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LCVP Seminar 2013
Embracing ICT in LCVP
Saturday 23rd March
Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone
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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