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101. Researching AlphaPlus Resources - September 2005 (2005)
Authors: Dee Goforth
Collection: Research Materials
Traditionally, college academic upgrading programs have not been strong users of the AlphaPlus Centre services.
In an effort to discover what AlphaPlus resources might be useful to college programs, especially at the more advanced levels, the College Sector Committee (CSC) recruited faculty from colleges across the province to research the suitability of resources available through AlphaPlus. Objectives of the project included helping colleges become aware of AlphaPlus services and resources, identifying gaps or barriers to their use, and increasing the Centre's awareness of the College Sector's resource needs and delivery environment.
The CSC research initiative was successful in meeting its objectives, particularly in increasing colleges' awareness of the kinds of resources and supports AlphaPlus provides. Eleven volunteers from seven colleges conducted an extensive search of three AlphaPlus services:
AlphaRoute
Demonstrations Ontario, and
Library Services
The researchers discovered many creative, engaging, level-appropriate resources and detailed how these resources could be used in programming. They provided useful suggestions for improving resources. They also identified many gaps in resources, mostly in AlphaRoute and mainly in the area of Science.
Added: 2005-11-14
102. Resources for Learning - Aboriginal Literacy (2002)
Aboriginal Literacy - Creating Ideas, Supporting Opportunities
Authors: Beverly Anne Sabourin
Collection: Research Materials
This directory, The Language of Literacy: Resources For Learning is a hands-on resource oriented to aboriginal literacy practitioners, educators and advocates who are working to strengthen the resource base of aboriginal literacy programming in Canada.
Added: 2002-01-01
103. Resources for Teachers of Basic Skills (1999)
Series: CONNECT: Canada's Resource Publication on Technology & Adult Literacy
Authors: Connie Belanger
Collection: Learning Materials
This website review from CONNECT features Resources for Teachers of Basic Skills. This website provides instructors with activities, lesson plans, and downloadable software. Many of the downloads are suitable for the developmentally disabled.
Funders:
Added: 2003-07-18
104. Seniors and Literacy: An annotated bibliography (2004)
Authors: Centre for Literacy of Quebec
Collection: Research Materials
This bibliography provides references and annotations of research articles, project reports, resource guides and other documents that address the issue of seniors' literacy levels and practices, and the challenges associated with program design and instruction. It includes a list of web sites, belonging to a range of governmental and non-profit agencies that serve, or otherwise respond to, the needs of older people in Canada and around the world.
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Added: 2004-09-15
105. Setting the Compass (1999)
A Program development and evaluation tool for volunteer programs in Alberta
Authors: Sharon Skage, Marnie Schaetti
Collection: Research Materials
This document is the final product of the Alberta Literacy Program Standards (ALPS) Project.
ALPS was a project of the Association of Literacy Coordinators of Alberta, and was funded by the National Literacy Secretariat.
Phase 1 of the project resulted in a set of good practice statements for volunteer literacy programs in Alberta, followed by a set of standards for those programs. Both the good practice statements and standards were developed in consultation with the province's literacy coordinators, who voted 98% in favor of approving them for use in the province's literacy programs. The purpose of Phase Two was to develop an evaluation process for programs to use for program development and accountability.
As with previous steps, the evaluation process was developed in consultation with the province's literacy coordinators. ALPS was jointly coordinated by Sharon Skage and Marnie Schaetti.
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Added: 2005-11-14
106. The Sky's the Limit (2006)
A Human Resource User Guide Targeting a Specific Client Group
Authors: Random North Development Association
Collection: Learning Materials
This Human Resource User Guide focuses entirely on a target client group that have specific barriers to entering/re-entering the local labour market (i.e. minimal education, limited work experience, low self-esteem/confidence, social barriers, etc).
There are a variety of challenges that many in this target client group have to address prior to successfully entering or re-entering into the local labour market. These clients can be categorized as “marginalized clients” and in some instances they are clients that have “fallen through the cracks” in our society. It would be unfair to say that all clients in the target group have the same level of challenges or issues. With all employment counselling services, a client meets with a service provider/counsellor on an individual basis to discuss their own circumstances.
Overall with the target group, there are similar traits and characteristics and it is the intent of this Human Resource User Guide to highlight their generic characteristics and further define these characteristics based on learning experiences. As a result of outcomes from the
Added: 2006-06-15
107. Smartsteps to Organizational Excellence (2002)
Authors: Joanne Kaatari, Vicki Trottier
Collection: Learning Materials
This manual was put together by Community Literacy of Ontario (CLO) in order to help literacy agencies who might be struggling with administrative tasks or who need more training and resources to meet key administrative needs. In response to a 2001 survey of Ontario literacy agencies, the CLO developed five online workshops dealing with key administrative topics and produced a resource manual about organizational development. The purpose of both the online workshops and this resource manual is to strengthen the administrative capacity of Ontario’s community literacy agencies. The resource manual has been designed to summarize the contents of all five online workshops.
Workshop covered the following topics:
- Proposal writing: effective strategies
- Fee for service: implementing it in your literacy agency
- Program evaluation: making it work
- Assessing your organizational capacity
- Organizational outcomes: a practical approach
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- Ontario Ministry of Education and Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Added: 2008-03-26
108. Software Reviews (2002)
Authors: Tracey Mollins
Collection: Research Materials
This page contains links to reviews of several pieces of software, including “Explore Canada: Canada's History and Geography in Plain Language,”
”Canadian Encyclopedia” and “The Factory Mystery.”
Added: 2002-03-22
109. Solving The Puzzle (2003)
A Guide to Income Assistance
Authors: Urban Core Support Network, Conseil consultatif sur la condition de la femme du N.-B., NB Advisory Council for the Status of Women
Collection: Learning Materials
This document is a guide regarding Income Assistance Program. It includes the following information:
- General Information;
- Applying for Income Assistance;
- Housing/Shared Living;
- Assets and Income;
- Health Card;
- Emergencies;
- People with Disabilities and Long-Term Needs;
- Personal and Family Development;
- Going to Work, Education or Training;
- Appeal Process; and
- Community Resources.
Added: 2003-10-10
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110. Some Preliminary Comments on the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Lifeskills (ALL) Survey (2005)
Series: Comments on the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey
Authors: Thomas G. Sticht
Collection: Research Materials
Thomas Sticht, an International Consultant in Adult Education, offers comments on the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALL) Survey.
Added: 2006-03-30
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