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Leaving Cert Applied (LCA)

What is the Leaving Certificate Applied?

  • It is a distinct, self-contained two-year Leaving Certificate programme aimed at preparing learners for adult and working life
  • It emphasises forms of achievement and excellence which the established Leaving Certificate has not recognised in the past
  • It offers learners specific opportunity to prepare for and progress to further education and training

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 would achieve their potential by having continuous assessment and being assessed through 3 different modes of assessment

Rationale

  • Prepares students  for adult and working life
  • Recognises talents of all pupils
  • Promotes communication and decision making skills
  • Applies knowledge and skills to the solution of real problems

Curriculum in Coláiste na Trócaire

  • Vocational Preparation & Guidance
  • English & Communications
  • Mathematical Applications
  • Introduction to Information Technology
    • 2 Vocational Specialisms  (Information Communication Technology or  Agriculture & Horticulture or Engineering)
    • Arts Education
    • Languages  (Irish in one year and French in the second year)
    • Leisure & Recreation
    • Social Education
    • Elective Modules (Religion and Construction Studies or Hair &Beauty or Hotel & Catering or Science)

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Leaving Certificate Applied overview parents 2022

 

Certificate awarded at 3 levels:

Pass
Merit
Distinction
60-69%
70-84%
85-100%
120-139 Credits
140-169 credits
170-200 credits

Assessment (3 Modes):

Satisfactory completion of 44 modules
7 Student Tasks (each showing minimum 10 hours' work)
Final Examinations
TOTAL:
62 credits
70 credits
68 credits
200 credits
31%
35%
34%
100%
1) Satisfactory Completion of Modules (44 over 2 years) Collapse

Requirements

  • 90% attendance
  • Evidence of completion of 4 key assignments for each module (44 modules over 2 years)

Work Experience

It is an integral part of the programme and takes place each Friday.  Students after successfully completing work experience receive credits through the Vocational Preparation & Guidance modules.

2) 7 Student Tasks (each showing minimum 10 hours' work) Expand

The primary purpose of the Student Task is to underpin a key educational principle of the Leaving Certificate Applied programme, namely integration (draw learning together rather than allowing it to become or remain a fragmented experience).

Seven Tasks students have to complete over two years (a minimum 10 hours’ work each)

  • Vocational Preparation Task
  • Vocational Education Task (x 2)
  • General Education Task
  • Contemporary Issue Task
  • Practical Achievement Task
  • Personal Reflection Task

The Student Tasks are designed to help the students develop within

  • themselves a stronger awareness of the beneficial and coherent links that exist between the concepts, skills, competencies, experiences, knowledge and understanding that they have developed and/or acquired from the

What are the aims of the Student Task?

  • Provide an opportunity for students to integrate learning and practical experiences from the different courses and modules of the programme
  • Develop student literacy, communication and numeracy skills
  • Develop student confidence and self-esteem
  • Promote student motivation by providing short term achievable goals
  • Develop student responsibility and initiative as well as skills in self-evaluation, problem solving, reflection and management
  • Enable students to apply to practical problems and/or issues the knowledge, understanding, skills and competencies developed through participation in the modules
  • Promote co-operation and team work among participating students
  • Promote school/community liaison through involvement in the local community
  • Promote and develop active citizenship
  • Prepare students for life outside and beyond school
3) Final Examinations Expand
CourseDuration of WrittenCredits
English & Communications2 Hours12 Credits
Agriculture & Horticulture1.5 Hours12 Credits
Engineering1.5 Hours12 Credits
Information & Communication Technology2 Hours12 Credits
French1 Hour6 Credits
Irish1 Hour6 Credits
Social Education2 Hours10 Credits
Mathematical Applications2 Hours10 Credits
TOTAL CREDITS68 Credits
4) Pathways from Leaving Certificate Applied Expand

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