List of Tools and Resources
Available to support LBS Service
Providers in Ontario
As part of the Common Assessment for the
OALCF Training Project – 2014/15
February 2015
Updated June 2015
Tools and Resources to Support
LBS Service Providers in Ontario
As part of the 2014/15 Service Delivery Network Development Fund (SDNDF)
Common Assessment Training project, this list has been developed to showcase
the many tools and resources available to support LBS practitioners and
administrators in Ontario. These tools and resources have been developed by a
variety of funding sources (i.e. SDNDF, Trillium, etc.), however they all support
practitioners in the delivery of high quality, effective LBS programming that
supports learners to achieve their goals.
Although there are a multitude of resources and tools available, the ones listed
below are the most recent.
For a complete listing of the 2013/14 and 2014/15 funded Service Delivery
Network Development Fund Projects, please click on the links below
2013/14 Projects
http://www.tcu.gov.on.ca/eng/eopg/publications/sdndf_2014_summary_of_201
3-2014projects.pdf
2014/15 Projects
http://www.tcu.gov.on.ca/eng/eopg/publications/sdndf_summary_201415_projects.pdf
Some resources listed in the above documents are not included in this document.
Research projects and such were not included as they impact the general
planning and coordination of services, not direct delivery.
This document will be available on www.northernliteracy.ca in March 2015.
Links were valid at time of printing. If you would like to add something to this
list, or if you have any questions, please contact Literacy Northwest at
admin@literacynorthwest.on.ca.
Resources/Tools to Support LBS Service Providers (February 2015 updated June 2015)
Tools and Resources to Support
LBS Service Providers in Ontario
Links to Regional, Provincial and National Supports Organizations
Name
Information
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Learning Networks of
Ontario
www.learningnetworks.ca
AlphaPlus
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www.alphaplus.ca
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Centre Fora
www.centrefora.on.ca
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Coalition ontarienne de
formation des adultes
(COFA) www.coalition.ca
College Sector
Committee
www.collegeupgradingon.ca
Community Literacy of
Ontario
www.communityliteracy
ofontario.ca
Contact North
www.contactnorth.ca
Information/links about the 16 LBS regional
networks in Ontario
Links to LBS support organizations and
partners
Links to resources and publications produced
by the regional networks
provides training, services, tools and resources
to adult literacy agencies and educators in
Ontario, serving adult learners in Deaf, Native,
Francophone and Anglophone literacy streams
Francophone publisher and distributor of
literacy and numeracy material for practitioners
Les Ressources en ligne présentent le material d
d’appui à la formation des adultes élaboré par le
Centre FORA en lien avec le cadre du
curriculum en littératie des adultes de l’Ontario
(CLAO).
Newsletter of the newly-developed
resources/tools for Francophone programs.
http://www.centrefora.on.ca/edition/flambantneuf
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Provincial support organization providing
services to the Francophone agencies in Ontario
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Provincial support organization providing
services to the College Sector LBS programs
A number of projects have been completed to
support the community college sector.
Provincial Support Organization for communitybased literacy service providers.
Produce e-bulletin/newsletters, resources and
tools, online training, etc.
Literacy presentations, new resources
Ontario’s Distance Education & Training
Network
Support the E-Channel organizations by
providing the platform for distance education
Available for use by all LBS providers
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Tools and Resources to Support
LBS Service Providers in Ontario
Links to Regional, Provincial and National Supports Organizations
Name
Information
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Copian
www.copian.ca
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Deaf Literacy
Initiative
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www.deafliteracy.ca
Essential Skills
Ontario
www.essentialskills
ontario.ca
www.essentialskillsontari
o.ca/resources/papersreports
Laubach Literacy
Ontario
www.laubach-on.ca
Ontario Native
Literacy Coalition
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Library - Canada’s largest literacy and Essential
Skills digital library for research and learning
materials
Modus – An online directory of essential skills
assessment tools
Studio – case studies of best practices in
workplace education
Provincial support organization that provides
accessible and culturally relevant training,
research, networking and resources to the Deaf
and Deaf-Blind literacy community in Ontario.
