A Study of the Success of Adult Upgrading Graduates in the First Semester of Postsecondary Programs
This report is made up of charts and bar graphs that illustrate the postsecondary outcomes of students who had moved from upgrading programs to further education in Ontario’s college system between 2003 and 2010.
It includes information on students’ choice of programs; numbers of students who switch programs; retention rates; and grade point average (GPA).
Developed by Literacy Ontario Central South, the Literacy and Essential Skills in Industrial Arts (LESIA) project is a set of five industrial arts-based courses that also include workplace essential skills and literacy instruction. The courses are designed to be low-pressure and fun but, at the same time, helpful to low-skilled employees or adults wanting to enter the workforce.
This report summarizes a two-year project aimed at incorporating essential skills into training for volunteer tutors across Canada. The project was undertaken by Laubach Literacy Ontario, in partnership with Literacy Volunteers of Quebec and Laubach Literacy New Brunswick and with input and feedback from two employer partners.
This document provides suggestions for adult literacy practitioners who work with Levels 1 and 2 numeracy benchmarks. In the introduction, the author defines numeracy and explains how it differs from mathematics, then provides information about the numeracy benchmarks.
The Literacy and Essential Skills in Industrial Arts (LESIA) project, developed by Literacy Ontario Central South, is a set of five industrial arts-based courses that also include workplace essential skills and literacy instruction. The courses are designed to be low-pressure and enjoyable but, at the same time, helpful to low-skilled employees or adults wanting to enter the workforce.
The Literacy and Essential Skills in Industrial Arts (LESIA) project is a set of five industrial arts-based courses that also include workplace Essential Skills and literacy instruction. The courses are designed to be low-pressure and enjoyable but, at the same time, relevant to low-skilled employees or adults wanting to enter the workforce.
This document, prepared by the QUILL Learning Network, summarizes the 2008/2009 literacy service plan for Ontario’s Huron and Perth counties.
The authors provide an overview of the Literacy and Basic Skills program in Ontario, including a timeline of developments in adult literacy in that province. From there, they move on to look at programs within the specific context of the Huron and Perth counties area.
This report is the result of a project led by Ontario's College Sector Committee for Adult Upgrading (CSC), in partnership with three other provincial organizations involved in adult literacy and upgrading: Community Literacy of Ontario (CLO), Ontario Association of Continuing Education School Board Administrators (CESBA) and the Ontario Native Literacy Coalition (ONLC).
Competency-based learning meets the needs of all learners. It is important to keep in mind, however, that all learners are different. In order to address the needs and interests of all learners, the units in this publication have been divided by Essential Life Skills and Individual Life Skills.
Competency-based learning meets the needs of all learners. It is important to keep in mind, however, that all learners are different. In order to address the needs and interests of all learners, the units in this publication have been divided by Essential Life Skills and Individual Life Skills.
