National Adult Literacy Database

Series: Literacy and Essential Skills in Industrial Arts

Authors: Literacy Ontario Central South (LOCS)

This document complements the Jewellery Making and Essential Skills – Facilitator’s Guide, part of the Literacy and Essential Skills in Industrial Arts (LESIA) project completed by Literacy Ontario Central South.

The notes are divided into five sections: orientation tasks; safety tasks; initial stages tasks; mid stage tasks; and final stages tasks. The document includes a variety of charts, checklists, data sheets and suggestions for further sources of information.

Funders:

• OLES

Added: 2010-08-06

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Series: Literacy and Essential Skills in Industrial Arts

Authors: Literacy Ontario Central South (LOCS)

This document is a resource for learners involved in the jewellery making course developed through the Literacy and Essential Skills in Industrial Arts (LESIA) project.

The authors explain the rationale and structure of the course, as well as offering an introduction to Essential Skills. They have included a brief history of jewellery, a section on safety, and step-by-step instructions for making six pieces of jewellery.

They have also included links to websites with information about both Essential Skills and jewellery making.

Funders:

• OLES

Added: 2010-08-06

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Series: Literacy and Essential Skills in Industrial Arts

Authors: Literacy Ontario Central South (LOCS)

This document complements Jewellery Making and Essential Skills – Student Notes, part of the Literacy and Essential Skills in Industrial Arts (LESIA) project completed by Literacy Ontario Central South.

The notes are divided into five sections: orientation tasks; safety tasks; initial stages tasks; mid stage tasks; and final stages tasks. The document includes a variety of charts, checklists, data sheets and suggestions for sources of information.

The authors have included tips to help students use the knowledge they have gained through the course to build their resumés.

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• OLES

Added: 2010-08-06

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Series: Literacy Fact Sheets – Literacy Newfoundland and Labrador

Authors: Literacy Newfoundland and Labrador

The authors of this fact sheet explain that the term “learning disabilities” refers to a number of disorders that can affect the acquisition, organization, understanding, or use of verbal or nonverbal information.

While Statistics Canada reports that 3.2 percent of Canadian children have a learning disability, the actual number is probably much higher because many problems go unidentified or people learn to accommodate their difficulties.

Help can be provided to people with learning disabilities by making assessment and diagnosis readily accessible; using teaching methods and resources that meet the needs of individual learners; and offering learning programs that are flexible enough to meet a variety of needs.

This document is part of a series prepared by Literacy Newfoundland and Labrador.

Added: 2013-05-02

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Supporting Literacy for People with Intellectual / Developmental Challenges

Series: SARC

Authors: Richard Lockert, Saskatchewan Association of Rehabilitation Centres

This handbook, developed by the Saskatchewan Association of Rehabilitation Centres (SARC), is a resource for people working with adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Volunteer tutors working one-on-one with learners through mainstream literacy programs and disability practitioners delivering programs in group homes, rehabilitation centres, sheltered workshops, and day programs will find the strategies and activities in this book helpful. This handbook constitutes the main written product of the SARC Literacy Training & Support Project and encompasses all the research completed by SARC in two prior projects: the SARC Literacy Needs Project and the SARC Support Inclusion! Literacy Project.

The SARC Literacy Activity Handbook includes the following sections:
- instructional strategies
- literacy activities for learners and tutors
- readings and bibliography
- readings by and for learners
- literacy activity master sheets





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Added: 2007-11-08

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Series: Learning Disabilities and Whole Life Learning Project

Authors: Michelle Lebeau

This brief video describes a workshop that helped a group of literacy instructors, tutors, and students learn to create digital stories.

The narrator explains that she was worried at first about whether it was possible to make the process of digital storytelling accessible to literacy learners, many of whom were dealing with multiple barriers to learning or with disabilities. The simplicity of the storytelling software put her fears to rest.

Workshop participants prepared digital stories that shared their own experiences of family life, personal development, and travel. The emphasis was on telling a story, in their own words.

Participants learned about identifying the beginning, middle and end of a story; considering the audience; establishing a point of view; and synthesizing the information to be included in the story.

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• OLES

Added: 2012-09-19

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Authors: Literacy Ontario Central South (LOCS), Ottawa Community Coalition for Literacy (OCCL), Literacy Link Eastern Ontario (LLEO)

This guide provides tips for identifying employees or clients who need to improve their literacy and essential skills. It includes questions to ask to find out more about a client’s educational background and literacy skills, as well as information to help interpret the responses.

The guide includes contact information for some of the adult regional literacy networks in Ontario. Appendices include a reading-level chart that illustrates how people with various levels of literacy will interpret a caution label on a product.

Added: 2009-12-02

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• L'observation d'un faible niveau de littératie et de compétences essentielles pour réussir un retour sur le marché du travail ou en formation

Authors: The Labour Market Group

This video focuses on the benefits to businesses of encouraging employees to improve their literacy and essential skills.

The producers of the video point out that improved skills lead to better employee performance; improved safety records; greater customer satisfaction; and higher employee retention rates. All of these factors help businesses strengthen their competitive edge.

The video, about four minutes in length, was produced by The Labour Market Group, an Ontario not-for-profit organization that promotes the development of a skilled and competitive workforce.

Added: 2011-08-05

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Authors: Literacy Newfoundland and Labrador

This brief guide was prepared by Literacy Newfoundland and Labrador in preparation for the provincial election there, scheduled for October 11, 2011.

The document includes information about voting eligibility; how the voters’ list is maintained; advance polls and special ballots; and how to mark the ballot. The authors also discuss why it is important to vote and include contact information for Elections Newfoundland and Labrador.

While this document was prepared specifically for the 2011 provincial election, much of the information it contains is general enough to be helpful to anyone who wants to learn more about the electoral process.

Added: 2011-10-07

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Authors: The Labour Market Group

The authors of this 12-page document outline the general benefits of increased literacy skills and discuss the importance of literacy and basic skills programs in the workplace. They have included tips for organizing a workplace education program as well as several personal stories of people who have improved their essential skills.

The authors also touch briefly on the special challenges of workers for whom English or French is a second language.

Added: 2010-08-17

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• Littératie, ça marche !