Provincial support organization
Provides research reports, bulletins and other
helpful and useful planning documents
Literacy & Essential Skills in Ontario 2013/14 (general info about literacy and essential skills in
Ontario and how the EO system works)
Career Ladders
Bookstore with many resources for instruction –
New Readers’ Press distributor
supporting the agencies who use volunteers for
one-to-one training
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Native stream support organization for Ontario
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Provincial support organization for school-board
LBS agencies
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Development and distribution of learning
materials specific to the cultural needs of
Aboriginal literacy programming
www.onlc.ca
Ontario Association
of Adult Continuing
Education School
Board Administrators
(CESBA)
www.cesba.com
Ningwakwe Learning
Press
www.ningwakewe.ca
Resources/Tools to Support LBS Service Providers (February 2015 updated June 2015)
Tools and Resources to Support
LBS Service Providers in Ontario
E-channel and Blended Learning
Name
e-Channel (Contact
North)
Information
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Online training platform for TCU e-channel &
Blended learning.
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Lead Organization delivering online Academic
and Career Entrance programming of eChannel
College upgrading – online distance – part of
the e-Channel initiative
Lead Organization for the Deaf Stream of eChannel
Online distance learning opportunities – part
of the e-Channel initative
Lead Organization for the Francophone
Stream of e-Channel
Online distance learning opportunities – part
of the e-Channel initiative
www.e-channel.ca
ACE Distance
www.acedistancedelivery.ca
Deaf Learn Now
http://www.deaflearnnow.ca
Formation à distance
www.sefad.ca
Good Learning Anywhere
www.goodlearninganywhere.
com
LearningHub (Avon
Maitland District School
Board)
www.learninghub.ca
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Lead Organization for the Aboriginal Stream
of e-Channel
Online distance learning opportunities – part
of the e-Channel initiative
Lead organization for the Anglophone Stream
of e-Channel
Online distance learning opportunities – part
of the e-Channel initiative
Resources/Tools to Support LBS Service Providers (February 2015 updated June 2015)
Tools and Resources to Support
LBS Service Providers in Ontario
Tools and Resources for LBS Service Provider Orientation or Training
Name
Literacy Basics
Community Literacy Ontario
Information
a free, self-directed online training website
for Ontario literacy practitioners
www.literacybasics.ca
LBS Practitioner Training–
CESBA
www.lbspractitionertraining.com
Task-Based Portal
www.taskbasedactivitiesforlbs.ca
Professional development support for LBS
educators in Ontario
collection of activities aligned to the
Ontario Adult Literacy Curriculum
Framework (OALCF) and organized by
stream, goal path and level for
practitioners
Connecting LBS Service Delivery to the
OALCF: A Training Guide
Community Literacy of Ontario Provides overview of the LBS program
www.communityliteracyofontario.ca
/oalcfservicedelivery-trainingguide
www.communityliteracyofontario.ca
/resources/publications
components and how the OALCF works
within the service delivery functions of
Information & Referral, Assessment,
Learner Plan Development, Training,
Follow-up. A great introduction to the
LBS program for new staff - Includes
online modules and training videos
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Tools and Resources to Support
LBS Service Providers in Ontario
The following list of Tools and Resources is not broken down by stream or sector.
Many of the tools and resources that are developed can be used across all sectors
and streams (in some cases) with some adaptation or modification (i.e.
Anglophone stream resources can be adapted for Aboriginal programming with
the addition of the cultural component. As well, Aboriginal resources can be used
in Anglophone programming in the same way. The biggest challenge is the
adaptation and/or translation for the Deaf and Francophone streams. they are all
stream-specific resources that should be highlighted.
