1. Entry Level Life Skills Launch and Support Event
Tuesday 12th September 2017

2. Overview of specifications
Support materials
Gathering evidence for a unit
Admin/ moderation

3. Overview of Specification
27 units at Entry Level 1, 2 and 3, grouped in to 5 skills areas
Independent Living
Personal
Communication and Number
Vocational
Arts and Leisure
14 units have been taken from CCEA’s existing Entry Level qualifications and 13 have been written for this specification
Students complete any 6 units; no mandatory units.
Certification is available for each individual unit
Each unit has 20 guided learning hours. Qualification has 120 total
100% internally assessed; externally moderated

4. Key Features First Teaching September 2017 First Award Summer 2018
Choose any 6 units to achieve an Entry Level Qualification
Choose from 3 award levels:
Entry Level 1
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 3

5. Levels of Challenge Level Description Skills, Knowledge &
Understanding
Guidance Required
Entry 1
Entry point;
most accessible
Emerging
Beginning to use
May need significant guidance
Entry 2
Mid-point; intermediate level of challenge
Can carry out simple, familiar tasks & activities
May need some guidance
Entry 3
Top achievement;
Highest level of difficulty
Can carry out structured tasks & activities
May need little or no guidance

6. Learners’ submission of work
Q. What work will the learners complete?
A. Learners complete:
A Portfolio of Work (Evidence)
Task-based work
Q. Who will assess the work ?
A. It will be:
Internally assessed by the teacher
Externally moderated by CCEA

7. Assessment of Learners’ Work
Q. How will the work be assessed?
Learners’ task work and portfolio work will be teacher-assessed, using the Assessment Criteria as set out in the Specification
Each unit will be assessed as either:
Pass
Fail

8. Assessment and Delivery
Q. Will marks be awarded?
No awarding of marks and no examinations
Q. How long will this qualification take to complete?
Each unit has a recommendation of 20 Guided Learning Hours (GLH) - a full ELQ award is a total of 120 GLHs

9. Q: Can more than one teacher deliver the Life Skills qualification?
A: Yes. There is no requirement for the same teacher to deliver all 6 units. Centres with more than one teacher assessing the outcomes for the specification must carry out internal standardisation
Q: Must all 6 units be completed within a set period of time?
A: No. Units are available for the lifetime of the specification

10. Unit Format and Structure
Clear, accessible, comprehensive:
Demonstrated & evidenced through task work
Purpose
&
Aim
Learning
Outcomes
Assessment Criteria

11. Specification at a Glance
 Area
Unit
Independent Living Skills
1: Home Management
2: Using Shopping Facilities
3: Basic Food Preparation
4: Managing My Money
5: Travelling in My Community
6: Representing Myself
 Area
Unit
Communication and Number skills
13: Developing Communication Skills
14: English through Experience
15: Digital Skills for Everyday Life
16: Using Social Media Safely
17: Working With Whole Numbers
18: Working with Time and Measures
19: Using Money
Personal Skills
7: Healthy Active Lifestyle
8:Developing My Self-Management Skills
9: Relationships and Sexuality
10: Looking After My Mental Health
11: Personal Safety
12:Participating in a Community Project
Vocational Skills
20: Applying for Jobs and Courses
21: Appropriate behaviour/ practices at work
22: Workplace Learning
Arts and Leisure Skills
23: Working on a Creative Group Project
24: Performing Arts
25: Leisure for Pleasure
26: Adventurous Activities
27: Water Based Activities

12. Gathering evidence

13. Meeting the requirements of a unit
All units within these quals are pass/fail
Must provide evidence that the student has met all of the assessment criteria. If any of this is missing or insufficient a level cannot be achieved in that unit
“Evidence” does not have to be written. Wide range of formats are acceptable e.g.
Photos
Video clips
Witness statements
Posters
Worksheets with responses circled/ticked

14. Command word suggests the type of evidence needed e.g.
“Demonstrate….” = photo, video, witness statement
“Identify…….” = worksheet, written response, photo, witness statement of oral response.
The evidence must therefore be:
sufficient – appropriately meeting the amount and range of evidence specified;
appropriate – relevant to the skill demonstrated and providing evidence to substantiate the skill;
adequate – meets the required standard for the skill

15. Support Materials
CCEA Life Skills Microsite:
*Final version of the specification (July 2017)
Evidence Booklets
Schemes of Work
Task banks (existing units)
Witness Statement template
Agreement Trials
Support visit
Principal moderator Report

