St Nathy’s

College

2013/2014

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To support the school mission statement

Mr. Oliver Lennon

Leaving Cert 2013-2014

Mr.Oliver Lennon, Mr.Brendan Foy, Mr. Gearoid o Suilleabhain.Ms. Munnally,

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5th Yr 2013-2014

Mr.Oliver Lennon, Mr. Gearoid o Suilleabhain.Ms. Munnally

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Leaving Cert: Two 40 minute classes.

5th Year: Two 40 minute classes.

Two 40 minute classes

St. Kathy's Collc&e Subjccl Pinn Link Mc<lulc:;

12) Class Organisation

Slud»..nu art randomly allocation among Teaohers of Liink Modules.

Cli'l.SKS ;ue row.led on '1fortnishtly basis !O allow ..1bitring of rr le..10!JJ'C.($ Md business.

Work Shad.>wing is scheduled on Tuesdoys.

A 1inin1um cl 2studenls wort shad ovv ;ierw<.'t k. A l\>1a. imum C•f 2 Sttxier ts 'M'Ork Sb3do)W per IA'e!k..

13} Textbooks and Course Materials

cnr Ttxtbooks Course Mlltcrinb

Y" "Makin IT H:ippen•·By C.rotineMcHaie Handouts C•verhelds Audio \'isuaJ s

VISJ IS Ir. Visils OU1

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14) Planning for Students with Special Needs

Teachers of Stu dents with Special Ne•ds havinp ponicula: Unk Moclul!s !petific.ed i <ues ill he infooned by the Calles< Principal The Link Modu les "''cher will thea link wilh Special Needs suppon in the school '-''lere trere is a need:oCo so,l·J assisl

tt£m in adapting to lhe sto<.Enu needs. Panicula c.are is lllkeo to deal with lhtse is'.lue'.i respeclin g Ille n'ishes of:he sru!Elll and tlO\Y Lhty would like I.he issue to 00

han clcd

15) Cross-Curricular Planning I ink11g "'ifh F'.ng:ish :1n.-t Jui*"" S1ntl o: An Emi:hasis is made on all subject aeas'vbere oppon.uni ties arise they are commoaly men tioned in lhe cers and Comn1anity Bttsioess areas to :nenlion a few.

16) Sub/ec1 Planning tor a Cu/rurally Diverse Society <..i1veo the diversity LD our n:ral comm!l111:y we are lick)'to be at·le to otte1stLden ts expa;ure LO aUeLtnic groups inthe Communicy•on\"v·ork B.xperience.

17) Effective Te3ching Methodologies Cro\!p Di.:>ru:;.sion

Brainst onn:ng

Various Researc.h Methods Visits it Visits out

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St. N athy's College Subject Plan Link Modules

Career Exhibitions Speakers from Colleges on Careers Past Pupils £lcoplc from Industry

18) Range and Variety of Resources Audio V isuaJs

Acoess Lo Broadband,Qualif:u,Fas Overheads School Library Local Library B.M.W. Western Developme nt PhOlocopyi ng

19) Availability/ Use of JCT facilities One ICT room 26 Computers Digital Screen Broadband aocess User Logins! Passwords Individual Storage spaces Ms Offioe suite Printer B/W Storage med ia AoppylCD seldom used.

20) Provision for Health and Safety requirements Safety Offioer (P.Curran)

Fire Drills Fire f..'( tinguisher Exit Rout Maps in all Classrooms Supervision by staff and Senior Management

21) Curriculum Content

a) Year1

5lh Year Students Portfolio \Vork to include 4 Core items Visils in Visils out Preparation for Work Ex perience World of Work

b) Year2

Completion of 2 furtoor Optional Items and Document Editing Lo Final draft. Preparation for Wriuen Paper.

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Mr.Oliver Lennon March 2012 LCVP Conference

22) Homework Procedures

Research is an integeral part of LCVP and forms part of the homework

Students are given topics to research and record in copies

Topics are dicussed in class and questions are answered for homework

Passed papers are used as a tool for answering question for homework.

23) Assessment Procedures

All students are assessed regulary during the school year.

Portfolio work is assessed by the Teacher on completion and prior to final editing by the students.

Assessments are completed at mid tern October, Christmas, Easter and in summer of 4th Year.

In addition a Pre Leaving Cert Link Modules Exam is arranged in February of each year for the Leaving

Cert Exam Students.

24) Record – Keeping Procedures.

All students portfolio work is stored on central servers.

25) Reporting Procedures.

Class issues are dealt with by the class teachers, or referred to the Class Tutor.

Issues may be referred to the Year Head / Subject Co-ordinator/ Deputy or Principal as warrented.

The Programme Co-ordinator may escalate issues to the Deputy or Principal.

The Programme Co-ordinator updates the Principal as the year progresses.

The programme Co-ordinator reports to the Board of Management on an annual basis.

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26) Teacher In – Career Development.

Teacher Date Topic

Mr. Gearoid O

Suilleabhain

Nov 06/07 Results report review

Mr.Brendan Foy April 08 Pre Exam Review

Mr. Oliver Lennon March 2012 LCVP Conference

Ms. Karen Munnally October 2012 Preparing the Port-Folio

Mr. Oliver Lennon September 2013 Lcvp Induction

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A whole-school evaluation of management, leadership and learning (WSE-MLL) was

undertaken in May 2011 in St. Nathy's College.

It was recommended to provide an ab -initio language module to meet the requirements of the LCVP link Module course for students not studing a foreign language for the Leaving Cert

In the 2012/2013 an ab-initio language module has been included on the

timetable to meet the requirements of the LCVP, all students doing LCVP

has access to this module. (This same applied for 2011/2012)

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01/10/2012

Updated plan for 2012/2013 Med 01/11/12 Yes

Review Date Modifications/ Recommendations Urgency Target date

13/1/09 Initial Draft Edited & submitted High 20/1/09

20/1/09 Updated Mission statement Low 20/11/09

01/10/10 Updated plan for 2010/2011 Med 01/10/10

01/09/12 Updated plan for 2012/2013 Med 01/10/12

01/09/12 Updated plan for 2013/2014 Med 01/10/13

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30. Numeracy & Literacy

Every effort will be made to ensure that all students understand the terminology and

language assocciated with LCVP Link Modules.

This will be achieved by compiling a list of terms and words and explaining same.

• By using posters.

• Overhead projector

• Data projector

• Dictionary

Notes

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