What is Key Steps?
Key Steps is a comprehensive programme of activities in a range of topic areas, covering citizenship, PSHE, environment education,personal finance education, enterprise and internationalism. The challenges encourage learners to develop their personal skills and take responsibility for their own learning. Each module contains at least one set of linked challenges so that learners can extend their interest and demonstrate deeper learning.
Who is it for?
Key Steps is primarily aimed at Key Stage 3 learners (ages 10–14) and can be used in:
- schools
- youth or training centres
- alternative education
Courses Characteristics
Education system of PSHE
9 optional courses
6 skill-based learning
30-90 Hours work
High-quality Portfolio
Evaluation System
Authorized Certificate
Credit System
Curriculum requirements
Course information
Suitable crowd
Young people, mainly aged between 10 and 14
How long does it take?
Learners must complete 30 hours of challenges to achieve a Key Steps certificate. Learners can achieve up to three certificates over 30, 60 or 90 hours.The flexibility of Key Steps means that it can be completed over any time frame.
How can Key Step be used?
Flexibility is a fundamental feature of Key Steps Programme and there are many ways in which it can be delivered:
- as an integral part of the National Curriculum
- as part of an enrichment programme
- through tutorial sessions within Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) programme
- as part of the option system
- as part of an entitlement programme
- as part of a learner support programme
- through extra-curricular sessions
- as a focus for community-based education
- as a basis for a residential course/experience
Course Structure
Identity
Community
Health
Citizenship
Environment
Personal Finance
Enterprise
Values
International
Activity Case
Module 1: Identity
Challenge 3
Design a flyer for students who are new to your centre, outlining things you think they should know (e.g. what to do if you lose something, what happens if you miss the bus, what to do if someone is bullying you or you see someone else being bullied, what trips are on offer).
Module 4: Citizenship
Challenge 8
Carry out a small project in which you successfully make a change to your local community. Give a ‘before and after’ presentation or create a display of the project using photos to illustrate what difference has been made.
Module 9: International
Challenge 12
Keep in regular contact with someone your own age, who lives in another country. Make a list about how their lives are the same and different to yours.
Key Steps portfolio
A Key Steps student book with the completed challenges signed off
Evidence for each completed challenge (30 hours of challenges per certificate)
A completed Record of Progress
Skills Sheets at the appropriate level to explain how they have demonstrated the relevant number of skills
A completed Summary of Achievement and Personal Statement
Review Process
Certificate
This Certificate can prove the students take the considerable time and effort, and accumulated a certain amount of knowledge and skills to improve the quality ability in a specific area such as leadership, Environment, Health, Citizenship and so on.
Participation Process
1. The school get to know the Key Steps
2. The teachers attend into the training session
3. Application and registration
4. Sign a cooperation agreement with the school
5. The teacher set up a curriculum plan for the students
6. The students join into the activities
7. Reviewing the result of quality report
8. Applying for the official certificate
9. Certificating the teachers according to the passing rate of the course
Teacher training
ASDAN CHINA will provide the FREE Training Session in the Teachers’ Conference. It aims to cultivate teachers’ planning and design ability in the Short Course teaching process. Also, for the Teachers who are outstanding in the whole process of Short Course, they can receive the certificate of “Outstanding Quality Education Tutor” from ASDAN.
Training Hours: 3-4 Hours
Training content：ASDAN Education Standards and Certification System Design course as an integral part of the National Curriculum, as a focus for community-based education or as part of an elective programme ,Evaluation System ,Application of authority certificate, Case study
Training place: See below
Contact Us
Northern China：Ms. 15116944795
Southern China：Ms. 13424049890
Central West：Ms. 18883255512
Eastern China：Ms. 18521505623
Nanchang
May 26th, 2018
Xi'an
June 23rd, 2018
Hefei
May 19th, 2018
Shanghai
June 2nd, 2018
Lanzhou
June 9th, 2018
Beijing
June 9th, 2018
Past Trainings
Beijing
March 24th, 2018.
Suzhou
December 14th, 2017
Beijing
October 14th, 2017
Chongqing
March 24th, 2018
Dalian
December 2nd, 2017
Shenzhen
March 24th, 2018
Shanghai
November 18th, 2017
Shanghai
March 31st, 2018
ShenZhen
October 29th, 2017
Guangzhou
April 1st, 2018
Shanghai
October 21st, 2017
FAQ
The stepping stones is well placed to meet the needs of many different types of learners, providing a including secondary schools, training provision and non-formal contexts.
Currently the level of extra-curricular activities differs hugely from school to school. Stepping Stones can help schools to set up a systematic extra curriculum and assessment with specific credit System along with improving teachers' abilities to develop extra-curricular activities. Furthermore, it can improve the quality of current activities and provide visible outcomes for learners' parents and principals.
It offers 12 different topics which can help the new school to form a basis of their extra curriculars by using the Stepping Stones activities as its framework.
ASDAN Stepping Stones are available for aged 13-19+ learners. Each learner is required to participate activities, collect evidence and complete their course portfolio.
- The responsible teacher can be accredited with an "ASDAN Outstanding Teacher Award"
- Evidence to approve their outcome in tutoring activities
- Help to enrich schools extra curricular activities
Good English is helpful to run Stepping Stones but it's not required. And it's not necessary for teachers to be an expert on one topic to carry it out. As long as the responsible teacher is dedicated, we believe that the teachers and students will both have a positive experience when exploring the course together.
ASDAN Stepping Stones are different from our traditional classes. We encourage learner-centred education which means that teachers will act only as a guide to their learners, so that they can learn and carry activities out more independently.
We suggest a group of over 15 students for each course due to some specific requirements that involve team work and classmate participation.