LCVP Seminar 2013

Embracing ICT in LCVP

Saturday 23rd March

Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone

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Screen grab of Intel Page

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Of Special interest to LCVP

National Career Skills Competition WorkXperience REACH+ Career & College

Preparation Programme

Aimed at TY, LCA, LCVP & LC Students who have undertaken a Work Experience

Complete a Career Investigation Demonstrate an understanding of a career observed Discuss the Career Skills developed Explain various educational pathways into the career

Provide a Careers Skills Statement

Promoting the awareness and development of Career Skills through a work placement

Career Skills Statement (max 600 words) a written summary of five Career Skills developed Useful when it comes to activities such as job

interviews and creating your CV

Recommend the STAR approach: What was the SITUATION? Situation – details: what, where, when,

etc. What was your TASK? Task – the job you got done:

goal/objective What ACTION did you take? Action – SKILLS you used What was the RESULT? Result – how it worked out

Minimum of three skills from Work Placement

Now in 5th Year 27 winning schools Over 300 schools Over 4,000 students Over 25K in prizes Award Ceremony at Dept. of

Education & Skills in May Entries and standard increasing

every year Closing date 12th April

WorkXperience.ie … Practical way to help students find and gain

valuable work experience Free to use Encourages community support…

Schools and organisations supporting each other Students can search for work experience opportunities in

their areas Schools can manage all their students on line and keep a

record of all contact details Insurance details, thank you letters etc can all be viewed

in a central location

WorkXperience.ie … Provides schools with a centralised

programme to manage their work experience

Encourages best-of-class work experiences

Promotes the awareness and development of employability skills

Builds community involvement by bringing schools, students, parents and employers together

How to get involved: Register as a Teacher on the

WorkXperience section of CareersPortal.ie

Once registered, put up your school placement details and any other forms your students need access to

Your students can now register their placements directly on line

Career and College

Preparation Programme