Deaf Stream resources - American Sign Language - developed/adapted through
2013/14 SDNDF projects and earlier projects – for more information please visit
Deaf Literacy Initiatives website – www.deafliteracy.ca
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Bridging to Deaf Success – can be used across streams and has been
adapted from “Signposts”. It is an easy to use resource for learners whose
goal is employment
Deaf CAMERA (Communications and Math Employment Readiness
Assessment) – used to assess learners’ skill levels/strengths in reading,
writing, document use, and numeracy
Learners’ Workbooks and Practitioners’ Guides – workforce and workplace
literacy resources – addressing the need for accurate and current learning
materials for learners seeking to improve their employment and literacy
skills
E-Learning Modules – Online Practitioner training
Francophone resources – developed in 2013/14 through SDNDF projects – for
more information about these resources, please check out the below websites
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AlphaPlus – www.alphaplus.ca
o Development and cultural adaptation of instructional tasks for the
OALCF competency using digital technology
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Centre franco-ontarien des ressources en alphabétisation (Centre FORA) –
www.centrefora.ca
o Development of tasks and learning activities linked to 21 competencies
o Development of 13 interactive modules and assessment tools
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Coalition ontarienne de formation des adultes (COFA) – www.coalition.ca/
o Apprendre avec confiance : Guide pour appuyer l’amélioration des
compétences génériques des adultes en formation
o Connexion compétences : Recueil d’instruments de cueillette, de
consignation et d’interprétation des données pour l’évaluation des
grandes compétences Gérer l’apprentissage et S’engager avec les autres
o Online training – OALCF overview
Resources/Tools to Support LBS Service Providers (February 2015 updated June 2015)
Tools and Resources to Support
LBS Service Providers in Ontario
Tools and Resources currently available to support agency capacity
and seamless learner transitions
Category
Curriculum
Curriculum
Curriculum
Title
Created by/Website
Adding to My Skills
Numeracy curriculum to use real life numeracy
activities to develop skills required in the workplace
Can be used as a 6-wk class or a stand-alone
document for each class
Project Read
http://www.projectread.ca/pdf/Add
ingToMySkills.pdf
Bridging the Employment Gap
Occupational-related curricula designed to help
learners upgrade their literacy, numeracy and other
essential skills in an entry-level occupational context.
A training video is available as well online and DVD.
New charts created to align the curriculum with the
OALCF.
- Clerical
- Grounds Maintenance
- Janitorial
- Kitchen Help
- Retail
- Ready to Work
Connecting Literacy and Employment through
Essential Skills
Simcoe-Muskoka Literacy Network
http://literacynetwork.ca/resources
/bridging-the-employment-gap/
Set of workbooks developed for people who want to
look for employment while strengthening their
Essential Skills. Copies are available for download and
for interactive/online use
Literacy Link South Central
http://www.llsc.on.ca/node/99
Resources/Tools to Support LBS Service Providers (February 2015 updated June 2015)
Tools and Resources to Support
LBS Service Providers in Ontario
Category
Curriculum
Curriculum
Curriculum
Curriculum
Title
EmployABILITY SUCCESS! Essential Skills At
Work
Through this manual, “job shadow” 4 people who
improved their essential skills and how they
transferred those skills to the workplace
LBS Apprenticeship Curriculum
- Auto Trade
- Construction Trade
- Food Trade
Literacy Link Eastern Ontario Occupational
Curricula (10 are now aligned to the OALCF)
Cleaner
Clerical
Essential Skills for the Trades
Grocery Clerk
Health Care Attendant
Landscaping
Material Handler
Public Works
Retail
Skilled Trades
Moving Forward – Curricula and Resources for
Learners on the Independence Goal Path
Created by/Website
QUILL Learning Network
http://www.quillnetwork.com/resou
rces/e-resources/
Literacy Link South Central
http://www.llsc.on.ca/aboutus/resources
Literacy Link Eastern Ontario
https://www.lleo.ca/resources.php
Community Literacy of Ontario
http://www.communityliteracyofont
ario.ca/wp/wpcontent/uploads/2013/08/Moving_
Forward_HI_RES_01.pdf
Resources/Tools to Support LBS Service Providers (February 2015 updated June 2015)
Tools and Resources to Support
LBS Service Providers in Ontario
Category
Title
Created by/Website
Ningwakwe Learning Press
https://www.ningwakwe.ca/catalog
search/result/?q=apprenticeship
Curriculum
Make Math Work – 10 booklets and teacher’s guide
There are ten booklets in this series. Each one focuses
on one area of math related to that career. Practice
real-life tasks and develop the math skills needed to
succeed in your chosen field. – Ratios/Proportions Cook/baker, Fractions - Plumber, Height, Weight &
Distance - Transport Truck Driver, Area & Angles Welder, Estimation - Hairstylist, Averages - Hunting
and Fishing Guide, Tables, Charts & Graphs - Band
Office Administrative Assistant, Budgeting - Personal
Support Worker, Money - Cashier, Measurement –
Carpenter
Curriculum
Recognizing Life’s Work: Helping Learners Connect
their Essential Skills from Home to Work
Curriculum
Curriculum
Small Business Savvy
Designed to help a learner build necessary skills to be
a successful small business owner. Activities are also
suitable for a learner looking to improve their skills for
work in customer service or management positions.
Activities aligned with the OALCF
Spotlight on Change: An Essential Skills upgrading
Program for Women Over 40 (Available in English
and French)
Essential skills training program targeted at women
aged 40 + who are seeking employment.
