Transition Year Programme

tvnutz

I finished my dip last year and only taught Junior Cert syllabus in my subjects. I also have studied the Leaving Cert syllabus as well for when I hopefully get a job. I have an interview next week and it was mentioned that I would have a Transition year English class,should I get the job obviously. However I can't seem to find anything about the TY programme and I really am not familiar with it should I need to talk about it in the interview.

Is there no syllabus for TY? Is it rather that each school has their own type of programme in place,or does the teacher decide about the programme?

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks

Toto Wolfcastle

Have a look here. Click on Guidelines for Schools. Each subject is listed with a set of guidelines.

Might as well just copy and paste it here for you.

English:
The Transition Year offers the opportunity to build and enlarge upon the experience of English in the Junior Certificate. Following the general principles of that syllabus, it aims at providing a broad and solid foundation for the Leaving Certificate course and for life in general.
The following are suggested activities that might be emphasised:
• Broad reading for the sake of enjoyment.
• Attendance at drama productions: viewing of films; listening to radio.
• The staging of a play (even a prescribed one).
• The writing for and production of a school magazine.
• The development of the individual pupil’s talent for writing in a particular genre, and entry into competitions for same where possible.
• Radio and video production by the class.
• Debates within the school and between schools.
• Talks from pupils to the class on projects done by them, e.g. on a favourite writer.
• The study of words, the origins of words, and related words in different languages.
• Coverage of a short history of English literature.
• An interdisciplinary approach to a topic or period (e.g. a World War) from the points of view of English literature, History, Music, Art, Media coverage, and so on. A topic such as this obviously involves the co-operation of the various subject teachers and might well result in a production or presentation at the end of the year as a climax to the project.

tvnutz

Ah,so there is no real set syllabus but rather suggested guidelines.That's great, thanks for the help.