I teach Essential Skills

1. I teach Essential Skills College Partnership Project conducted by La Cité des affaires This project is funded by the Government of Canada  (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada) within the context of the Agir avec la communauté program administered by the ACCC (Association of Canadian Community Colleges) Presented on May 11, 2010 By: Nicole Olivier Video Production: Sylvain Tousignant

2. Presentation agenda Presentation of the project The Essential Skills identification approach What are your needs to integrate ES into your intervention?

3. Project objective « » Why? • Intervenors have an opportunity to add job-related activities to their intervention. • Essential Skills (ES) are a reminder of the reality of the job, which can mobilize learners in their approach. Expose Francophone intervenors to Essential Skills (ES) so that they can identify them and address them in their interventions.

4. Partnerships This project is funded by the Government of Canada  (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada)under the Agir avec la communauté program administered by the ACCC (Association of Canadian Community Colleges) • Éducacentre College in Vancouver (British Columbia) • University of Guelph, Campus d’Alfred (Ontario) • Collèges du TNO, Yellowknife (Northwest Territories) • CCNB, Dieppe Campus (New Brunswick) • Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface (Manitoba) • Collège Mathieu (Saskatchewan) Our partners

5. Project stages • Expose the participants to the identification process • Presentation of May 11 • Production of a video clip to transfer the explanation to the other colleges and intervenors • Gather comments and suggestions • Produce a reference tool for the intervenor

6. First of all…What are ES? Language Skills • Reading Text • Using Documents • Writing • Oral Communication • Numeracy • Thinking Skills • Working with Others • Computer Use • Continuous Learning • Problem Solving • Decision Making • Critical Thinking • Job Task Planning and Organizing • Significant Use of Memory • Finding Information

7. Identification approach

8. Identification of the NOC • You must know the projected employment of the targeted person (the field or the job title) • Look in the NOC book or on the website by field or by job title • http://www5.hrsdc.gc.ca/noc/English/NOC/2006/OccupationIndex.aspx • http://www.jobfutures.ca/fr/accueil.shtml • http://www.jobsetc.gc.ca/eng/

9. Know the dominant ES 1441 3413 Nurse Aides, Orderlies and Patient Service Associates NOC 3413 Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates assist nurses, hospital staff and physicians in the basic care of patients. They are employed in hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care facilities. The most important Essential Skills: Using Documents Oral Communication Working with Others Administrative clerksNOC 1441 Administrative clerks compile, verify, record and process forms and documents, such as applications, licences, permits, contracts, registrations and requisitions, in accordance with established procedures, guidelines and schedules. They are employed throughout the private and public sectors. The most important Essential Skills: • Using Documents • Oral Communication • Job Task Planning and Organizing

10. Stage 2 Stage 2 Identification of ES to integrate into the intervention Target the tasks of the occupation Identify activities to integrate into my intervention

11. Identification of ES to integrate into the intervention • Identify the tasks of the occupation that can be demonstrated in my intervention • Using Documents • Read posters, labels or lists. • Complete forms by checking boxes and entering data. • Read completed forms. • Target activities that can be presented in my intervention • If I am an IT trainer, I will add concepts of working with online documents to my course outline. • If I am a training advisor, I will ask the participants to identify the course or program that interest them in the information given.

12. It’s time for exercise!Let’s fill in our WORKSHEET! • NOC worksheets • Identify the dominant skills • Highlight the tasks related to these dominant ES • Targeting my intervention • What ES could be associated with my intervention? • What activities could I integrate into my intervention?

13. Identification results You can offer interventions guided by the Essential Skills. Congratulations!

14. What are your needs for integrating ES into your intervention • Present the components of the tool to develop • Your needs to facilitate integration of ES into your interventions

15. Components of the tool to develop

16. Your needs…. • References • Lists of complete or abridged NOC fact sheets? • References on the description of the ES in general or in particular? • Link to other ES resources? • Other • Composition of the fact sheets targeting your interventions • To be created or already created? • Catalogue of activities by job title or by intervention type • Others • Other suggestions?

17. Useful websites for NOC research • Readers’ Guide to Essential Skills Profiles • http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/workplaceskills/essential_skills/general/readers_guide_whole.shtml • What is meant by Essential Skills? • http://www.rhdcc.gc.ca/fra/competence/competences_essentielles/generale/comprend_ce.shtml • NCLC and ES • http://www.itsessential.ca/itsessential/display_page.asp?page_id=325