A Resource For: Community Program Coordinators Instructors Tutors

1. A Resource For: Community Program Coordinators Instructors Tutors Skills for Jobs

2. Background

3. Adult Literacy PROBLEM: Very few resources for low-literacy adult learners and for their instructors

4. How do we give low-level learners skills and strategies that will help them to obtain and retain employment?

5. Reading Text Document Use Numeracy Writing Oral Communication Working with Others Thinking Skills Computer Use Continuous Learning Nine Essential Skillswww.hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca/essentialskills

6. Job Literacy Skills for Jobs Job Numeracy Job Talk

7. Babysitters, Nannies and Parents’ Helpers Cashiers Cleaners Early Childhood Educator Assistants Estheticians, Electrologists, etc. Food and Beverage Servers Kitchen Helpers and Line Cooks Material handlers Sewing Machine Operators Taxicab Drivers Visiting Homemakers, Housekeepers, etc. Workplace Settings

8. Letters Words Numbers Money Addresses Time Messages Job Literacy Tiers

9. Literacy Skill Ladder (See Handout)

10. Embedded Essential Skills

11. Activity Layout(See Handout) • Overview • New skills in bold • Script • Contains underlined new vocabulary • Contains tutor directions and responses • Tutor comments in regular print • Tutor actions in bold • Sub-skills and Resources • Illustrations • Student Handouts • For Student Binder

12. Example Literacy Activity (See Handouts)

13. Literacy Tier: LettersSkill 1: Read Letter Names in Print • Job Setting • Task Set • New skills in bold • Documents • Tools • Tutor Preparation • Checklist • Tips • To Retest

14. Literacy Tier: LettersSkill 1: Read Letter Names in Print • Script • New vocabulary underlined • Tutor actions in bold • Illustrations • Subskills and Resources • Literacy Skill Ladder

15. Numbers Counting Number Operations Money Time Job Numeracy Tiers

16. Embedded Essential Skills

17. Numeracy Skill Ladder See Handout

18. Example Numeracy Activity See Handouts

19. Numeracy Tier: Number OperationsSkill 21: Total Digit Numbers • Job Setting • Task Set • New skills in bold • Documents • Tools • Tutor Preparation • Checklist • Tips • To Retest

20. Numeracy Tier: Number OperationsSkill 21: Total Digit Numbers • Script • New vocabulary underlined • Tutor actions in bold • Illustrations • Subskills and Resources • www.aplusmath.com • www.teachers.ash.org.au/heather • Literacy Skill Ladder

21. Nanny/Caregiver Cashier Food Court Cleaner Early Childhood Education Assistant Esthetician Hairdressing Assistant Food and Beverage Server Kitchen Helper Warehouse Worker Sewing Machine Operator Cab Driver Housekeeper Job Talk

22. Job Talk Activity Format • Brief conversation about job and setting • Use image to generate discussion • Review bold words in text • Read conversation with student • Ask the questions at the end of each conversation to check for understanding • Review concepts if necessary • Continue to next conversation

23. Example Job Talk Activity (See Handouts)

24. For More Information Workplace Essential Skills www.hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca/essentialskills AWES www.nald.ca/awes/ Skills for Jobs www.skillsforjobs.analogcoast.com NorQuest College Kim Baxter Language Training and Adult Literacy kim.baxter@norquest.ca (780) 644-6750

25. The Authors • Carolyn Wilson has a teaching degree and a diploma in Special Education. She began her teaching career in the elementary system and for the past twenty years has been teaching Adult Literacy at NorQuest College. • Chya Bergman has many years of experience in the field of ESL, and she has taught many years in the LINC program at NorQuest. Chya has a MEd in Education and is an adult reading specialist. She now works in Language Assessment with Catholic Social Services.