Key Steps
About this course
What is it?
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 flexibility and range of Key Steps means that it can be followed for up to three years or for less than one year.
| Learner age | 10–13, 11–14 |
| Level | Entry level (indicative), Entry 3 – Level 1 (indicative) |
| Key Stage | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 |
| Education setting | Mainstream school, Justice system (including youth offending), EOTAS, PRU, Academy / Multi-academy trust, Independent school, Primary, Secondary |
| Guided learning hours | 20–60 hours, 60–100 hours |
| Regulated | Non-regulated course |
| Certification | Externally certificated, digital or hard-copy (additional fee) |
| Location | International (including Channel Islands and Ireland), Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England |
| UCAS points | No UCAS points available |
| Available on Equitas | No |
| Pathway | Personal Effectiveness |
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.
Facts and Figures
- Internally moderated
- A minimum of 30 hours of activity required to claim a certificate
- Each student can claim up to three certificates
- Can be used for skills development for ASDAN’s Personal Effectiveness Qualifications and may contribute to recognition of prior learning where standards are met in full
Requirements
Learners complete challenges and collate the work they produce in their student book and recording documents.
Students must complete 30 hours of challenges to achieve each certificate. Students may achieve up to three certificates.
Modules
Challenges can be selected from any of the nine modules:
- Identity
- Community
- Health
- Citizenship
- Environment
- Personal finance
- Enterprise
- Values
- International
Student Book
Download sample pages from the Key Steps student book.
Each student must have their own book.
Become a member
Create a cohort
Once you are approved as an ASDAN member and have approval to deliver this course, you can create a cohort of learners in the members’ area. Specify a course coordinator, the expected completion date and the number of learners taking the course. Learners should be registered within 60 days of starting any ASDAN course and before any assessment takes place.
Resources
ASDAN provides a wide range of supporting resources, including course standards with guidance and assessment materials. All resources related to your course can be found on the course webpage.
Assessment
All ASDAN courses are assessed through portfolios or projects, instead of exams. Appropriate internal quality assurance (IQA) and external quality assurance (EQA) will take place according to the course and you will be guided on this by our team.
Professional development opportunities
Continued professional development (CPD) training opportunities are available for all ASDAN courses to support assessment and internal quality assurance (IQA).
Training is delivered by ASDAN experts, supporting your centre to run our courses successfully and develop and sustain expertise across your team. They provide an introduction to the course, along with guidance on processes, course delivery and moderation.
As an ASDAN member, you can also take part in ASDAN’s special interest groups. These are termly online sessions focusing on specific areas of practice, providing space for discussion, collaboration and networking between ASDAN members.
Costs
All costs shown below are per candidate, unless otherwise stated. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.
Books purchased for Key Steps are valid for three years from the date of purchase.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Key Steps Student Book (one per learner) | £9.50 |
| Key Steps PDF certificate (up to three per learner) | Free |
| Key Steps printed and foiled certificate (optional, per learner, per certificate) | £3.75 |
Products can be purchased below.
Products
Course resources
Key Steps - Module 4 Citizenship, challenge 14: Making and changing laws
This worksheet can be used to record proposed changes to laws in Party Manifestos. Learners are asked to list proposed changes to the law and say if they thing the change is a good or bad idea. This resource links to Key Steps - Module 4: Citizenship, challenge 14.
Scheme of work template
This template can be used to plan and create a scheme of work for any ASDAN programme or qualification. Also included is a completed example showing a scheme of work for Module 3 of the Personal Development Programmes.