Certificate of
Personal Effectiveness
(CoPE)
Introduction to the
Qualification
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Aims
To enable candidates to:
• develop and demonstrate a range of personal,
key and employability skills leading to personal
effectiveness
• broaden their experience and manage their
learning through enrichment activities
• receive formal recognition and accreditation for
the above
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Overview
• Level 3 Applied Qualification
• Requires 150 Guided Learning Hours
• Students produce a portfolio which is
internally assessed/externally moderated
• Attracts 70 UCAS Points
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Structure
To achieve CoPE Level 3 students must demonstrate
their skills development in six assessment units:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Introduction to Working with Others
Introduction to Improving Own Learning and Performance
Introduction to Problem Solving
Planning and Carrying Out a Piece of Research
Communicating Through Discussion
Planning and Giving an Oral Presentation
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Challenges
Students are required to compile evidence for
the 6 assessment units by completing 3
challenges which:
– are chosen from the modules in the Challenges
Menu
– are chosen from 3 different modules
– provide opportunities to demonstrate the
processes involved
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Challenges Menu
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Standards & Guidance
•Challenges are a vehicle
– Used to gather evidence of skills development
•Portfolio evidence
– Must demonstrate students have met the L3
‘Standards’ for each assessment unit
•Guidance for each unit
– Exemplifies the Standards
– Highlights mandatory evidence and examples
of additional evidence
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Portfolio Evidence
• Mandatory Evidence
– Plan, Do, Review Sheets (Units 1-3)
– Student Evidence Sheets (Units 4-6)
– Observation Checklists (Units 5 & 6)
• Additional Evidence (should/could)
– Log of activity
– Witness Statements
– Photographs
– Annotated Notes/Source Materials
– Certificates
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Portfolio Evidence
Evidence must show that students know
how to:
– set objectives for their chosen challenges
– action plan
• Set targets
• Decide upon action points
• Set realistic timescales
– work independently as required
– review their approach
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Assessment
• Internally assessed by Centre
– 3 Portfolio Clinics available across NI
• Internal moderation required if more than
one teacher/assessor
• Sample from Centre externally moderated
by CCEA
– Opportunities in both winter & summer series
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Key Points
• Need to plan opportunities for evidence
collection at the planning stage
• Activities need to be student led
• There must be evidence of individual
performance
• Best time for submission of portfolios?
• Summer Series Year 13
• Winter Series Year 14
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Focus on
process NOT product
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