Practical Achievement Task Thursday Oct 13 th 2011 Drumcondra Education Centre

The PDST is funded by the Department of Education and Skills under the National Development Plan, 2007-2013

Practical Achievement Task

Thursday Oct 13th 2011

Drumcondra Education Centre

Harry Freemanharryfreeman@pdst.ie087-2908528

Nature of TaskThis task requires the student to:

Undertake and complete a significant task of apractical and /or enterprising nature over anextended period of 3 months.

It requires the accumulation of tangible evidence of the achievement

Purpose of Task

• undertake a practical task

• develop skills of goal setting

• develop skills of on-going planning, reflection and evaluation

• sustain activity in the targeted area

• gain a sense of mastery and achievement

• gain recognition for out-of-school learning

To provide the student with an opportunity to:

Scope of TaskThe task :• must be an individual task• must be specific/well-defined and realistic • must be independently verifiable• must involve regular engagement over a period of at least

3 months• must present a challenge to the student• must be broadly related to the Leaving Certificate Applied• may build on existing pursuits

The Practical Achievement should:

• be meaningful for the student

• have educational integrity

• be adequately supervised

• be appropriate to age, ability and interest of student

• be oriented towards achievement

• Community involvement• Enterprise activity• Physical / recreation• Practical skill• Product manufacturing• Provision of a service• Organising an event• Adventure activity• Hobbies/Interests• Other

The practical achievement might come from one of the following:

Stages of Task• Planning

• Implementation

• Culmination

Planning StageSelectionThe following should be considered:• interest audit• background research on minimum of 3 options• appropriate level of challenge• safety considerations• relationship to lca courses• selection of task from alternatives considered• time• resources

The plan should consider how the following will be organised:

• Activities required to achieve the goal

• Setting of time scales and ongoing deadlines

• Identification of potential obstacles

• Contact with verifier

• Plan for recording progress

The above should be included in the initial statement which should be about 200 words or 2 minutes audio/ video.

Planning StageAction Plan

IMPLEMENTATION

This involves:- Process- Outcome/Evidence

Implementation

The process requires the student to:• engage with the action plan.• acknowledge the starting position.• record involvement with the

activity in the log entries including time, effort and progress.

Evidence & VerificationTwo separate sources of evidence.Evidence must show progress/achievement.1 source of evidence must show achievement.Both pieces of evidence must be signed by Verifier.Describe how chosen evidence shows achievement.

Possible Sources of Evidence• Certificates• Participation records• Video/Audio tapes• Samples of work• Series of photographs etc.• Testimonials/Letters

VERIFIER

• must be an adult who has supervised or monitored the student’s practical achievement

• must be an adult who is knowledgeable in the area

• must sign both pieces of evidence of the student’s achievement

• description of goals that have been achieved• evaluation of the challenge• self evaluation• application to future endeavours.• cross curricular links• changed perspectives

CulminationThe student prepares a Concluding Statement which should include:

The concluding statement should be 400 words in length or

a maximum of 4 minutes in audio/video format

• Initial Statement

• Log Book (Minimum 5 entries)

• 2 pieces of evidence verifying the achievement

• Concluding statement

AssessmentThe following 5 items must be presented for assessment:

• Ability to select and plan the achievement

• Quality of engagement and evidence of progress

• Ability to reflect on and evaluate the experience

• Quality of integration of learning

• Quality of communicative ability

• Evidence of cross-curricular applications

• Ability to appraise goals on an on-going basis

Assessment Criteria

• Timetabled class periods with whole class group

• Mentoring by teaching team members

• A teacher’s timetable is reduced by one to two periods

• Back-to-back timetabling (team teaching)

• Teachers who are not anchoring any other tasks

• Students seek out teachers themselves

Possible Strategies

Teacher/Mentor Role• Introduce and explain task

• Negotiate and facilitate individual selection

• Motivate/encourage/advise/challenge

• Question/facilitate/monitor

• Give feedback

• Assist in identifying progress

• Support completion of logbook

• Check for 2 pieces of evidence

• Assessment process

Practical Achievement Task Thursday Oct 13 th 2011 Drumcondra Education Centre

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