TRANSITION YEAR PROGRAMME BRIDGETOWN COLLEGE 2020-2021
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TRANSITION YEAR PROGRAMME BRIDGETOWN COLLEGE 2020-2021
INTRODUCTION • Transition Year is an independent year between the Junior Certificate and the Leaving Certificate in second-level schools. • It is a school programme which differs from other periods of second-level education, as it has no set state examinations. • It is a bridge that enables students to make the transition from the more dependent type of learning associated with Junior Cycle to the more independent learning environment associated with Senior Cycle. • Transition Year consists of an open curriculum designed by schools that suits the needs of students.
VISION • To promote the personal, social, vocational and educational development of students and prepare them for their role as responsible members of society. • To facilitate students in the development of transferable skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, resilience, decision-making and self- sufficiency. • To facilitate students in gaining greater self-confidence, maturity and autonomy. • To facilitate a year of discovery to allow students to identify new talents and strengths that will encourage them to have clearer goals and make more informed decisions regarding Leaving Cert subject choices.
BENEFITS
Having a break More varied
Forming better from high-stakes teaching and Going on trips in
Making new friends relationships with examination stress assessment methods, Ireland or abroad
teachers before entering such as portfolios
senior cycle and project work
Doing work Thinking about and Developing self-
Getting to sample a experience and learning about Making stronger regulatory and
range of subjects having opportunities possible future subject choices for organisational skills
to engage in the careers or areas of Senior Cycle (e.g., time
‘adult world study management)
Finding new interests
Feeling more mature and developing new Developing stronger
and independent skills (personal, social skills and
social, practical, and confidence.
artistic)
Dr. Aidan Clerkin (Education Research Centre, 2017)
• Students who do Transition Year (TY) engage better with their studies for the
Leaving Certificate than those who do not and therefore, were more likely to get
higher average points in the Leaving Cert (ESRI).
• They spend significantly more time on homework in fifth and sixth year, and are
more likely to persist with difficult questions.
• Fifth years who skipped TY were more likely to say they rarely, or never, engaged
in self-directed study behaviours, such as revising with bullet points, practising
exam questions or doing extra study.
• This group also reported giving up on difficult questions and not doing their
assigned homework on a more frequent basis than classmates who opted for TY.
(Irish Independent, January 30th 2017)
CONCERNS
Being left behind Concerns about
friends ‘getting back into
study’ in 5th Year
Concerns about
Being too old integrating into a
leaving school new year group
after Transition Year
(Bridgetown College Student Survey, 2020)
STUDENT'S ROLE IN TRANSITION YEAR
Be open
minded
Engage Have a go
Respect Positive
others attitude
PARENT'S ROLE IN TRANSITION YEAR
Stay
informed
Communicate Encourage
Support
SCHOOL'S ROLE IN TRANSITION YEAR
Research
Evaluate Listen
Monitor Plan
Implement
FEEDBACK ON CURRICULUM • Develop communication skills – rated as most important by 33% of respondents • Improve self-confidence – rated as most important by 33% of respondents • Be more responsible for my own learning. - rated as most important by 17% of respondents • Learn more about the world outside of school. - rated as most important by 6% of respondents
SUGGESTIONS
• 'A little bit of everything helps with choices for 5th year'
• 'Life skills'
• 'Team building'
• 'College trips, sport trips, bonding experience trips'
• 'Driving/driver theory test'
• 'College trips/career talks'
• 'Exercise/hiking/swimming/self-defense'
• 'Work Experience'
• 'Instead of expensive overseas trips, how about a fun camping trip in Ireland!!'
• 'I am open to any trips but I do feel a trip to somewhere like Carlingford where there is
adventure courses would be beneficial.'
