AGENDA
7:15 –
8:15
Registration
and breakfast
in the cafeteria (Room 3C.1)
8:15 –
8:20
Greetings from the host organizations
– The
Centre for Literacy, Workplace
Education
Manitoba,
Nova Scotia Labour and
Workforce Development, ABC Life Literacy Foundation, NALD, NIACE, and
Dawson
College
8:20 –
9:00
Bringing the issues to life
9:00 –
9:30
Overview – Linda
Shohet, The Centre for
Literacy
Mapping
the Institute
– who is here, your questions and issues, defining
the terms, general comments on the pre-readings
9:30 – 10:30 Presentations: Views from Abroad [Presentations (45 minutes), questions (15 minutes)]
Jan
Eldred, National Institute of Adult Continuing
Education (NIACE), Jim
Pateman, Tribal Group UK
Ten
Years and Counting:
Workplace Basic Skills in the UK and the multi-billion pound investment
John
Benseman, Researcher, NZ
NZ Upskilling: Policy and practice
10:30 –
10:45
Break
10:45 – 11:45 Presentations: McDonald’s Take on Basic Skills [Presentations (35 minutes), questions (25 minutes) ]
Jim
Pateman, Tribal Group UK
Our Lounge: Learning with McDonald’s UK
David
Rosen, International adult education
consultant
Under the Arches: McDonald’s USA
Margaret
Eaton, ABC Life Literacy Canada
Whither McDonald’s Canada?
11:45 –
12:00 Small
group discussions of morning
presentations
12:00 –
1:00
Lunch
(Room 3C.1 and outdoors in
gazebos, if weather permits)
1:00 – 2:00
Panel/discussion: Health
Care Sector aides and
support workers: Pan-Canadian perspectives [Panel
presentation and discussion (40 minutes), questions
(20 minutes)]
Panelists:
Rick Hutchins, National Adult Literacy Database (NALD)
Elaine Cairns, Further Education Society of Alberta, & Terri Peters, Literacy Alberta
Anthony
Alfred, ABC Life Literacy Canada
Moderator: Linda Shohet
2:00 – 2:30
Small group engagement: What
are we selling?
2:30 – 2:50
Debrief/Questions and issues from Day 1
2:50 – 3:00
Feedback/evaluation of Day One
3:15
– 4:45
Optional
Sessions: these
40 minute sessions share strategies, materials and
models that have been used or
are
being developed.
|
|
3:15
p.m. – 3:55 p.m. |
4:05
p.m. – 4:45 p.m. |
|
Room
5B.16 |
Tara
Deveau, Randy Lindsay FutureWorx An
Integrated Approach to Pre-Employment Service Delivery Judy
Purcell, Colleen O’Connor Nova
Scotia Department of Labour and Workforce Development Nova
Scotia Apprenticeship Initiative |
Rick
Hutchins National
Adult Literacy Database (NALD) |
|
Board
room |
John
Benseman |
John
Benseman |
|
Room 5A.2 |
Johanna
Faulk Canadian
Manufacturers & Exporters |
Johanna
Faulk Canadian
Manufacturers & Exporters |
|
Room
5A.12 |
Kyle
Downie SkillPlan
BC |
Kyle
Downie SkillPlan |
5:30 –7:30
Wine and
Cheese
Reception
McCord
Museum
Day
2 – Tuesday, June 29, 2010
8:00 –
8:40
Breakfast
in the cafeteria (Room 3C.1)
8:40 – 9:15
Reflections/Feedback
from Day 1
9:15 – 10:00
Presentations: Essential
Skills for Special Populations
Lois
Peters & Saskia Stinson, Thompson
River University, BC
An Employer Survey re Entry-Level Workers with Disabilities
Laurel
Madro, Bow Valley College, Calgary
Curriculum for Working Foreign-Trained professionals
Presentations
(35 minutes), questions (10 minutes)
10:00 – 10:30 Presentation:
David Rosen
Massachusetts Health Care Workers Intervention
Presentation (20 minutes),
questions (10 minutes)
10:30 –
10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:35
Presentations:
Lynda
Fownes, SkillPlan BC
Understanding Question Structure in ES Curriculum
Diana
Twiss, Literacy BC & Tracy Defoe, The
Learning Factor
Exploring the Concept of Embedding
Presentations
(20 minutes each), questions (10
minutes)
11:35 – 12:00 Small group discussions
of morning
presentations
12:00 –
1:00
Lunch
(Room 3C.1 and outside in gazebos, if weather permits)
1:00 – 1:25 Presentation:
Johanna
Faulk, Canadian Manufacturers &
Exporters
Embed
Literacy and Essential Skills in Occupational Health
Presentation
(15 minutes), questions (10 minutes)
1:25 –
2:25
Presentation and activity;
Jan
Eldred, National Institute of Adult Continuing
Education (NIACE)
Presentation
and activity (60 minutes)
2:25 – 2:50 Small group discussion of day’s presentations
2:50 –
3.00
Issues arising from Day 2
3.00
– 3:15
Feedback/evaluation
of Day 2
3:15
– 5:35
Optional Sessions:
|
|
3:15
p.m. – 3:55 p.m. |
4:05
p.m. – 4:45 p.m. |
4:55
p.m. – 5:35 p.m. |
|
Room
5B.16 |
Jim
Patemen “Safe
at Work”-technology to support adults with learning
disabilities in the workplace |
Jim
Pateman “Safe
at Work”-technology to support adults with learning
disabilities in the workplace |
Sandi
Howell, Phyllis Mann |
|
Board
room |
David
Rosen Blended
Learning for Workplace Education |
Tara
Deveau, Randy Lindsay An
Integrated Approach to Pre-Employment Service Delivery |
David
Rosen Blended
Learning for Workplace
Education |
|
Room 5A.2 |
Lynda
Fownes Understanding
Question Structure activity |
Lynda
Fownes Understanding
Question Structure activity |
Laurel
Madro Bow
Valley College Social
Capital Rubric |
|
Room
5A.12 |
Laurel
Madro Bow
Valley College Social
Capital Rubric |
Sandi
Howell, Phyllis Mann |
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Day
3 – Wednesday, June 30, 2010
8:15 – 9:00
Breakfast
in the Cafeteria (Room 3C.1)
9:00 – 9:30
Reflections/Feedback
from Day 2
9:30 –
10:30
Panel/discussion: Measures
of Success Project
Panelists:
Judy
Purcell, NS Department
of Labour and Workforce Development
Sandi
Howell, Workplace
Education Manitoba
John
Benseman, NZ researcher
Moderator:
Kathleen Flanagan
10:30 –
10:45
Break
10:45 –
11:35
Presentations:
Miriam
Crammond,
New Brunswick Department of
Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour (PETL)
New Brunswick Workplace Essential Skills Program
David
Gyarmati & Karen Myers, Social Research and
Development Corporation
Workplace Literacy & Essential Skills: A National Demonstration Project
Presentations
(20 minutes each), questions (10 minutes)
11:35 –
12:00
Feedback/Issues arising
12:00 –
1:00
Lunch
(Room 3C.1 and outside in gazebos, if weather permits)
1:00 –
1:20
Summations:
Comments from selected
participants
1:20 –
1:45
Answering our questions: What
have
we learned in the past three days about the questions we brought?
1:45 –
2:05
Consolidating
our learning
2:05 –
2:45
Closing the circle: Next steps -
Where can we take our learning?
What can
each of us do, individually?
What can
we/should we do collectively?
2:45 – 3:00 Evaluation/Closure