % (120 - 139 credits)
Merit (70-84 %) (140 - 169 credits)
Distinction (85-100 %) (170 - 200 credits)
Total 200 credits (100%)
Opening up New Options
The Leaving Certificate Applied Route Map
Leaving
Certificate
Applied
Further
Education
Post Leaving
Certificate
Course
Apprenticeships
Further &Higher
Education
Careers
Case Studies
Case Study 1 – Completed Level 5 in Community Health
progressed to NUI Maynooth
then went to UCD and did a Masters in Equality Studies
and became a Manager with St. Michaels Youth Project
Case Study 2 – Completed Level 5 Certificate in Sport & Recreation
then progressed and gained an honours degree Level 8 in Exercise and Health Studies
Case Study 3 - Completed Level 5 - Applied Social Studies in the Limerick College of
Further Education (LCFE)
Currently attending Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) Level 8 BA (honours) in Applied
Social Sciences
Case Study 4 – Apprentice
Thank You.....
Orla Coffey
Programme Coordinator
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