• 'Camping, historical tours, seminars on mental health etc'.LAYERS OF TRANSITION YEAR PROGRAMME Core Subject Layer Subject Sampling Layer Transition Year Specific Module Layer Calendar Layer
CORE SUBJECT LAYER English Irish Maths Physical Personal Career Education Development Guidance
SUBJECT SAMPLING LAYER
Home Economics Construction Metalwork DCG
History Geography Business Studies IT
Modern Foreign
Art Languages Sciences Music
(German)TRANSITION YEAR SPECIFIC MODULES LAYER
Driver Gaisce Mini- Health and Young Social Manuela
Education company Safety Innovators Project
Green First Aid Drama Digital Swimming Self Defense
Schools Leader
Horticulture Wood craft GAA Future School Bank Press Pass Junk Couture
Leaders Competition
Financial
LIteracyCALENDAR LAYER – SAMPLE CALENDAR
• Induction Day
• As I Am Workshop
• Aware Beat the Blues Workshop
September • Ploughing Match
• Beach Clean Up
• Surfing
• Carlingford Trip
• Festival Opera Dress Rehearsal & Exhibits
• Zeminar
October • UL Open Day
• Waterford Training Centre Open Day
• H.S.A. Health & Safety
• RSA Road Safety ProgrammeCALENDAR LAYER
• Work Experience
• Mini-Company/Student Enterprise
Programme
November • Waterford Walls/Escape Room
• Beach Clean Up
• WIT Open Day
• Carlow IT Open Day
• Develop Me Workshop
• Self Defence
• Manuela Programme
December •
•
Library Visit
Ice SkatingCALENDAR LAYER
• Wexford Mental Health Alliance Workshop
• Adamstown Pantomine
January •
•
•
•
Harmony Programme
Dublin trip
First Aid
Cycle Against Suicide Congress
• Work Experience
• Financial Literacy Week
February
• Croke Park Trip
• Seachtain na Gaeilge
March •
•
•
•
Swimming
Sean Nós Dancing
Driver Education
Beach CleanCALENDAR LAYER
• Heritage Park
• Foreign Tour
April •
•
•
Court House
Swimming
Loftus Hall & Hook LIghthouse
• Aerial Arts
• End of year trip
• Masterchef Competition
May •
•
•
Assessment
Interviews
End of year CelebrationWORK EXPERIENCE - AIMS • To experience the nature and realities of working life. • To identify skills and abilities required for particular jobs. • To achieve a realistic knowledge of their own interests, abilities and social skills.
ORGANISING A WORK PLACEMENT • Students organise their own work placements and are advised to begin their search for a placement as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. • They will be supplied with relevant documentation to assist with securing their placement over the Summer holidays. • During the work experience students will keep a diary of each day's work. These diaries will form part of the student's overall assessment. • This work experience is monitored by a combination of workplace visits, phone calls to employers and employer's evaluations. • As a school we would encourage students to take jobs within areas where they have a possible interest for their future employment.
GARDA VETTING • As of February 2017, legislation now requires, any student, in Transition Year, who is 16 years of age and who intends on taking up a work placement working with children or vulnerable adults MUST be Garda Vetted. • Your son/daughter must be 16 before you get them vetted. • If they are 15, even if a day shy of being 16, you cannot begin the process as they, at 15, are still considered to be a child. • This may become very significant for you in relation to Community Care and Work Experience placements. • All relevant forms will be supplied to your child by the school.
ASSESSMENT • Students will be awarded credits, 600 in total, for successful completion of projects/classroom based assessments. • Core Subjects – 120 credits awarded by subject teachers. • Option subjects – 120 credits awarded by subject teachers. • Gaisce – 60 credits awarded on successful completion of Gaisce bronze award. • Certificates (e.g. driver education, first aid, digital leader etc.) – 60 credits for any 3 chosen by the student. • Work Experience – 100 credits • Transition Year Portfolio – 140 credits
GRADES • 480 – 600 - Distinction • 360 – 479 – Merit • 240 – 359 – Pass
WORK EXPERIENCE CREDITS • Initiative in finding a placement 10 credits • Full completion of diary 25 credits • Presentation of diary on due date 15 credits • Report from employer 30 credits • Oral presentation to class 20 credits • Total 100 credits
PORTFOLIO • The E-Portfolio is the purposeful collection of the student’s work . • The portfolio should be presented in a digital format using Microsoft OneNote. • Its purpose is to provide a reflection of the student’s participation in Transition Year. • The work included should show the effort, progress and achievement of the student in various areas of learning. • The student may select pieces of work that best show learning, be that learning in an academic context or learning from extracurricular activities.
THE PORTFOLIO SHOULD INCLUDE: • One piece of work from all the core subjects, option subjects and the modules. • Students diaries from Work Experience and Community Care. • Photographs and accounts of any trip taken during Transition Year. • Participation in outside school activities. • Any activity that the student volunteered for. • Any souvenirs and mementos from student’s year. • A reflection of the student’s experience in Transition Year.
• PRESENTATION OF THE E-PORFOLIO - TOTAL 90 CREDITS • Completed work within the portfolio – 50 credits • Extra-curricular activities – 20 credits • Aesthetic of the Portfolio – 20 credits • INTERVIEW – TOTAL 50 MARKS • Answering of questions – 25 credits • Reflection on transition year – 20 credits • Personal appearance/umiform – 5 credits
COST
22% 28% • Cost 2020/21 - €350
€501- €200- • Some trips included in course fee.
€600 €300 • Extra cost – Carlingford Activity Centre, Driver
Education Course, End of year trip, Foreign Tour
17% (Optional)
€401- 33% • Two installments - €150 (April) and €200 (June)
€500 €301-
€400
Parents’ Survey ResultsADDITIONAL COSTS • Carlingford Adventure Centre 3 day/2 night package. • Provisional date: 5-8th of October 2020 • Cost €238 per student including transport based on a group of 19 students.
DRIVER EDUCATION
THANK YOU.
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