St Louis Community School in Kiltimagh is offering 12 further education (PLC ) programmes in five subject areas for the 2012 academic year.
There are programmes in business/IT, nursing and health, hairdressing, sport and childcare. Each programme typically includes a minimum of eight individual courses, leading to certification by FETAC/City & Guilds at either Level 5 or Level 6.
Microsoft Office Specialist, up to and including expert level, giving the opportunity for students to achieve the masters certificate from Microsoft and ECDL certification are also available.
A completely new programme for 2012 is Level 6 professional hairdressing, which offers the opportunity to achieve the City & Guilds Level 2 diploma in women’s hairdressing.
New courses within the Level 5 business programme include entrepreneurial skills and accounting. New within Level 5 nursing and health is health-related fitness. Rugby and basketball are new coaching courses in Level 5 sport and recreation studies. In Level 5 childcare, new courses include creative arts for early childhood and Irish for pre-school services. Special needs assisting and child psychology are new additions to the Level 6 childcare programme.
As well as offering direct opportunities for employment, a FETAC award provides an alternative route of access to higher education.
The school also offers careers guidance, well-equipped IT facilities, and help with study skills, word processing, numeracy, and literacy. All classes are timetabled between 9am and 3.45pm, with most timetabled between 10am and 2.30pm.
More information, including a prospectus, is available from St Louis Community School, Kiltimagh, tel 094 9381228, email [email protected], www.stlouiscs.com
