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Building Story

https://calp.ca/blog/building-story.htm
Richard Van Camp shares the following about storytelling in his book Gather: It’s connection, community, and purpose, plain and simple. It’s giving someone the same goose bumps I receive after I retell...
CALP Tutor Training (Bellevue 2024)

https://calp.ca/events/calp-tutor-training-bellevue-2024.htm
Join Alberta Routes and CLN for a collaborative tutor training workshop. CALP Tutor Training explores the core content a volunteer tutor needs to begin supporting an adult Albertan with basic speaking,...
In Case You Missed It - CALP Portal Professional Learning Plan

https://calp.ca/newsletters/calp-connections-june-2017.htm#article-768
Earlier this spring, we were excited to launch the new "Professional Learning Plan" feature on the CALP Portal. If you have an account to access the Portal, you can now use it to track your own professional...
CALP Connections: March 2020

https://calp.ca/newsletters/calp-connections-march-2020.htm
Is that spring around the corner? At this time of year, I often think of new starts and what could develop in the year ahead. I’m hopeful that some exciting new adventures will appear, and wondering...
Provincial Connections Café (May 2025)

https://calp.ca/events/provincial-connections-cafe-may-2025.htm
Hosted by the Regional Support Staff, Connections Cafés are fantastic opportunities to share, connect and network with CALP staff from your region. We like to think of them as virtual kitchen tables....
CALP Professional Development Annual Survey Now Open

https://calp.ca/newsletters/calp-connections-may-2021.htm#article-1234
Last year Advanced Education, training partners and PD staff collaborated to develop one joint survey on the CALP PD system. The number of responses we received in 2019 and 2020 exceeded our individual...
A Working Formula for Motivational Teaching

https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=875
I looked in the Oxford dictionary and found that motivation and motivating are defined as “that which induces a person to act.” Adults are volunteer learners. They are not required to be in school,...
Community Capacity Building

https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=803
Not all learning opportunities include explicit and intentional foundational skills development. The CALP Policy Manual consider these learning opportunities supplemental to the CALP grant. They are called...
Case Study - Taber & District Learner Support Services Pilot Project

https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=558
Jane Brenner is the Executive Director of the Taber & District Community Adult Learning Association, and was the lead on a Learner Support Services pilot project. Follow Jane and the team of southern...
Finding Strength in our Connections

https://calp.ca/blog/finding-strength-in-our-connections.htm
As National Indigenous Peoples Day has been approaching, my heart and soul has been mourning the discovery of the 215 children at the former Indian Residential School in Kamloops. This tragedy reminds...
This Month's Spotlight

https://calp.ca/newsletters/calp-connections-march-2022.htm#article-1295
This month's spotlight is Building Literacy: A Learner-Centred Guide for Teachers, Tutors and Practitioners of Adult Literacy. You may recognize the name Dr. Allan Quigley. If not, the CLN is excited...
Introduction

https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=856
In Section Four, we saw three teaching methods: With these three methods in mind, let’s now turn to five approaches that are not so “formulaic.” These approaches can often take learning beyond...
National Literacy Supports

https://calp.ca/blog/national-literacy-supports.htm
In my last blog post, Advocating Literacy, I wrote about work at the international level and a call to action at the local level. I want to share with you what is happening at the national level. There...
Mindful self care

https://calp.ca/events/mindful-self-care.htm
Join us to explore and develop tools and resources to assist in maintaining or regaining solid mental health. Be reminded of, or discover, how your mind and body work in unison. You will: Understand...
CALP Connections: December 2021

https://calp.ca/newsletters/calp-connections-december-2021.htm
Welcome to December, fellow CLN members. My name is Cindy Heidecker and I am honoured to be a new Board Member on the 2021-2022 CLN Board of Directors. As the program manager for the Paintearth Community...
The Newly Revised A.L.L (Adult Literacy and Learning) in Family Literacy Programs

https://calp.ca/blog/the-newly-revised-all-adult-literacy-and-learning-in-family-literacy-programs.htm
Why did it need to be revised? In 2019 a new required training for family literacy programs was introduced specifically for CALP-funded programs. It is called “CALP Essentials for Family Literacy Programs”...
Professional Development Advisory Committee (PDAC) Membership: Expression of Interest

https://calp.ca/newsletters/calp-connections-september-2022.htm#article-1345
On behalf of Alberta Advanced Education, Community Learning Network is seeking staff and/or board members of CALP-funded organizations to complete and submit the attached Expression of Interest to be considered...
Supporting Each Other's Success

https://calp.ca/blog/supporting-each-others-success.htm
Is it just me, or has the last year gone by in a flash? In many ways it seems like just yesterday that I was transitioning out of my old role with Flagstaff Adult Learning and into the newly created Regional...
Step 8: Using Course Evaluation Forms

https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=340
A course evaluation process provides you with beneficial information at the completion of a course, including the learner’s assessment of the instructor/staff, learning space, materials provided and...
This Month's Spotlight

https://calp.ca/newsletters/calp-connections-december-2022.htm#article-1363
This month's spotlight is Teaching Reading: Strategies and Resources. Introducing a new Featured Resource on the CALP Portal - Teaching Reading: Strategies and Resources. This online resource gathers...