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  1. Bow Valley Adult Learning Centre

    https://calp.ca/calps/bow-valley-adult-learning-centre.htm
    Serving the communities of Banff, Canmore, Lake Louise, Exshaw, Kananaskis and Mini Thni

  2. Where to Look for Learners

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=596
    While trying to reach new learners can feel intimidating, it can be a lot easier than many people make it. Most CALP staff will agree that when you have programs that properly serve your community needs,...

  3. Volunteer Recruitment

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=732
    Recruiting volunteers is key to your program’s success. The role of volunteer tutor is highly specialized. It requires a unique skillset that includes flexibility, independence, patience, empathy, strong...

  4. Professional Development and Supplemental Training

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=739
    Volunteer tutors are asked to provide one on one or small group support to learners which can fall into several Literacy and Foundational Learning categories: Adult Literacy Numeracy Skills for Learning Basic...

  5. Planning: Clear Information and Communication

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=776
    How you can make it as clear as possible! (Other Stuff that Helps): Check the many examples of Job Descriptions and Templates Tri-Community Adult and Literacy Learning Association (TriCALA)  Hinton...

  6. Application: Sample Planning Tools for CALP-funded Family Literacy Programs

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=811
    Sample Program Planning Template In order to gain further understanding about the planning the facilitator did in preparation for the two sample sessions, here are sample program planning templates.*Please...

  7. Check-in with learners

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=812
     Listen to the first step of Foundational Learning Lesson Planning and follow along below. 

  8. Check on previous lesson

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=813
    Listen to the second step of Foundational Learning Lesson Planning and follow along below.

  9. Access learners' prior knowledge

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=814
    Listen to the third step of Foundational Learning Lesson Planning and follow along below. 

  10. Explicit teaching and practice activities

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=815
    Listen to the fourth and fifth steps of Foundational Learning Lesson Planning and follow along below.   

  11. Review the lesson

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=816
    Listen to the sixth step of Foundational Learning Lesson Planning and follow along below. 

  12. Putting Learner-Centred Teaching and Tutoring to Work

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=840
    Remember the earlier section on self-directed learning? It is recommended we always start programs with a highly supportive nurturing approach because even the most “motivated-and-in-a-hurry-learner”...

  13. Towards a Wider Framework for Literacy: Visibility

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=865
    Our history through the latter half of the 20th century shows one of the most effective ways to raise literacy visibility and affect opinion is through the media (Quigley, 1997). There was a time during...

  14. Introduction to Building Literacy: I'm not just anybody

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=867
    Here’s what I often tell new practitioners: “There are only two things I know for sure about teaching adult literacy: 1) You will probably not get rich…..  2) but you will be rewarded.” I was...

  15. About The Guide

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=871
    The Building Literacy Guide is intended to apply directly to the work of adult literacy practitioners. Allan Quigley has compiled a lifetime of knowledge and experience into this Guide. The Building Literacy...

  16. Introduction

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=905
    Welcome to the Creating Instructional Materials using Plain Language e-Learning. This e-Learning is all about rewriting any text so you can use it in reading lessons. Most texts are not written with...

  17. Creating Instructional Materials using Plain Language

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=906
    This video will introduce you to the concept of using plain language to create instructional materials. And you’ll walk through examples of the 3 basic things to pay attention to when editing. Happy...

  18. The Steps

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=961
    Learners Write First, learners at whatever level, with whatever skills they may have, write. Some will refuse to write; some will “forget” to write; some will leave their writing at home or avoid...

  19. Planning Foundational Learning Lessons

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=1080
    Before we begin you may want to: download or print the Foundational Learning Lesson Plan handout to follow along with each step of the planning process. The handout includes extra details and examples, put...

  20. Context Analysis Strategy

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=1092
    This video introduces the Context Analysis strategy, which helps learners use clues from the surrounding text to understand and sound out unfamiliar words. What is Context Analysis? Context Analysis...