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