Expand+Back To Education Initiative (BTEI)

The BTEI provides part-time Further Education programmes for young people and adults. It aims to give participants an opportunity to combine a return to learning with family, work and other responsibilities. Pro...

Hide-Back To Education Initiative (BTEI)

The BTEI provides part-time Further Education programmes for young people and adults. It aims to give participants an opportunity to combine a return to learning with family, work and other responsibilities. Programmes are offered in partnership with a number of agencies throughout the country on a flexible part-time basis. Classes are offered throughout the year in the morning, afternoons, evenings or weekends. Courses lead to a range of accreditation at levels 1-6 on the NFQ.

Expand+Education: ENTRY REQUIREMENTS This Leaving Certificate course demands a high level of commitment from the learner and a good standard of reading, writing and maths is required. Having a Junior Certificate standard would be a definite advantage. Lear...

Hide-Education: ENTRY REQUIREMENTS This Leaving Certificate course demands a high level of commitment from the learner and a good standard of reading, writing and maths is required. Having a Junior Certificate standard would be a definite advantage. Learners must have the capacity to work with others from diverse social, linguistic and cultural backgrounds; engage in critical and creative thinking and take responsibility for their own learning.

Previous Experience: Learners access the Senior Cycle Programme immediately after the Junior Certificate Cycle. The Senior Cycle includes an optional Transition Year, which follows immediately after the Junior Cycle. Transition Year provides an opportunity for students to experience a wide range of educational inputs, including work experience. During the final two years of Senior Cycle students take one of three programmes, each leading to a State Examination: the traditional Leaving Certificate, the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP) or the Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA).

Expand+Start Date 26/09/2016
End Date 01/06/2018
Duration 88 Weeks

The programme offers a broad curriculum that allows for a degree of specialisation for learners and seeks to provide learners with a high quality learning experience to prepare them f...

Hide-Start Date 26/09/2016
End Date 01/06/2018
Duration 88 Weeks

The programme offers a broad curriculum that allows for a degree of specialisation for learners and seeks to provide learners with a high quality learning experience to prepare them for the world of work, for further and higher education and for successful personal lives, whatever that may entail for the individual learner.

The duration of the Leaving Certificate Programme Cycle is two years.

For further information on the Leaving Certificate Syllabus go to:
http://www.curriculumonline.ie/senior-cycle

Title Award Awarding Body

Leaving Cert Ordinary Level Geography Leaving Certificate (DESLC) Department of Education & Skills
Leaving Cert Ordinary Level Mathematics Leaving Certificate (DESLC) Department of Education & Skills
Leaving Certificate Ordinary Level Biology Leaving Certificate (DESLC) Department of Education & Skills
Leaving Certificate (Traditional) Ordinary Level English Leaving Certificate (DESLC) Department of Education & Skills
Leaving Certificate Ordinary Level History Leaving Certificate (DESLC) Department of Education & Skills
Leaving Certificate Ordinary Level Business Leaving Certificate (DESLC) Department of Education & Skills
Irish Ordinary Level Leaving Certificate (DESLC) Department of Education & Skills

Learning Outcomes
The completion of the Leaving Certificate Programme should enable learners to:
- develop positive beliefs about learning
- develop focus and discipline in learning
- learn in ways that suit their own strengths and needs
- develop a range of learning strategies
- make connections across learning
- develop a commitment to improving learning
- be willing to engage in new learning situations
- develop reflective practices.