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Key Skills for the Junior Cycle | The JCPA as your School CV

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Key Skills for the Junior Cycle | The JCPA as your School CV

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A comprehensive lesson to help students prepare for their CBAs

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A comprehensive resource on study skills preparing

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Use with 2nd years as a self- reflective wellbeing check in

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An introductory resource on Values for Junior Cycle Students

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This lesson will: • Introduce the United Nations (UN) • Explore the UN sustainability goals • Support students to reflect on what goal means most to them and particular jobs that may be linked to that goal

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School-developed units of learning: sample learning outcomes for Junior Cycle guidance

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School-developed units of learning: sample learning outcomes for Junior Cycle guidance

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Learning outcomes for Guidance will vary in accordance with each school’s local context and the backgrounds, interests and abilities of its students and to reflect the characteristic spirit of the school. It is important that guidance counsellors engage with the school’s Student Support Team to facilitate planning for the bespoke needs of the students at all levels of the continuum of support. However, the following are provided as learning outcomes that may be identified in the process of guidance planning at Junior Cycle:  Students will be able to identify a range of post-school pathways;  Students will be able to describe different work roles and conditions;  Students will be able to examine and describe ‘who they are’, their identity, their interests, their values and their mind-set to gain a greater understanding of themselves;  Students will be able to identify some of their personal goals and explore how to achieve them;  Students will be able to reflect on their interests and values and describe how they fit with their educational goals;  Students will be able to review school, family, peer and work activities and how these may impact on one’s career choice;  Students will be able to analyse the knowledge and career management skills one is acquiring from taking specific subjects and extra-curricular activities and;  Students will be able to reflect on the important aspects of their own lives and develop skills for managing a well-balanced life amid competing demands and individual goals. The NCCA Learning Outcomes Publication provides additional information on how schools can develop their own learning outcomes for Guidance. Schools can also access information about developing ‘Appendix I’ in NCCA Junior Cycle Wellbeing Guidelines (2021). 7. Further informati

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Includes & defines the guidance counsellor's role in relation to:Role of guidance counsellor in post-primary schools  |  Social and personal counselling  |  

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Information Note- Principals, Guidance Counsellors ,Guidance Teams in relation to Whole School Guidance Provision at Junior Cycle

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Information Note- Principals, Guidance Counsellors ,Guidance Teams in relation to Whole School Guidance Provision at Junior Cycle

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Classroom guidance related learning for Junior Cycle students is the focus of this document.

It includes notes and clarifications on the following:
A definition of Guidance
Timetabling for guidance related learning
Resources to support classroom guidance related learning
School-developed units of learning: sample learning outcomes for Junior Cycle guidance
Further information:  Currently, there is no maximum or minimum allocation of hours for Guidance provision at Junior Cycle

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Information Note for Schools in relation to personal and social guidance counselling

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Information Note for Schools in relation to personal and social guidance counselling

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Includes & defines the guidance counsellor's role in relation to:
Role of guidance counsellor in post-primary schools
Social and personal counselling
Wellbeing policy
Limits and boundaries
Guidance counsellor supervision

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Dear Principal,

I am emailing you from the new Guidance Unit in the Department of Education with some new policy documents which I hope will be very helpful for your Whole School Guidance planning and practice.

Following a national consultation on a strategic framework for lifelong guidance (report available in English here and as gaeile anseo),  the Guidance Unit has prepared two information notes for post-primary schools to assist with planning and guidance practice. Through this consultation process clarity was requested in relation to the provision of guidance in post primary schools. In order to begin to address the key messages received in the national consultation, the following information notes have been produced as follows:

Information note 008/2023 has been produced to provide clear information and support regarding the provision of personal and social guidance counselling in post-primary schools. It is available here agus anseo.

Information note 009/2023 provides the requisite information and support regarding the provision of Whole School Guidance to Junior Cycle students. This Information Note is directed to school management and has particular relevance for guidance counsellors and guidance teams. This Information Note is proper to Circular 0028/2023 and is available here agus anseo.

We hope these information notes will be helpful to schools, school management, whole school guidance teams and guidance counsellors.

Is mise le meas,

Carol Guildea

Dr Carol Guildea

Guidance Specialist

Assistant Principal Officer — Guidance Unit, CAP
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Department of Education