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61. How To Kit - Election (2003)
Series: How To Kit
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
This Election How to Kit includes literacy activities that you can do with adult learners around election time. There are suggestions for activities that will inform learners, help learners realize that their voice and vote count, develop vocabulary used in elections and encourage learners to take an active role in the upcoming election. There is also a section on Learners Take Action for Literacy that gives suggestions for ways that learners can lobby candidates around the issue of literacy in their community and constituency.
Added: 2004-02-02
62. How To Kit - More Literacy Games (2005)
Series: How To Kit
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
In this How to Kit, you will find a variety of literacy games that people of all ages can play. Literacy games can be a lot of fun. They can help reduce tension, make the learning environment more comfortable, help build positive relationships, and they’re also educational.
Added: 2006-08-22
63. How To Kit - Northwest Territories General Election (2003)
Series: How To Kit
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Elections come with their own vocabulary, jargon and challenges. They can be intimidating for learners who are not familiar with the process. This Election How to Kit includes literacy activities that instructors can do with adult learners to help them learn about the election process. There are suggestions for activities that will inform learners, help learners realize that their voice and vote count, help learners understand the vocabulary used in elections, and encourage learners to become actively involved in the election process. There is also a section entitled "Learners Take Action for Literacy" that offers suggestions for ways that learners can lobby candidates about literacy issues. While this kit deals specifically with the Northwest Territories general election that was held in October 2007, it also contains general information that applies to most elections.
Added: 2008-02-20
64. How To Make Your Local Library More Available to the Literacy Needs of Your Community... (2003)
Authors: Cynthia Major
This document teaches how to set up, run and expand a public library in a rural area which serves many communities.
Added: 2003-06-30
65. How to Work with Volunteers (2005)
You can in the Yukon!
Series: Yukon Learn Learner Book Series
Authors: Marilyn Jensen
Many Yukon organizations including First Nation Governments use volunteers to help in the workplace and at special events in the community. Volunteers are people who have decided to give something back to their community by donating their time and skills. Organizations that use volunteers don't always spend enough time preparing to make their volunteer programs run smoothly. As a result, volunteers and organizations can be left feeling like the experience was a negative one.
What happens to volunteers that aren't happy? Lots of times they won't come back and an organization is stuck without the help they really need. This book gives organizations some hints to keep their volunteers helpful and happy!
Added: 2007-07-26
66. Hunting/Fishing or Recreation Guide Demonstration - LBS Level 2/3 (2005)
Series: Connecting to Workplaces
Authors: Karen Farrar
The Hunting/Fishing or Recreation Guide Demonstration - LBS Level 2/3 booklet gives learners and instructors information on a career as a hunting/fishing or recreation guide.
It includes essential core skills chart, role-play exercises and answer keys, demonstration scenario and other useful information.
This is one of ten booklets in a series entitled "Connecting to Workplaces". The other careers in the series include:
1- Security Officer LBS Levels 2/3
2- Pet Groomer LBS Levels 3/4
3- Taxi Driver Demonstration LBS Level 3
4- Laundromat Operator Demonstration LBS Level 4
5- Chambermaid/Housekeeping Cleaner Demonstration LBS Level 3
6- Florist Assistant Demonstration LBS Level 3
7- Cashier Demonstration LBS Level 3
8- Forestry Worker Demonstration LBS Level 3
9- Nanny/Caregiver Demonstration LBS Levels 2/3
Added: 2006-03-10
67. Hybrid Literacy: A Model of Practice (2003)
Authors: David Greig
“How can we effectively communicate the complexity of our programs and program delivery to a variety of stakeholders/ audiences…?”
This report on hybrid literacy presents a framework for beginning to answer this question. Frontier College has unique programs and unique program delivery.
The work of programs is being presented here as “hybrid literacy”. An essay and some notes from a workshop are presented below to help to define hybrid literacy.
Added: 2006-04-13
68. It gets in your brain... (2005)
Effective Practices in Adult Literacy Using Speech Assisted Reading and Writing (SARAW) with People with Disabilities
Series: Literacy and Disabilities Study (LaDS)
Authors: Audrey Gardner
Like a tool kit or handbook this guide offers activities, resources, and suggestions to help you increase literacy learning opportunities for adults with physical and/or intellectual disabilities.
The guide is for instructors, tutors and coordinators in adult literacy programs and support workers and coordinators in disabilities and rehabilitation programs and organizations.
By increasing your capacity to assist adults to strengthen their literacy skills, you are supporting individuals to communicate with others and participate in their communities.
Added: 2006-04-19
69. Its Own Reward (2009)
A Guide to Community-Based Adult Literacy Volunteer Tutor Programs
Authors: Judy Brooks, Literacy BC
This resource guide provides support to both individuals and groups involved in community-based adult literacy tutor programs. It is also intended for those who want to know more about starting a program. The guide contains information about volunteer tutor programs, including tutor training and volunteer management. It includes factors to consider before starting a program, guidelines for hiring a volunteer tutor coordinator, the responsibilities of the coordinator, recruitment of volunteers, and elements of tutor training.
The guide also includes samples of successful tutoring programs and a guide to resources available to anyone involved in literacy tutoring.
Added: 2010-02-10
70. Just A Simple Little Ditty (1996)
Song In The Literacy Curriculum
Series: Wayfaring Journeys in Language, Learning and Culture
Authors: William T. Fagan
Just A Simple Little Ditty by William T. Fagan is a story in the book Wayfaring Journeys in Language, Learning and Culture, it is a collection of writings by ABE instructors and students in Newfoundland brought together for a ‘language awareness project', designed to explore attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge about language and the teaching of language.
"Even in the book's earliest stages, the concept of wayfaring, travelling close to the ground, was prominent as a metaphor for the literacy we need inside classrooms, and inside ourselves."
This is also a useful contribution to the literature of practitioner research and inquiry.
Added: 2004-06-07
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