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Curriculum DES Requirements for LCA and other Progs
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Transition Year• Design• Work experience• Volunteering in the Community• Purpose• Exposure to LC subjects
Curriculum contd
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Allocations
• The number of teachers required on each line (team teaching)
• Number of base classes• Curricular Concessions –in progress• SEN Allocation – Consider new guidelines
Curriculum
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Leave of Absence/Job share applications
• Is your school under/over quota?
• Job share policy? – Is this a good idea? How do you deal with this?
• Student needs are paramount e.g. difficulty in employing teachers in particular subject areas
Curriculum
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Local Arrangements
Do you share teaching resources with another school?
• Advantages? • Disadvantages?• Other factors to be considered
Curriculum
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Curriculum Audit
Important step in curriculum progression• Moving established years/option blocks• Shows gaps in teacher requirements
(Allocations )• Consider junior cycle planning as as 3 year
cycle of planning• Shows shortfall in resources e.g. can you
offer another biology class/business etc. • Planning for predictable staff changes
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Discussion and Feedback
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• 1st Years sample the option/choice subjects for a set number of weeks
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• 1st Years sample all the option/choice subjects for the full year and then choose for 2nd year
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• They choose their subjects prior to entering 1st Year
Advantages & Disadvantages?
Subject Choice for 1st Years
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Discussion
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Senior Cycle
• TY (optional/compulsory)
• Leaving Cert Established and Options
• LCA (class size/modules)
• LCVP (timetable issues)
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✓ Students –voice/options✓ Teachers –individual/dept. review/invitation✓What’s already there –continuity/consistency✓DES/JCT/Inspectorate ✓ Parent voice ✓ Legal implications/requirements✓ SEN✓Governance✓ Personnel involved in the process