ASDAN | Key Steps

Key Steps

What is it?

The Key Steps Award is a comprehensive programme of activities in a range of topic areas covering Citizenship, PSHE, Environment Education, Personal Finance Education, Enterprise and Internationalism.

Who is it for?

The activities are aimed at the 10-14 age group and can be used in schools, youth or training centres and alternative education. They are presented in the form of personal challenges and encourage students to develop their personal skills and take responsibility for their own learning.

Structure

Challenges can be selected from any of the nine modules:

Identity
Community
Health
Citizenship
Environment
Personal Finance
Enterprise
Values
international

Students must complete 30-35 hours of challenges to achieve each certificate. The flexibility and range of the Key Steps Award means that it can be followed for up to three years or for less than one year. Students may achieve up to three certificates, although more are available on request.

Evidence of all the personal challenges completed are collated in a portfolio of evidence, along with the Award Book and recording documents (Action Plans, Reviews and Summaries of Skills Achievements).

Assessment

Certificates are awarded by ASDAN following successful internal moderation of students' portfolios and the submission of candidate names via the Secure Area of this website.

Progression

Completion of the Key Steps Award can count as two of the six credits needed to achieve the Bronze Award or two of the 12 credits needed to achieve the Silver/Gold Awards or the Certificate of Personal Effectiveness qualification (CoPE).

There is a clear pathway from Stepping Stones, ASDAN's programme for 7- to 12-year-olds, into Key Steps. The ASDAN credit achieved through Stepping Stones counts towards Key Steps.

Training

To watch the new Key Steps tutorial video, click here.

Key Steps Award Book

Click the thumbnail below for sample pages from the student book:

FAQ

How much does Key Steps cost?

The Costs page features information about registration costs for Key Steps. Please also take into account the annual centre fee, if your centre is not yet registered with ASDAN.

N.B. To register for ASDAN Short Courses only - including Key Steps - there is a reduced annual centre registration fee.

How can my centre start running Key Steps?

If you are not yet registered with ASDAN, your first step is to complete an application for centre registration form. See the Centre Registration section for more details.

Current ASDAN centres need to ensure that Key Steps is added to their centre's registration. To do this, please go to the Add to your Registration section and complete the additional programmes/qualifications form.

Following registration, you will be able to access additional resources and guidance via the secure area of the ASDAN website.

Secure Area for registered centres

Once your centre is registered with ASDAN for Key Steps, you can access further information and resources via the website's Secure Area.

It contains all relevant updates, essential documents and resources, and enables you to:

Register candidate names
Purchase materials from the online ASDAN catalogue
Check the list of candidates registered from your centre

There is no limit to the number of people from a centre who can register to use the Secure Area. You can register for a password online, by using the password request form.

Further information

If you would like to discuss Key Steps in more detail, please contact Jenni Robertson or Maggie Walker.

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