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1 Planning for the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme

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Planning for the Leaving Certificate Vocational

Programme

LCVP www.slss.ie and click on LCVP



‘A plan without action is a dream: action without a plan is a nightmare.’

Chinese proverb

Planning is an important element of any Programme. This Planning booklet has been designed to encourage and help schools develop an integrated approach to the LCVP. This is just an exemplar working plan document and feel free to edit. I do hope you will find it useful and that it may be of benefit whilst preparing for Subject Inspections and Whole School Evaluation. I encourage you to participate actively in your local network branch and encourage you to collaborate and share good practices in the LCVP Classroom. Ideally, we would love to have a bank of practical and useful ideas. I encourage you to submit any interesting ideas. This may be achieved through our Journal, website or email: [email protected] I feel and hope that this will only be the beginning of a larger process which will enable us as LCVP Teachers to reap the rewards and the benefits from collaboration. Ensure to log on to our website www.slss.ie and click on the LCVP link for updated information, also log on to www.sdpi.ie Best Wishes

Caroline

Caroline McHale LCVP National Coordinator Email: [email protected] January 2008



Preface 4

Aims and Objectives 5

Role of Management and Our Team 6-7

Student Selection Policy, Our Students and VSGs 8-11

Meeting, Circulars and Health and Safety 12-13

ICT: Useful Websites 14-17

Induction: Pupils, Staff, New Teachers and Parents 18

Recording Procedures, Activities and Methodologies 19-21

LCVP Resources, Assessment and Learning Support 21-22

Special Education needs 23

Cross-curricular and Letters 24-25

Outside Organisation Details and culturally diverse 26

Benefits 27

Challenges and CPD 28

Timetable 29

Evaluation and Additional Information 30-31

Table of Contents

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The Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP) is an intervention designed to enhance the vocational dimension of the Leaving Certificate (established). The programme was introduced in 1994 in response to the challenge placed on Ireland’s education system by a changing work and business environment. The LCVP combines the academic strengths of the Leaving Certificate (established) with a new and dynamic focus on self-directed learning, enterprise, work and the community. This two year programme is part of an expanded provision that aims to cater for the diversity of participants’ needs at senior cycle. The primary goal of the LCVP is to prepare young people for adult life by ensuring that they are educated in the broadest sense, with an ability to cope and thrive in an environment of rapid change. Participants in the programme are encouraged to develop skills and competencies fundamental to both academic and vocational success.

Throughout the programme students are encouraged to • be innovative and enterprising • take responsibility for their own learning • adapt to changing circumstances • evaluate data and devise solutions to problems • communicate their thoughts and ideas effectively • work with others as part of a team • investigate and plan career options • use information and communications technologies • investigate local business and community enterprises • learn from their experiences These skills and qualities are equally relevant to the needs of those preparing for further education, seeking employment or planning to start their own business. The use of active teaching and learning methodologies is encouraged in the LCVP. Experiences such as work placements, career investigations, mini-enterprises, business and community visits are an integral part of the programme. This rich activity base requires a considerable time commitment and high degree of flexibility from the LCVP co-ordinator and teaching team in the school. Effective implementation of the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme requires careful planning and the active on-going support of the Principal, senior management and the whole school as an organisation. LCVP Programme Statement

Preface

Programme Statement



School Name:

School Address:

Aims and Objectives

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Insert School Logo

Our LCVP Aims

Our LCVP Objectives

Helpful Hints: Aims are general. Objectives are more specific. Keep them SMART Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely.

Programme Statement



Role of Management: Management and the Principal have primary responsibility for the implementation of the LCVP in the school. Key responsibilities include • allocation of funding and resources • timetabling of programme elements • appointment and support of Co-ordinator and Team • provision of co-ordination and planning time • annual audit and evaluation LCVP Programme Statement

Role of Management



A team approach is crucial to developing a good programme. Schools with distinctive programmes generally have in place a small team of key personnel who hold regular team meetings. LCVP Programme Statement

Our LCVP Team

Helpful Hints: Programme Coordinator LCVP Coordinator Link Modules Teachers Guidance Counsellor ICT Modern Language Teacher



Ensure Students have the required Vocational Subject Groupings.

