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71. New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills Curriculum: Course 13 (2010)
Math Basics: Money Math
Series: NBAWES Curriculum
Authors: New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project
This brief document is part of the curriculum developed through the New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project to help Aboriginal adults improve their literacy skills and their employability. This unit deals with money math. Participants are expected to manage purchases by acquiring the computational skills and the knowledge needed to make change; make various calculations involving purchases; and choose the best purchase option.
The authors have set out performance criteria for measuring success in meeting each of these objectives.
Added: 2012-01-03
72. New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills Curriculum: Course 14 (2010)
Working Math
Series: NBAWES Curriculum
Authors: New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project
The New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project was designed to help Aboriginal adults improve their literacy skills and their employability. It builds on existing workplace Essential Skills material to develop a curriculum that meets the specific needs of Mi’kmaq and Maliseet adult learners.
The goal of this curriculum unit is to provide participants with an appreciation of the value of budgets, along with the skills and knowledge to create and use a budget.
Participants learn how to calculate income; describe how different situations affect a budget; calculate different kinds of taxes; prepare a budget for a trip, taking into account a variety of factors; and calculate the price, in Canadian funds, of items purchased in a foreign currency.
For each of these objectives, the authors have included criteria for assessing participants’ performance
Added: 2012-01-03
73. New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills Curriculum: Course 15 (2010)
Job Search Techniques
Series: NBAWES Curriculum
Authors: New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project
This document is part of a curriculum developed through the New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project, designed to help Aboriginal adults improve both their literacy skills and their employability.
This unit of the curriculum explores the dynamics of the job search and presents strategies to help in that search. The authors have included a list of seven job-search techniques, with a discussion of the pros and cons of each one.
As well, they answer a variety of questions about finding a job, touching on such matters as setting goals; assessing personal strengths; preparing applications; and preparing for an interview.
Added: 2012-01-03
74. New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills Curriculum: Course 16 (2010)
Targeted Resumes
Series: NBAWES Curriculum
Authors: New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project
The New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project was designed to help Aboriginal adults improve their literacy skills and their employability. It builds on existing workplace Essential Skills material to develop a curriculum that meets the specific needs of Mi’kmaq and Maliseet adult learners.
This unit deals with the search for a job, with a specific focus on the targeted resumé. Objectives include learning how to prepare the information and documentation needed; organize a resumé for optimal impact; create a resume with impact; focus on skills and experience; and follow up after submitting an application.
The authors have included criteria for assessing participants’ performance on each of these objectives.
Added: 2012-01-03
75. New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills Curriculum: Course 17 (2010)
Interviews
Series: NBAWES Curriculum
Authors: New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project
This document is part of a curriculum developed through the New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project, designed to help Aboriginal adults improve both their literacy skills and their employability.
In this unit, the focus is on job interviews. Participants learn about the kind of preparation required; the real purpose of an interview; the best attitude and behaviour to display during an interview; and the importance and nature of follow-up.
The authors have set out indicators to assess participants’ performance for each of these objectives.
Added: 2012-01-10
76. New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills Curriculum: Course 18 (2010)
Networking
Series: NBAWES Curriculum
Authors: New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project
The New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project was designed to help Aboriginal adults improve their literacy skills and their employability.
This document, part of the curriculum prepared through the project, deals with networking. The authors point out that in addition to being an effective way to find jobs, personal networks are also an important source of personal support for individuals.
During this part of the course, participants explore the concepts of a network and networking; identify their own existing networks; and build and cultivate their own networks.
The document contains extensive background material on networking, including suggestions for using the Internet to build a personal network.
Added: 2012-01-10
77. New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills Curriculum: Course 19 (2010)
Business Manners and Etiquette
Series: NBAWES Curriculum
Authors: New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project
This document is part of a curriculum developed through the New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project, designed to help Aboriginal adults improve both their literacy skills and their employability.
In this unit, the focus is on business manners and etiquette. Participants explore the concepts of manners and etiquette in mainstream culture; describe social manners and etiquette; and describe business manners and etiquette.
Specific lesson plans deal with topics like table manners; making introductions; grooming and proper attire; body language; and telephone manners. There are checklists to help participants assess their skills.
Many of the lessons include role-playing exercises.
Added: 2012-01-17
78. New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills Curriculum: Course 2 (2010)
World of Words
Series: NBAWES Curriculum
Authors: New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project
The New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project was designed to help Aboriginal adults improve their literacy skills and their employability. It uses existing workplace Essential Skills curricula, adapted to meet the specific needs of Mi’kmaq and Maliseet adult learners.
This curriculum unit focuses on the Essential Skill of reading text. Participants will be expected to describe the importance of words and language; describe different types of written material; explore the value of printed material; and demonstrate the complexity of language.
Specific lessons focus on First Nations musicians; sign language; attitudes toward work; and the evolution of language.
Added: 2011-12-13
79. New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills Curriculum: Course 20 (2010)
Placement and Optional Course Ideas
Series: NBAWES Curriculum
Authors: New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project
The New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project was designed to help Aboriginal adults improve their literacy skills and their employability. It builds on existing workplace Essential Skills material to develop a curriculum that meets the specific needs of Mi’kmaq and Maliseet adult learners.
Designed to be presented over 34 weeks, the curriculum covers a wide range of topics. This final unit begins with a discussion of the work placements that are an integral part of the program, explaining what participants can expect to gain from them.
The authors also present optional units on preparing for the General Education Development (GED) tests; occupational health and safety; the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS); first aid and CPR; and hunter safety.
Added: 2012-01-17
80. New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills Curriculum: Course 3 (2010)
Reading Text
Series: NBAWES Curriculum
Authors: New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project
This curriculum unit is part of the New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project, which was designed to help Aboriginal adults improve their literacy skills and their employability. The project is based on existing workplace Essential Skills curricula, adapted to meet the needs of Mi’kmaq and Maliseet adult learners.
This unit focuses on the essential skill of reading text, with particular reference to workplace documents. The authors note that such documents contain vocabulary specific to the company or industry. Because this jargon can be difficult to understand, employees must become familiar with various types of job-specific language use and style.
Participants explore a variety of business documents; identify the characteristics of such documents; interpret the information contained in them; and study government documents related to First Nations. Among the materials used are a plain-language version of the United Nations’ Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, along with various historic First Nations peace and friendship treaties.
Added: 2011-12-13
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