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51. Heavy Equipment Operator (HEO) (2006)
Skills Passport
Series: Heavy Equipment Operator and Skilled Labourer
Authors: Workplace Education Manitoba Steering Committee
Collection: Learning Materials
The Workplace Education Manitoba Steering Committee (WEMSC) funded a project to develop and pilot an entry-level curriculum for essential skills and employability skills for heavy equipment operators (HEOs) and skilled labourers. This passport validates that the owner has been recognized as having the entry-level skills required of a Heavy Equipment Operator under a certified training and assessment program. Its contents include Core Skills, A, B and C; Criteria for Core Skills and Other Training and Certification.
Added: 2009-04-01
52. Heavy Equipment Operator (HEO) and Skilled Labourer - Final Report (2006)
Part I - Essential Skills & Employability Skills, Part II - PLAR
Series: Heavy Equipment Operator and Skilled Labourer
Authors: Workplace Education Manitoba Steering Committee
Collection: Research Materials
The Workplace Education Manitoba Steering Committee (WEMSC) funded a project to develop and pilot an entry-level curriculum for essential skills and employability skills for heavy equipment operators (HEOs) and skilled labourers. This report discusses the program development, participant selection, pilot deliveries, project evaluation, and recommendations for future application with prior learning strategies.
Added: 2009-04-01
53. A Hell of a Good Job! Finding Work that Matters (1998)
Volume 1
Series: Working Lives
Authors: Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador
Collection: Learning Materials
This is the first in the series, Working Lives, four volumes designed to provide relevant and engaging literacy materials that speak directly to the concerns and interests of adult learners. All essays in each volume are accompanied by questions for discussion and, where necessary, word lists and follow-up notes and activities.
Funders:
Added: 2005-06-13
54. Help! (Not-so-good Materials for Learning to Read) (1995)
Women's Education des femmes, Spring 1995 - Vol. 11, No. 3
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Minke S. Venema
Collection: Research Materials
In this article, the author, in her role as a tutor for an adult literacy student, relates her experience dealing with inappropriate primary adult reading material. She discusses the sexist views and gender stereotyping found throughout the four books she was asked to use to teach a retired tradesman to read.
Added: 2004-07-29
55. Helping Communities Bloom (2009)
A Family Literacy Resource Guide for British Columbia
Authors: Literacy BC
Collection: Learning Materials
This Family Literacy Resource Guide is intended to provide support and information to the many individuals and groups
involved in family literacy throughout the province of British Columbia.
Some examples of these individuals and groups are: family literacy practitioners, program administrators, school districts, teachers’ organizations, early childhood educators, libraries, colleges, family resource programs, government ministries, funders and evaluators.
This Resource Guide reflects the philosophies, principles and realities of the diversity of family literacy programs in the province and provides useful guidelines for development, delivery and evaluation of programs.
The Family Literacy Resource Guide was, in part, adapted from the BC Framework of Statements and Standards of Best Practices in Family Literacy
Added: 2009-07-07
56. Helping Families Learn is Everyone's Business: An Employer's Guide to Family Literacy in the Workplace (2010)
Series: Helping Families Learn is Everyone's Business
Authors: Sharon Skage
Collection: Learning Materials
This document and its companion practitioner’s guide argue that the cycle of poor literacy skills can be broken only through programs that simultaneously address the literacy needs of parents and their children. The author notes that employees who participate in family literacy programs in the workplace gain the confidence to re-enter the learning system themselves.
The author has included examples of workplace family literacy projects and factors for employers to consider before starting such a project. Document appendices provide definitions of terms pertaining to literacy and essential skills; information about family literacy programs in Alberta; and a sample interest inventory.
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Added: 2010-07-15
57. Helping Families Learn is Everyone's Business: A Practitioner's Guide to Family Literacy in the Workplace (2010)
Series: Helping Families Learn is Everyone's Business
Authors: Sharon Skage
Collection: Learning Materials
The purpose of this document is to help literacy organizations that are considering implementing family-based programs in the workplace. The author describes a process to allow family literacy organizations and businesses to become partners in delivering such programs.
The author has included sections on good practice in workplace family literacy programs; partnering with business; planning a program; and program delivery. The author has also included case studies and examples of family literacy programs in Alberta.
Added: 2010-07-15
58. Here Today, Where Tomorrow? (1991)
Women's Education des femmes, Summer 1991 - Vol. 9, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Barbara Leek, Jane Dalton
Collection: Research Materials
This article is about an annual program for young women, initiated in 1985. It was conceived and developed in response to the voices of women enrolled in college level career change programs. These women described a lifetime lack of practical learning experiences and work opportunities that provided both satisfaction and financial independence.
Added: 2004-08-27
59. Hey, I can read that! Perspectives on plain language and people with developmental disabilities (2002)
Series: Plain Language Association International (PLAIN) - Fourth Biennial Conference
Authors: Janet Pringle, Jean Ross
Collection: Research Materials
Jean talked about how teams of people with developmental disabilities create plain documents. She described how they do it and how this work has changed her as a person. Janet discussed some of the problems of producing materials for people who have more difficulty reading and understanding. She gave suggestions based on experience and talked about the effects of the plain language movement on the rehabilitation profession.
Added: 2003-03-24
60. Hidden Treasures: How to Use Huronia Museum for Research Projects and Classroom Activities (1994)
Authors: Natalie Quealey
Collection: Learning Materials
An example for tutors who wish to use a museum as a learning tool
Hidden Treasures was originally designed for those teachers who intend to use Huronia Museum (Midland, Ontario) for independent class visits and student projects. With its diverse collection, Huronia Museum provides an outstanding opportunity for students and teachers to complement their regular classroom research. Pioneer lifestyle, early local industries, communication technology and architecture are just a few examples of those areas which are available for study at the Museum.
This resource book provides examples of the kinds of questions and activities which are possible through the use of existing exhibits in the Museum. Historic photos complement the text.
For more information on this project, contact Bill Smith, Assistant Director, Huronia Museum, Box 638, 549 Little Park Road, Midland ON L4R 4P4, Tel. (705) 526-2844, Fax (705) 527-6622, E-mail : hmchin@bconnex.net
* This resource is available online, on NALD`s Canadian Literacy Resources.* (97.11.05)
Added: 1997-11-05
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