Required Programming

The CALP Policy Manual outlines five categories in Required Programming. These Literacy and Foundational Learning (LFL) categories focus on foundational skills:

• Adult Literacy
• Numeracy 
• Basic Digital Skills 
• Skills for Learning 
• English Language Learning 

There are four modes of delivery that can be used to meet adult learner needs:

• Tutoring
• Courses
• Learning Activities 
• Family Literacy Programs 

Learning opportunities can be offered:

• In person
• Online
• Blended or hybrid

Required Programming must be facilitated and include explicit skills instruction. 

Explicit instruction is a teaching approach where the instructor explains and demonstrates a skill first, then practices it with learners, before learners try it independently ("I do, we do, you do"). This method guides learners from little or no knowledge to independence.