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Introduction to Adult Foundational Learning (Stettler 2018)

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Registration for this training is now closed. Introduction to Adult Foundational Learning Dates: November 13 & 14, 2018 Times: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm (both days) Registration Fee: $75.00 / person for...
Online Learning Opportunity from Northern Lakes College: Conversational Cree

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This series of Live Online sessions runs from October 11th to October 27th. Sessions are from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Tuition: $245.00 + $12.25 GST Course Description: "Do you...
Intro to ‘Workplace Learning Circles’ Workshop

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During this 1 day training you will learn how to facilitate a Workplace Learning Circle. The Workplace Learning Circle (WLC) approaches the essential skills training at an introductory level so we may...
The Role Of A Bookkeeper

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What Does A Bookkeeper Do? A bookkeeper is a great asset to add to your CALP team, and can actually be hired using CALP grant dollars. A bookkeeper will keep a record of all your day-to-day transactions...
Living in a Time of Hope

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I believe change is possible. In fact, if there ever has been a time of hope for our field, the time is now. We are living in a time of social change. In my lifetime, it has become unacceptable to denigrate...
Pillar 1 Expertise

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As an important part of teaching adults, here is a check list you could use from time-to-time to assess questions we always have, like: “How well am I doing?” or “How should I handle this situation?”...
Benefits for Learners

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Learners model good writing for themselves and for other learners. In every piece of writing, no matter how short or full of mistakes, there will be something—a word, an image, a joke, an example that...
Many Cultures, Many Voices

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Learners in our programs come from many cultures. Some are First Nations learners; some are settlers whose families came to this country decades ago or yesterday. Some come from the white protestant English-speaking...
Making Comments

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First, I look for things that move me. What makes me smile, or feel sympathy or empathy? Which images stand out? Always, I’m looking at what effect the piece has on me, as the reader. I ask myself, “What...
Prepare the Writing for Sharing

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Writing has to be typed before it can be shared with other learners. Handwriting is too difficult to read, and typing improves the look immensely. I have used various systems for getting the writing typed....
Keeping the Flow of Writing Going

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I go to great lengths to protect the time and space I set aside for writing, to keep it free from distractions, in an atmosphere where everyone is working at the same tasks. If I’m working with a single...
Alongside the Never-Fail Method

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In separate sessions not connected with the writing group, I explicitly teach some skills that support the Never-Fail Method by making it more likely that the pieces learners bring to the writing group...
Why Share the Writing?

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An audience is essential to a writing learner because in our world we write to communicate. When a learner writes for the practitioner’s eyes only, the act of writing becomes something else: a task to...
Instructional Strategies for Reading

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This video introduces key reading concepts and explains how instructors can support adult foundational learners using explicit reading strategies. In this video, you’ll learn: The difference between...
Planning Learner-Centered Writing Lessons

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This video focuses on how to plan writing lessons that begin and end with the learner. It encourages you to build on learner strengths, use dialogue to guide lesson development, and offer feedback that...
Literacy & Immigration: The Power of Literacy in Navigating the Immigration Experience

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United for Literacy published this discussion paper in August 2024 to prompt a national conversation about literacy and immigration in Canada. It will examine: Cultural considerations Immigration's...
Featured Resource: All About CALP

https://calp.ca/newsletters/calp-connections-may-2016.htm#article-418
We are delighted to share this brand new video with you. CLN created this video as part of the curriculum development for the Introduction to Adult Foundational Learning training that was piloted in Calgary...
2. Behaviourism: The Operant Conditioning Approach

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Behaviourism supposes all behaviors are responses to certain stimuli in the environment, or consequences of the individual's history. Although behaviorists generally accept the important role of heredity...
Advance Organizers are not without potential problems

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Although it is the method used in countless university and college lectures every day (together with the ubiquitous PowerPoint), it can become unstimulating. Plain boring. This can definitely happen if...
Primary Intended Learning Objectives

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The CALP Policy Manual identifies a Primary Intended Learning Objective (PILO) for each of the Literacy and Foundational Learning (LFL) categories outlined under Required Programming. Learning opportunities...