16. Support: Student evidence booklets
Provides a template to present evidence that students have met assessment criteria.
Can be enhanced and amended to suit the student

17. Entry Level Life Skills Unit
CCEA ELQ Life Skills
The following LLW thematic units and teaching activities may provide evidence for the following units in the new CCEA Entry Level Life Skills qualification
LLW Thematic Unit
Entry Level Life Skills Unit
Into Independence Have your say
Unit 6: Representing Myself
Into Independence Get connected
Unit 15: Digital skills for everyday life
Unit 16: Using social media safely
Into Independence: Going places
Unit 5: Travelling in my community
Knowing and Growing: My body
Unit 11: Personal Safety
Knowing and Growing: Becoming a teenager
Unit 9: Relationships and Sexuality
Knowing and Growing: My Choices Now
Unit 2: Using shopping facilities
My Changing World: Supermarket Study
Unit 2: Using Shopping Facilities
Nothing ever stays the same: will I stay the same ?
Unit 10: Looking After My Mental health

18. For example
Unit 2 : Personal Safety (Entry Level 1) Assessment criteria: 2.1 sort from given material safe and unsafe places where they can keep their money Responding Responsibly “Money Matters” Resource 9

19. For example:
Unit 6 : Representing Myself (Entry Level 3) Assessment criteria: 2.5 identify the steps needed to vote in a local election Into Independence: “Have Your Say” Resource 12

20. Scheme of Work (1)

21. Scheme of work (2)

22. Unit 10

23. Unit 10: Looking After My Mental Health
Learning outcomes
Assessment Criteria E1
The learner will:
The learner can:
1. Be able to identify emotions and how to manage them
1.1 recognise two emotions
1.2 recognise two things that can happen when they feel low
1.3 identify one way to get help when they feel low
1.4 participate in a group activity to identify their emotions over a given period of time, for example keep a feelings chart for one week.
Assessment Criteria E2
The learner can:
1.1 recognise three emotions
1.2 give two examples of what can happen when someone feels low
1.3 identify two ways of getting help when someone feels low
1.4 identify their emotions over a given period of time, for example keep a feelings chart for one week.
1.5 participate in a group activity to make choices in a given stressful situation
Assessment Criteria E3
The learner can:
1.1 describe three emotions
1.2 give three examples of what can happen when someone is feeling low
1.3 identify three ways of getting help when someone feels low
1.4 make a plan to manage their own emotions that includes three emotions their associated actions and one positive way to manage them
1.5 select appropriate choices in two given stressful situations

24. Unit 10: Looking After My Mental Health (cont.)
Learning outcomes
Assessment Criteria E1
The learner will:
The learner can:
2. Know how to look after their mental health
21. Identify two things they can do to look after their mental health
2.2 participate in one activity for relaxation for example yoga, mindfulness or meditation
Assessment Criteria E2
The learner can:
2.1 state three things they can do to look after their mental health
2.2 (a) participate in two different activities for relaxation for example yoga, mindfulness or meditation
(b) Identify their feelings before and after
2.3 identify one organisation that can help people with their mental health
Assessment Criteria E3
The learner can:
2.1 outline four things they can do to look after their mental health
2.2 (a) participate in two different activities for relaxation for example yoga, mindfulness or meditation
(b) evaluate their effectiveness
2.3 give an example of one organisation that can help people with their mental health and how they can be contacted

25. Command words
Command words in the assessment criteria reflect the level of demand. E.g.
Let’s look at one assessment criteria across the Entry 1, 2 and 3
Entry 1
Entry 2
Entry 3
Identify
Give an example
Outline
Recognise
State
Describe
Demonstrate with support
Demonstrate with some support
Demonstrate
Entry 1
Entry 2
Entry 3
21. Identify two things they can do to look after their mental health
2.1 state three things they can do to look after their mental health
2.1 outline four things they can do to look after their mental health

26. Write them below or stick in a picture
Entry identify two things they can do to look after their mental health
Choose two of these things that you think you could do in your everyday life.
Write them below or stick in a picture 1. 2.
picture
picture
picture
Exercise
Stay in bed
picture
picture
picture
Keep quiet
Eat healthy food

27. Entry 2 2.1 State three things they can do to look after their mental health
Choose three things that you think you could do in your everyday life.
Write them below
I could start to go swimming again at the weekend.
2. I can make plans with friends if I am feeling lonely.
3. My best friend is my sister. I could talk to my sister .

