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Essential Skills. Linking Apprenticeship and Essential Skills in Planning and Programming Margeritt Roger, M.Ed. Essential Skills Coordinator Manitoba Apprenticeship. Why Essential Skills?.
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Essential Skills Linking Apprenticeship and Essential Skills in Planning and Programming Margeritt Roger, M.Ed. Essential Skills Coordinator Manitoba Apprenticeship
Why Essential Skills? • To ensure that apprentices and trades qualifiers have maximum success through appropriate Essential Skills benchmarking and upgrade programs
Skills for Success • Essential Skills for the trade • Essential Skills for technical training or certification examination
From Product to Process • Find ways of integrating ES into what we already do • Create clear pathways for our clients • Build partnerships and grow new resources • Create new infrastructure, expectations, values • Keep track of what works and what doesn’t
Apprenticeship Branch Initiatives • Awareness-raising • Assessment • Upgrading and support services • Capacity-building • Policy and procedures
Awareness-raising • Brochure • Presentations • Workshops
Assessment • Trades-related ES assessment tools • Upgrading recommendation forms • Training of Assessment Administrators and Referral Counselors
Inventory existing adult education system Develop and pilot prototype products and processes Expand partnerships Identify standards Upgrading and Supports
Curriculum and Materials • Frameworks • Teaching curriculum • Support materials
Train-the-Trainer • Mentoring • Peer professional development • Learning by doing • Workshops and training events
Policies and Procedures • Intake process • PLAR process • Assessment policies • Best practices
Model Project Opaskweyak Cree Nation
For more information Margerit Roger, M.Ed. Apprenticeship Branch 1010-401 York Winnipeg, MB R3C 0P8 (204) 945-3337 mroger@gov.mb.ca