Waterloo Catholic District School Board

This document is part of a 12-week program designed to help Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) learners prepare to do volunteer work as a way to develop skills and gain experience that could be applied in the workforce or used to help them gain greater personal independence.

This document is used in conjunction with a student manual. Both are part of a 12-week program intended to help Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) learners prepare to do volunteer work as a way to develop job skills and gain work experience.

The instructor’s notes include answers to the quizzes contained in the students’ document. There are also guidelines for evaluating responses to open-ended questions.

The goal of this program is to help Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) learners prepare to work as volunteers as a way of developing skills and gaining experience that can be applied in the workforce or used to increase personal independence.

In this document, the authors describe the background, development and results of the Giving Back project, and provide recommendations for modifying it to suit specific groups of learners.