TY Subject Choice Information Guidance Counsellor – Brian Kearney BGS Careers Mr. B. Kearney

Presentation Content RACE Applications DARE Scheme TY Guidance Aims Aptitude Profiling Subject Groups Subject Combinations and Types

Transition Year Aims Who are you? Where do you want to go next?

What have students done in Guidance this year? Career Timelines Dreams and Ambitions Talents Life Values Career Values Personality Testing Career Interest Profile (Reach +) Career Investigations Course Investigations Career Aptitude Profiles (COA/ Eirquest)

IV Subject Choices 1.What subjects do they enjoy? 2.What subjects do they need? 3.What subjects can they get points in? Are they suited to the subject?

A balanced, safe choice of 7/8 subjects would include Irish English Mathematics A continental language A science (as well as 2/3 other subjects) 7 or 8 Subjects?

Potential Career Areas

Suitable Leaving Cert Subjects

Student Aptitudes

What Subjects are Suitable? Content Based Subject Concept (Understanding) Subjects Skill/ Practical Based Subject Geography 80/20 History 80/20 Biology Home Economics * 80/20 Art 62/38 Agricultural Science 80/20 Business Studies Physics Home Economics * Chemistry Applied Maths Economics Accounting* French Spanish German Music (Flexible) Art* DCG 60/40 Accounting* Construction Studies 50/50 LCVP 40/60

There are three hurdles to college entry 1.Matriculation Requirement = Basic Entry Requirement 2.Subject Requirement 3.Points

What do they need? Subjects A 3 rd Language? Honours Maths? 1 or 2 Science Subjects? Chemistry? Careers Science Engineering Vet. Medicine/ Medicine, Human Nuitrition/ Dietetics – DIT Nursing Beauty Therapy – College of Commerce - Biology Dentistry & Pharmacy – UCC

What can they get points in? Does the subject suit them? Person What are their aptitudes? What kind of person/ student are they? Subject What level are they capable of sitting? Honours Maths What is the theory versus practical element of course? Are they suited to the teaching style of the content?

Subject Groups – Class of 2018 Group 1 LCV P FrenchSpanish Group 2 Geo grap hy History Design & Communi cation Graphics Applied MathsBiology Group 3 Phys ics Home Ec.MusicAg. Science Geogra phy Accounti ng Group 4 Che m. Economic s Construct ion Biology Ag. Science German Group 5 Biol ogy Geograp hy ArtBusiness