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  1. Ways to Assess Learning

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=710
    There are many different methods and approaches to assessment. Consider using a few different assessment methods to gather the most detailed picture of the learner’s unique needs and goals. Here are...

  2. Planning: Assessing Your Organization’s Volunteer Needs

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=773
    Have you come into an organization that already has volunteers? Perhaps you have been directed to engage volunteers or maybe you’ve never worked with volunteers and think now is the perfect time! To...

  3. Screening and Selection: Application Forms

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=781
    Application Forms – a well-designed form can gather information that will help guide your pre-screen and interview – and there are many out there, so don’t re-invent the wheel!  Examples...

  4. 4. The Transformative Learning Approach: "Making Meaning"

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=860
    Sometimes called “deep learning,” Jack Mezirow’s transformative learning theory sees “disorienting dilemmas” as the critical incidents in our lives that can lead to us to re-think and re-interpret...

  5. About the Author

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=872
    Meet Allan Allan Quigley has a long history of working in the literacy field. He has written this Guide to share his knowledge and insights with the hopes it can help others working to Build Literacy. Allan...

  6. The Port Royal Experiment: Literacy for freed slaves

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=886
    It was November 1861, about one year into the American civil war. The gunships of the Northern Union Navy were sailing into Port Royal, South Carolina. Their guns were at the ready. However, what they...

  7. The Never-Fail Method in a Nutshell

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=958
    I developed this method of teaching writing while I was an instructor in a developmental education program for adults. There was a wide range of learner levels in the program, ranging from people who could...

  8. Keeping the Flow of Writing Going

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=998
    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...

  9. Keeping the Flow of Writing Going

    https://calp.ca/e-learning/?id=1048
    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...

  10. Resource Manual for Teachers of Struggling English Language Learners

    https://calp.ca/resources/resource-manual-for-teachers-of-struggling-english-language-learners.htm
    A Calgary Immigrant Women's Association paper on Struggling low level English learners. (Text heavy) Touches on diagnosis and supports, including Learning difficiencies and environmental factors. For...

  11. Roots and Connections Program Planning Guide

    https://calp.ca/resources/roots-and-connections-program-planning-guide.htm
    The Centre for Intercultural Education at NorQuest College produced this planning guide that helps to define the lenses and situations to augment an instructor's effective use the Roots and Connections...

  12. First Steps: A Resource Handbook on Oral Language and Literacy Development for Caregivers (2003) by Ruth Hayden, Ph.D. & Maureen Sanders, M.Ed.

    https://calp.ca/resources/first-steps-a-resource-handbook-on-oral-language-and-literacy-development-for-caregivers--2003-by-ruth-hayden-phd--maureen-sanders-med.htm
    This handbook was developed by the Centre for Family Literacy. Caregivers have a great influence on what and how the children in their care learn. This handbook provides many resources to assist in increasing...

  13. Helping Families Learn is Everyone’s Business: A Practitioners’ Guide to Family Literacy in the Workplace

    https://calp.ca/resources/helping-families-learn-is-everyones-business-a-practitioners-guide-to-family-literacy-in-the-workplace.htm
    Developed by the Centre for Family Literacy, this guide is intended to assist literacy organizations in considering and implementing family-based programs in the workplace. It describes a process to enable...

  14. Dollars & $ense: Financial Literacy Course Curriculum Manual

    https://calp.ca/resources/dollars--ense-financial-literacy-course-curriculum-manual.htm
    Developed by the Centre for Family Literacy. This curriculum manual is intended for facilitator or instructor use only - not for the students. Topics were chosen based on common questions raised by adult...

  15. Family Literacy, Health and You! (printable booklet)

    https://calp.ca/resources/family-literacy-health-and-you-printable-booklet.htm
    Developed by the Centre for Family Literacy, this guide is written for families,and explores topices like visiting the doctor or visiting the dentist. It includes suggested activities, games and books...

  16. Literacy Begins at Home

    https://calp.ca/resources/literacy-begins-at-home.htm
    Developed by the Centre for Family Literacy, a brochure about the importance to start literacy development right after birth (printable brochure).

  17. Getting Started... Literacy and Language Links

    https://calp.ca/resources/getting-started-literacy-and-language-links.htm
    Developed by the Centre for Family Literacy, tip sheet on literacy and language deveopment from early childhood (printable handout).

  18. Tips for Sharing Books

    https://calp.ca/resources/tips-for-sharing-books.htm
    Developed by the Centre for Family Literacy, parent tip sheet about helping children to become actively engaged in books (printable PDF).

  19. ABC's for Parents

    https://calp.ca/resources/abcs-for-parents.htm
    Developed by the Centre for Family Literacy, this tip sheet for families gives a tip for how you can support literacy development with your children for each letter in the alphabet (printable PDF).

  20. Families Just Want to Have FUN! Party Activities

    https://calp.ca/resources/families-just-want-to-have-fun-party-activities.htm
    Developed by the Centre for Family Literacy, tip sheet for families with various ideas for party activities to support literacy development (printable PDF).