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Year 11 Qualification - CoPE
Certificate of Personal Effectiveness
What is it?
The Certificate of Personal Effectiveness is a recognised qualification from ASDAN. It offers new and imaginative ways of accrediting your work in Learning for Life lessons in Years 9-11. You will be given the opportunity to record a wide range of personal qualities, abilities and achievements, as well as experiencing new activities and challenges.
Structure
The CoPE Student Book comprises 12 modules. You must complete Challenges which are worth one or two credits. You will need 12 credits to gain the Certificate of Personal Effectiveness. For CoPE Level 2, at least six of the credits must be chosen from the longer challenges of Sections B and C. You must collect evidence for each Challenge and build a portfolio which will be assessed.
The module titles are:
- Communication
- Citizenship and Community
- Sport and Leisure
- Independent Living
- The Environment
- Vocational Preparation
- Health and Fitness
- Work Related Learning and Enterprise
- Science and Technology
- International Links
- Expressive Arts
- Beliefs and Values
The 6 skills you must demonstrate are:
- working with others
- improving own learning and performance
- problem solving
- research
- discussion
- oral presentations
Most of your challenges will be completed during Learning for Life lessons and as homework, although some will be delivered in other subject areas, such as Geography and DT, or even on Intensive Study Days.
Assessment
By building a Portfolio of Evidence as you complete various challenges, you must demonstrate competence in the following skills: Introduction to Working with Others, Introduction to Improving own Learning and Performance, Introduction to Problem Solving, Planning and Carrying out a Piece of Research, Communication through Discussion and Planning and Giving an Oral.
