Students follow two Link Modules over the course of the two years.

Link Module I - Preparation for the World of Work

Students research and investigate local employment opportunities, develop job seeking skills such as letter writing, CV presentation, interview techniques; gain valuable practical experience of the world of work; interview and work shadow a person in a career area that interests them.

Link Module II - Enterprise Education

Students are involved in organising visits to local business and community enterprises; meet and interview enterprising people on site and in the classroom; plan and undertake interesting activities that will build self-confidence, creativity, initiative and develop teamwork, communication and computer skills.

Information and Communications Technology

Students will have an opportunity to develop and apply their ICT skills. Students will also have an opportunity to use computer presentation packages for recording and presentation purposes. During the course of the programme students will develop skills to:

• Enter, edit, store, retrieve and print information
• Word process CVs, letters, reports and create illustrated documents
• Send and receive e-mail messages
• Access and use relevant information from CD Roms and the Internet

Teaching and Learning

The use of active teaching and learning methodologies is encouraged in the LCVP curriculum. Students are given the opportunity to:

• Experience the world of work,
• Complete a career investigation,
• Organise a mini-enterprise, and
• Arrange business and community visits.

The Link Modules encourage students to apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired through their Vocational Subjects and in other areas of their Leaving Certificate. Vocational relevance is enhanced by putting in place opportunities for students to plan, organise and engage in active learning experiences inside and outside the classroom.

Timetable
LCVP students are given 5 timetabled periods a week over the two Leaving Certificate years.
Year 1 - 2 periods Enterprise, 2 period World of Work, 1 Active Learning
Year 2 - 2 periods World of Work, 2 period Enterprise, 1 Active Learning

Assessment
LCVP students follow the same subject syllabi and are assessed in the same way as their peers in the Leaving Certificate. Formal examinations take place in St Wolstan's Community School at Christmas and Summer. Reports are posted home at each of these examination times.
For the Link Modules they are assessed by Written Examination (40%) and by Portfolio of Coursework (60%). Students assemble the portfolio over the two years of the programme and it is assessed at the end of the final year of the Leaving Certificate.

Certification
LCVP students receive the same certificate as other Leaving Certificate students but their Certificate includes an additional statement of the results of the Link Modules.