LCVP Student Selection Policy



Student Name

VSG VSG

Our LCVP Students – Fifth Yea r



Student Name

VSG VSG

Our LCVP Students – Sixth Year



1.

Construction Studies 029 Engineering 027 Design & Communication Graphics 562

Technology 065

(any two)

2. Physics 021 and Construction Studies 029 or Engineering 027 or Technology 065

3. Agricultural Science 024 and Construction Studies 029 or Engineering 027 or Technology 065

4. Agricultural Science 024 and

Chemistry 022 or Physics 021 or Physics & Chemistry 023

5. Home Economics (New Syllabus – Sci & Soc) 098 Agricultural Science 024 Biology 025

(any two)

6. Home Economics (New Syllabus – Sci & Soc) 098 and Art with Design Option 071 or Art with Craftwork Option 072

7. Accounting 032 Business 033 Economics 034

(any two)

8. Physics 021 and Chemistry 022

9. Biology 025 and Chemistry 022 or Physics 021 or Physics & Chemistry 023

Services Groupings

10.

Engineering 027 or Technology 065

and Accounting 032 or Business 033 or Economics 034

11 Construction Studies 029 and Accounting 032 or Business 033 or Economics 034

12. Home Economics (New Syllabus – Sci & Soc) 098 and Accounting 032 or Business 033 or Economics 034

13. Agricultural Science 024 and Accounting 032 or Business 033 or Economics 034

14. Art with Design Option 071 or Art with Craftwork Option 072 and

Accounting 032 or Business 033 or Economics 034

15. Music 067 and Accounting 032 or Business 033 or Economics 034

Note: The above Vocational Subject Groupings may change. All schools are notified by a circular from

the Department of Education and Science.

Vocational Subject Groupings 2008/2009 Specialist Groupings



Date Attendance Agenda Minutes

Logon to www.slss.ie and www.education.ie

LCVP Meetings

LCVP Circulars



Health and Safety

Helpful Hints: School policy Insurance Parent Consent Form Procedure if problem when on any LCVP activity Number of staff to accompany students during all activities Safe Pass



Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) The ability to use ICTs, such as computers, confidently, is a skill that will maximise students’ potential both at school and in their future life. The LCVP provides opportunities for students to develop their ICT skills and to apply them in a practical way. Students should also have the opportunity to use audio/visual equipment and computer presentation packages for recording and presentation purposes. Whilst the degree of competency that can be achieved will depend on the entry level of the students and the quality of facilities available, it is envisaged that students will be able to use computers and peripheral devices to • enter, edit, store, retrieve and print information • word process CV’s, letters, reports and create illustrated documents • access and use relevant information from CD-ROMs and from the Internet • send and receive e-mail messages. These skills relate directly to some of the learning outcomes of the Link Modules. LCVP Programme Statement

ICT Resources for LCVP Teachers

Second Level Support Service

www.slss.ie click on LCVP LCVP Teacher Professional Network

www.lcvptpn.net Website with information on our LCVP teacher network Department of Education & Science

www.education.ie Website with downloadable curriculum, syllabus and teaching guides.

ICT



State Examinations Commission

www.examinations.ie Website with downloadable past exam papers & marking schemes. NCTE - www.ncte.ie

Irish Government agency established to provide advice, support and information on the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in education. Scoilnet - www.scoilnet.ie

Scoilnet is the official education portal of the DES. The resources referenced from Scoilnet are aimed at students, teachers, school managers and parents. All learning materials for students are curriculum focused and have been selected and reviewed by curriculum specialists and teachers. TeachNet - www.teachnet.ie

‘For teachers, by teachers’ – lesson plans, teacher notes and online lessons. skoool.ie - www.skoool.ie

Online lessons and exam notes for many subjects, including Junior Business Studies and Leaving Certificate Business.

