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Mini Company Get up and Go

The Transition Year ‘Get up and Go’ programme is designed for use with Transition Year students who are aged 15 – 16 years of age.
The programme works to develop skills and attitudes, which will enhance young people to become active participants in enterprise education. These aims reflect the general aims of the Transition Year Programme, namely to foster maturity, development of new skills, and linking the school with local community. The minicompany programme acts as a bridge to help students make the transition from a highly structured environment to one where they will take greater responsibility for their own learning and decision-making.

The manual offers advice to teachers who intend setting up the programme for the first time in schools, it also offers existing schools assistance in strengthening their programmes.

Issues relating to the programme are;

  • Minicompany lifecycle
  • School management support
  • Product and service ideas
  • Classroom management
  • Finance
  • Idea Generation
  • Rules & Guidelines
  • Marking Scheme
  • Report Writing
  • Exhibition Photo Gallery

Manual

Documents available for download as follows

Get Up & Go Suggested Class Plan timingPowerpoint File [Powerpoint 1.4 mb] [.PDF HerePDF File 1.1 mb]

 

Registration: Please use Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum of Association and return to

Minicompany Administrator, Blackrock Education Centre, Kill Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin


Certificate of IncorporationWord File [MS Word 30kb]
Memorandum of Association [MS Word 40kb]

Sample CertificatePDF File

Created: February 08, 2006 14:07, Last Updated: November 08, 2007 14:44.
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