Connecting Learners to the Workplace (Stettler 2017)

Pat Halewich (Community Learning Network)

Location: Stettler Community Adult Learning Council

Region(s): Central

Registration for this training is now closed.

Connecting Learners to the Workplace – materials and more

Presented by Alberta Workforce Essential Skills (AWES)

Trainer: Sue Oguchi

Audience: For practitioners and tutors working with English Language Learners

Session Description:

You are invited to attend a workshop demonstrating four new resources that target workplacethemed training for English Language Learners. The main purpose is to support your learners towards effective participation in the workforce.

Outcomes:

By the end of the session, you will:

• Know how to use the workbooks and facilitator guide to meet needs within your respective communities
• Understand the need to integrate language and essential skills when teaching tasks
• Know how to use the annotated guide to find materials and resources related to language, essential skills, and culture
• Understand the skills needs of employers through using the AWES assessment tool

You will be introduced to four new resources:

1. Workplace Resources for English Language Learners: An Annotated Guide The annotated guide is a collection of selected materials that address language, essential skills, and intercultural competence related to the workplace. They are organized in the following categories:

• Lessons and materials
• Employment / job search resources
• Culture / intercultural resources
• Employer resources  Assessment
• Reference and program development

2. Workforce Participation Workbook 1 – CLB 3 to 5

3. Workforce Participation Workbook 2 – CLB 6 to 8 These workbooks focus on the language, essential skills, and intercultural communication needed to perform well in the Canadian workplace. They contain authentic documents and themes based on employer feedback.

4. Workforce Participation Facilitator Guide The facilitator guide contains information about how to use the workbooks including stepby-step instructions, teaching notes, and optional activities. There is a comprehensive selection of alternative authentic documents that can be substituted for those in the workbooks

Date: Monday, December 18, 2017

Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm 

Deadline to Register: Tuesday, December 5, 2017.  (A Minimum of 8 participants is required to run this training.)

Registration Fee (inlcudes training materials, lunch and snacks):

CALP-funded organizations, First Nations College or CCI Staff: $125.00

For more information, please contact:

Cheryl Lovstrom
CLN Regional Support Staff
central@calp.ca
403-598-1863 

Cancellation and Refund Guideline/Procedure:

If you are unable to attend a training event, you must notify Community Learning Network via email of all cancellations prior to the first day of the training. Non-attendance does not constitute notice of withdrawal.

If Notice of Cancellation is given 10 or more business days before the training event, the registration fee is eligible for a refund, less a $25.00 administrative fee.

If Notice of Cancellation is given fewer than 10 business days before the first day of the training event, the registration fee is nonrefundable.  

Refunds will be applied to the original form of payment (i.e. the credit account used to pay for the registration).