LCVP

LCVP

Link Modules or LCVP is offered in Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ as a supplementary and optional component of the Leaving Certificate. LCVP can be undertaken in addition to pupils’ four core subjects and three optional subject choices.  Typically, LCVP students take seven Leaving Certificate Subjects plus the Link Modules.

Laurel Hill Secondary School - LCVP

LCVP is assessed in two parts:

  • A portfolio valued at 60%
  • An exam completed in May of 6th Year valued at 40%

LCVP is a Leaving Certificate subject with a focus on enterprise and preparation for working life. This two-year programme commences in 5th Year and combines the academic strengths of the Leaving Certificate with a dynamic focus on self-directed learning, enterprise, work and the community. In most ways the LCVP is like the established Leaving Certificate. The LCVP course is broken into two parts called Preparation for the World of Work and Enterprise Education.

Part 1: Preparation for the World of Work

Students will 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.

Part 2: Enterprise Education

Students will be 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.

LCVP at Laurel Hill

Throughout the programme students are encouraged to:

  • Be innovative and enterprising
  • Take responsibility for their own learning
  • Adapt to changing circumstances
  • Evaluate data and devise solutions to problems
  • Communicate their thoughts and ideas effectively
  • Work with others as part of a team
  • Investigate and plan career options
  • Use information and communications technologies
  • Investigate local businesses and community enterprises
  • Learn from their experiences

LCVP or Link Modules is recognised for CAO points purposes by the Institutes of Technology and the Universities. The points are allocated as follows:

GradeUniversities and Institutes of Technology Award
Distinction66 points
Merit46 points
Pass28 points

More information about LCVP or Link Modules, visit the PDST website.