28. Entry 3 2.1 Outline four things they can do to look after their mental health
Choose FOUR things that you think you could do in your everyday life.
Describe them below
1. I could start going back to swimming once a week. If I do this it means I will be exercising regularly which can help to look after our mental health 
2. People can feel down when they are alone for a long time. I could arrange to see my friends at the weekends and make a plan to go to the cinema. 
3. I am very close to my older sister. She is good at listening and I feel comfortable talking to her about my problems. I know that I can talk to her if I need anything.
4. We have discussed healthy eating in class and how it can help to keep our bodies and our minds healthy. If we eat too much junk food it can make us feel tired and sluggish and sometimes start to feel a bit low. I could make sure that most of food is healthier by starting to eat some more fruit and vegetables during the day and saving junk food for treats.

29. Important Group work is acceptable but responses and/or portfolio work must be individual.

30. Witness Statement
Available as interactive form on microsite

31. Candidate Record Sheet

32. Units contributing to other ELQs
Area
Unit
CCEA Entry Level Qualification
Independent Living Skills
Unit 3: Basic Food Preparation
Home Economics
Unit 4: Managing My Money
Unit 5: Travelling in My Community
Learning for Life and Work
Personal Skills
Unit 7: Healthy Active Lifestyle
Physical Education
Unit 8: Developing My Self-Management Skills
Communication and Number skills
Unit 14: English through Experience
English
Unit 17: Working with Whole Numbers
Mathematics
Unit 18: Working with Time and Measures
Unit 19: Using Money
Vocational Skills
Unit 20: Applying for Jobs and Courses
Unit 22: Workplace Learning
Arts and Leisure Skills
Unit 25: Leisure for Pleasure
Unit 26: Adventurous Activities
Unit 27: Water Based Activities

33. Shared Units
14 shared units in ELQ Life Skills can contribute towards a cash-in for both ELQ Life Skills and the originating ELQ
For example
A student could complete the following ELQ Life Skills units:
And use Unit 5 and 8 to contribute towards a ELQ Learning for Life and Work
ELQ Life Skills 1
Unit 2 Using Shopping Faculties 2
Unit 5 Travelling in My Community 3
Unit 8 Developing My Self-Management
Skills 4
Unit 10 Looking After My Mental Health 5
Unit 16 Using Social Media Safely 6
Unit 24 Performing Arts
ELQ Learning for Life and Work 1
Unit 3 Travelling in My Community 2
Unit 5 Developing My Self-Management
Skills 3 4 5 6

34. ELQ Extended Life Skills
If a student completes 6 units for overall Entry Level Life Skills they may complete a further 6 units to achieve a second qualification:
Entry Level Extended Life Skills
This is still available at Entry Level 1, 2 or 3
Must be 6 units they have not previously completed

35. Reporting Outcomes Overall Level Criteria Entry 3
Minimum of 4 units at Entry Level 3
other 2 units at EL1 or EL2
Entry 2
Minimum of 4 units at Entry Level 2
other 2 units at EL1 or EL3
Entry 1
All 6 units at Entry Level 1
6 unit award

36. Exemplar Candidate Submission
A candidate could do… Overall
Entry Level
1 Unit
Entry Level 1
1 Unit
Entry Level 2
4 Units
Entry Level 3 3
1 Unit
Entry Level 1
4 Units
Entry Level 2
1 Units
Entry Level 3 2
5 Units
Entry Level 1
1 Unit
Entry Level 2 1

37. Moderation
Internally assessed by the teacher – confirms that the work submitted meets the assessment criteria
Students may be entered for individual units each year and “cash-in” for the overall Entry Level when they are ready to- no time limit.
Deadline for entries is end of January
School receives a sample list i.e. a list of candidates for each unit that the moderator will look at
School sends the work of these candidates to CCEA for moderation in April
The moderator will confirm if the work meets the assessment criteria
School receives its results before end of June of that academic year.

38. And finally…..
Teachers must read the “Instructions to teachers” booklet- on the Life Skills microsite (updated each year)
For support with:
Becoming a registered centre:
Entering Candidates:
Entry codes: CCEA website

39. Education Manager:
Teresa Robb
Tel: ext