CLO's Lifelong Learning for Literacy Practitioners - Core Skills - Common Skills for Literacy Practitioners

Core Skills

Common Skills for Literacy Practitioners

| Approaches to Adult Learning and Learner | General Teaching Methods and Strategies |

| Teaching Literacy and Numeracy | Assessment and Evaluation |

| Communicating and Working in a Learning Environment | Professional Issues, Activities and Development |

| Supplemental: Program Development and Administration |

Supplemental: Program Development and Administration

Knowledge and Understanding
1. Government policies which relate to and affect literacy organizations, planning, programming and recruitment of learners and staff. Decision-making process in government.
2. Provincial core quality standards and outcomes for literacy programs. Articulation of literacy programs to advanced education programs in boards of education and colleges.
3. Procedures for needs assessments (community, workplace, individual), monitoring and evaluation of programs.
4. Program planning and curriculum development. Materials, resources and support services available for volunteers, tutors and paid instructors.
5. Awareness of proper hiring procedures, interviewing skills, employment standards and occupational health and safety.
6. Working knowledge of strategic planning and options for board governance. Ability to work within a board structure. Team building and management of staff and volunteers.
Awareness
1. Various types of literacy programs and models for delivery. How to develop models appropriate for the community, workplace, group of learners.
2. Staff and volunteer management including recruitment, assessment, training, planning, conflict resolution and evaluation. Variety of staff development models (e.g., workshops, projects, formal education), tutor/instructor training programs and materials.
3. Cross-cultural awareness and inclusion of cross-cultural issues in all aspects of staff and volunteer management.
4. Fundraising (e.g., planning, advertising, implementing).
5. Legal structures and requirements of not-for-profit incorporations including constitution, by-laws, membership and reporting requirements.

(The Adult Literacy Educator Skills List is reprinted here with permission from the Ontario Literacy Coalition, www.on.literacy.ca.)


Introduction Core Skills Common Skills for Literacy Practitioners Sector-Specific Entry-Level Skills Deaf, Francophone and Native Literacy Streams Emergent Skills Conclusion Required Education and Experience Self-Assessment Tool Training Opportunities Resources	Core Skills Common Skills for Literacy Practitioners \| Approaches to Adult Learning and Learner \| General Teaching Methods and Strategies \| \| Teaching Literacy and Numeracy \| Assessment and Evaluation \| \| Communicating and Working in a Learning Environment \| Professional Issues, Activities and Development \| \| Supplemental: Program Development and Administration \| Supplemental: Program Development and Administration Knowledge and Understanding Government policies which relate to and affect literacy organizations, planning, programming and recruitment of learners and staff. Decision-making process in government. Provincial core quality standards and outcomes for literacy programs. Articulation of literacy programs to advanced education programs in boards of education and colleges. Procedures for needs assessments (community, workplace, individual), monitoring and evaluation of programs. Program planning and curriculum development. Materials, resources and support services available for volunteers, tutors and paid instructors. Awareness of proper hiring procedures, interviewing skills, employment standards and occupational health and safety. Working knowledge of strategic planning and options for board governance. Ability to work within a board structure. Team building and management of staff and volunteers. Awareness Various types of literacy programs and models for delivery. How to develop models appropriate for the community, workplace, group of learners. Staff and volunteer management including recruitment, assessment, training, planning, conflict resolution and evaluation. Variety of staff development models (e.g., workshops, projects, formal education), tutor/instructor training programs and materials. Cross-cultural awareness and inclusion of cross-cultural issues in all aspects of staff and volunteer management. Fundraising (e.g., planning, advertising, implementing). Legal structures and requirements of not-for-profit incorporations including constitution, by-laws, membership and reporting requirements. (The Adult Literacy Educator Skills List is reprinted here with permission from the Ontario Literacy Coalition, www.on.literacy.ca.) Top of page Previous page
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