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About Section One

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In this first section, Allan gives an overview of the field of literacy, sharing personal stories from his own experience, to highlight the state of the field and the opportunities to build it further. A...
What is an "Adult"?

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Let’s think about this question: “What is an ‘adult’?” Further, let’s think about: “What is an adult with reference to the adults whom we teach?” Some will say a person becomes an adult...
What Makes a Great Teacher?

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As seen in more depth in Section Five, most learners enter our programs in a very vulnerable state. Most need some initial “nurturing” until they find their comfort level with the tutor or teacher,...
What is Empathy?

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What is empathy? The famous educator, Carl Rogers, defined empathy as “the ability to understand the student’s reactions from the inside, a sensitive awareness of the way the process of education...
Moving Away from Marking Errors

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It is not easy to make the shift to giving positive-only feedback or success-only feedback. Everything seems against making that move. As students we had our errors marked, points docked from essays; as...
Campus Alberta Needs Assessment Project - Final Report

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The Final Report provides an overview of the adult learning and needs assessment literature, and summarizes the input gathered through interviews and roundtables on best practices and toolkit content.
Community Learning Needs Assessment Toolkit (2013)

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In the fall of 2012, representatives of key stakeholder groups, including Enterprise and Advanced Education, Community Learning Network, four Comprehensive Community Institutions, and the Alberta Rural...
Tutor Tools (Literacy Alberta Booklet)

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The purpose of this booklet, created by Literacy Alberta, is to provide a collection of tips, strategies, tools, tactics, ideas, and guidelines that will help tutors approach teaching with creativity and...
Leduc Adult Learning

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Serving the community of Leduc
A Quick Proofread Together

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When the learner has produced a draft, even just one sentence long, the practitioner and learner do a quick proofread together. As learners finish their writing and come to hand it in, I have a short...
What to Teach Outside the Writing Group

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In the writing group, elements of good writing come up at random moments, depending on what you see in the writing that learners bring in. You can pick examples from the writing that focus on what learners...
How Can the Medals Improve Writing?

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The medals become a kind of shorthand to use with learners when they are working on their next writing assignment. Medals can remind learners of the things they should look for when they are editing their...
Balanced Literacy Diet YouTube Channel

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This YouTube channel offeres videos on classroom techniques for reading and reading assessments Developed for grade school, but has some good strategies that can be adapted for the adult learner.
Essential Skills for New and Expectant Mothers Facilitator's Guide

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Through Hinton Adult Learning Society’s work in the community over the years, specifically with West Yellowhead Pregnancy Centre and Healthy Families, a need to help new and expectant mothers differently...
Supporting Newcomers - Resources from Volunteer Alberta

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Like all Albertans, with opportunities and support, newcomers have much to offer their communities. While organizations across Alberta engage and assist newcomers every day, the current influx of Syrian...
Creating Learning Partners - Video Playlist

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These videos were created by Literacy Alberta in 2008, to accompany "Creating Learning Partners - A facilitator’s guide for training effective adult literacy tutors". Click here to view the entire playlist. 1....
Simply Math

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Simply Math is part of a series of worksbooks developed by the NWT Literacy Council. The Simply Math workbook covers basic math skill development as well as fractions, decimals, percents, measurement,...
Answers May Vary Research Report (2014)

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Answers May Vary Research Report (2014) Belle Auld Purpose of research: What literacy resources, activities, and strategies are appropriate for tutors to use with adult literacy learners who have developmental...
Opening Doors: A Literacy Audit Tool Kit for Customer Service Excellence (2008)

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In 2022, CLN revised and updated Opening Doors. The revised resource is available here: Opening Doors: A Literacy Audit Tool Kit. Opening Doors: A Literacy Audit Tool Kit for Customer Service Excellence...
Months of the Year in Cree Language (translated to English)

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Cree Literacy can be used to a learner if they have English as a second language. They can be able to use Cree to translate the English to thier better understanding.