Irish Times Business 2000 - www.business2000.ie

Links to case studies by well-known businesses and enterprises. Spirit of Enterprise - www.spiritofenterprise.net

This teaching and learning resource brings industry and education together to bring stories of enterprise to the classroom.

ICT



Microsoft - www.microsoft.com/education

On-going work in relation to education. Worth a look to see what software and resources are available. Hot Potatoes - http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/

Create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the web. It is not freeware, but it is free of charge for those working for publicly-funded non-profit-making educational institutions, which make their pages available on the web. Quail – www.quia.com

Create activities, quizzes, games, Web pages, surveys, and more! Puzzle maker – www.puzzlemaker.com

Create and print customised word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists. Google www.google.ie

Yahoo www.yahoo.ie

ICT



Other relevant websites:

www.enterpriseboards.ie www.leader.ie www.hsa.ie www.goal.ie www.concern.ie www.svp.ie

ICT

Our Favourite and most useful Websites:

www.careersportal.ie www.equality.ie www.eoy.tv www.revenue.ie www.sdpi.ie



Teacher Induction

Student Induction

� New Teachers are inducted by……….

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� Induction booklet � Power point presentation � Activity

Staff Induction

Parents Induction

� When? Why? ………………………..

Parents Nights

� Slide show on website � Promotional material

Induction for Teachers, Students and Parents

Helpful Hints: Log on to our lcvp website. www.slss.ie and click on LCVP link



Recording Procedures

Procedures for collectin g work from our students

Helpful Hints Attendance Progression Assessment

Helpful Hints Time Signing Receipting Portfolio items Storage – secure



Investigations (My Own Place, Career, Entrepreneurs, Voluntary/Community organisations, Businesses and Training Schemes )

Role-plays Interviews Visit in (Training scheme, Voluntary/Community and Business) Visit out (Training scheme, Voluntary/ Community and Business) Work Shadow( part of Career Investigation or/and work placement) Work Experience ICT Videos Presentations Brainstorming Case Studies

Active Learning The Link Modules encourage students to apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired through their Vocational Subjects and in other areas of their Leaving Certificate. Vocational relevance is enhanced by putting in place opportunities for students to plan, organise and engage in active learning experiences inside and outside the classroom. LCVP Programme Statement

EXPLORING EFFECTIVE TEACHING METHODOLOGIES TO DEVELOP KEY LEARNING SKILLS:

List methodologies in the LCVP classroom that have been successful.

Our LCVP Activities

Methodologies



Log on to: www.slss.ie and click on LCVP

Whiteboard/ Blackboard Overhead Projector Computer room Videos/ DVD World of Work Support Service Materials Exploring Enterprise Worksheets Exemplar Student Portfolio

items LCVP Support Service CD

Textbooks Workbooks Newspaper Cut-outs Irish Times Business 2000 The Spirit of Enterprise Enterprise Encounter CareersPortal Eoy: Cases Revenue Business Books Others………

Assessment for Learning : Homework Policies

Our LCVP Resources

Assessment



Ensure you are aware of your LCVP student learning needs and link with the learning Support Teachers.

Learning Support



Students with Special Education Needs

Log on to SESS at www.sess.ie



Cross-curricular and Interdisciplinary Links There exists a wide range of opportunities within the LCVP for developing cross-curricular and interdisciplinary links. These are an important element of the programme as they help students to recognise and utilise the connections they find between different parts of their learning. The following linkages should be encouraged: • between the vocational subjects – for example, a link could be established between Art and Business by means of a craft based mini-enterprise activity • between the vocational subjects and other Leaving Certificate Subjects – for example, report writing, a skill practised in English, may be used in the Link Modules portfolio and in Construction Studies and Engineering projects • between the school and the wider community – for example, career investigations, work experience placements, visits to local enterprises. In order to maximise cross-curricular learning, programme co-ordinators and Link Module teachers should endeavour to • involve teachers of the vocational subjects in the planning of Link Module activities – for example, the input of teachers of Biology and Home Economics would enhance the planning of a visit to a food processing plant • select themes of study which offer potential for cross-curricular applications – for example, a school health and safety survey could involve the Technological subjects, the Sciences, Home Economics, Physical Education and Art • encourage students to recognise and utilise links as they engage in Link Module activities. LCVP Programme Statement Our LCVP Cross-curricular Links:

Cross curricular P lanning



Letters

12 January 2009

Dear (Employer Name),

Thank you for agreeing to take one of our

students on work experience. As you already know the

student’s name is (student name). He will commence on (day,

date) at 9:30 a.m. and after that day you will dictate the hours

of work. I will visit you once during the placement and will

contact you by phone in advance to arrange a suitable day and

time. Should any problem arise please contact me at one of

the above numbers.

Yours sincerely,

(Programme Co-ordinator)

Dear parent / guardian, This letter is to confirm that your son / daughter will be participating in the Work Placement Programme from insert dates_. Please fill in the details below and return to name of teacher by date. If you need clarification about any aspect of work placement please contact the school principal or name of teacher. Thanking you for your support. Yours faithfully, --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name of student _____________________________________________________________

Class ______________________________________________________________________ Name of Placement ___________________________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Telephone number ____________________________________________________________ Contact name at the work placement ___________________________________ Signature of parent / guardian ___________________________________________________

Date

_________________________

12 January 2009

Dear (Employer Name),

I wish to take this opportunity to thank you for

taking (student name) for work experience. (Student first name)

and his classmates found the experience most worthwhile.

Indeed our subsequent classroom discussions highlighted yet

again for us all the value of work experience in helping our

students make their learning relevant and in making decisions

about their future careers. Again both (student name) and I are

most appreciative of the opportunity so kindly given by your

company.

Yours sincerely

____________________

(Programme Co-ordinator)

Helpful Hints: Relevant Letters available on the LCVP website and our LCVP CD Resource



Subject planning for a culturally diverse society

Outside Organisations details

Visitors: Visits Out: Work Placements:

Helpful Hints: Include name and contact numbers

� Dictionaries � Visual Timetables



Benefits of LCVP

Helpful Hints: Include all stakeholders



Include relevant Subject Associations, TPNs, Conferences, Courses and Network

meetings.

Challenges

Continuous Professional Development CPD



Timetable



Schools with distinctive programmes will have structured evaluation taking place at different levels and at different times during the school year. In the evaluation process school management should try to take into account the perspective of different stakeholders such as students, co-ordinator, teachers of the Link Modules, vocational subject teachers, parents, work experience providers and link partners. Students are encouraged to evaluate each LCVP activity they participate in, such as work experience, visits out and interviews with visiting entrepreneurs. In the same way, the teaching team should meet to evaluate significant events such as enterprise activities, career investigations and cross-curricular projects. An evaluation of LCVP provision in the school will have greater meaning if it is measured against an existing Programme Statement of aims, objectives and expected outcomes. Effective evaluation enables successes to be celebrated areas of difficulty pinpointed and plans put in place to eliminate known weaknesses. LCVP Programme Statement Internal

� Structured – Self Evaluation � Stakeholders � Seek assistance from Support Service and SDPI

External

� Subject Inspection, Whole School Evaluation and Programme Evaluation � Assessment of students � Indirectly employers, outside links

Evaluation



Additional Information



LCVP Support Service Details

Caroline McHale LCVP National Coordinator E-mail: [email protected] Mobile no: 087 959 8538

LCVP Administrative Officer Esther Herlihy Navan Education Centre Athlumney Navan Co. Meath Tel: 046 907 8382 Fax: 046 907 8385 E-mail: lcvp @slss.ie Website: www.slss.ie and click on LCVP

You may access the LCVP website through the Second Level Support Service Website www.slss.ie and click on the LCVP link.

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