Podcast available to find out more information
QUILL Learning Network
http://www.quillnetwork.com/resou
rces/e-resources/
Literacy Link Niagara
http://www.literacylinkniagara.ca/a
bout-us/projects/small-businesssavvy/
Project Read
http://www.projectread.ca/resource
s/publications
http://www.projectread.ca/pdf/Spo
tlightOnChangeCurriculum.pdf
Resources/Tools to Support LBS Service Providers (February 2015 updated June 2015)
Tools and Resources to Support
LBS Service Providers in Ontario
Category
Title
Curriculum
Targeted Literacy Programming and Outreach for
Young Single Males on Ontario Works
4 modules with accompanying practitioner overviews
and a general introduction guide.
Curriculum
Task-Based Activities for the LWR Series
Books 1-4
Aligned with competencies and task groups within the
OALCF and includes level indicators and performance
descriptors. Can also be used as stand-alone activities
for learners not using Laubach way to Reading Skill
Books
Curriculum
The Diabetes Essential Skills Kit D.E.S.K. –
Learning Modules
12 learning modules that address 6 common barriers
to a patient’s independent diabetes self-management
- Read and understand information
- Understand and remember information given
verbally
- Use math to count carbohydrates and manage
dietary needs
- Fill in forms
- Recognize and analyze patterns in blood glucose
test results
The Diabetes Essential Skills Kit D.E.S.K. –
Essential Skills Profiles
15 profiles that reflect the tasks that individuals living
with diabetes have to perform on a regular basis.
Useful for Literacy Practitioners and Health
Practitioners
Created by/Website
Literacy Link South Central
http://llsc.on.ca/aboutus/resources
Laubach Literacy Ontario
http://www.laubachon.ca/bookstore/llo-publications
Project Read
http://www.projectread.ca/pdf/DE
SK_modules.pdf
http://www.projectread.ca/pdf/DE
SK_Profiles.pdf
Resources/Tools to Support LBS Service Providers (February 2015 updated June 2015)
Tools and Resources to Support
LBS Service Providers in Ontario
Category
Curriculum
Curriculum
Title
The New Smoke Signals – Communicating in a
Digital World & Teacher’s Guide
To help understand social media and text
messaging
Use Digital Technology Sample Tasks and
Activities Part 1 and 2
Resources and tasks to support LBS practitioners to
use, adapt, expand and or build on. Also offers varied
approaches to designing learning materials in relation
to the “Use Digital Technology Competency”
competency. Topics covered are using digital
technology for employment, managing money,
managing health, managing learning and sharing and
collaborating using digital technology
Curriculum
VOICE
A dynamic and interactive approach for exploring
employment possibilities
Instructor
resources
A Dream That Walks & A Dream that Walks II:
Planning for Change
Goal setting workbooks
Instructor
Resources
OALCF – An overview and an Introduction to TaskBased programming online training videos
Instructor
Resources
Assessment
Aligning Literacy Link Eastern Ontario’s
Assessment Tools with the OALCF
User Guide
CABS Online
CABS
Created by/Website
Ningwakwe Learning Press
https://www.ningwakwe.ca/thenew-smoke-signals#.VE1gEfnF9Zs
AlphaPlus
http://alphaplus.ca/en/webtools/online-tools/use-digitaltechnology-sample-tasks-andactivities.html
Employment Preparation and
Upgrading Program
http://www.ocdsb.ca/programs/co
ntinuweb/adaptive%20program/Do
cuments/VOICE.pdf
Grass Roots Press
http://www.grassrootsbooks.net/ca
/assessment/a-dream-that-walks-agoal-setting-workbook.html
Community Literacy of Ontario
http://www.communityliteracyofont
ario.ca/resources/publications/
Literacy Link Eastern Ontario
https://www.lleo.ca/resources.php
Resources/Tools to Support LBS Service Providers (February 2015 updated June 2015)
Tools and Resources to Support
LBS Service Providers in Ontario
Category
Instructor
Resources
Assessment
Instructor
Resources
Assessment
Instructor
Resources
Assessment
Title
Created by/Website
Common Assessment for the OALCF Goal Paths
Resource Package (English and French)
Assessment activities for all 5 goal paths, 6
competencies and 3 levels
Sample assessment strategy and bulletins for
practitioners and learners about assessment and the
5 goal paths
Learning With Swagger
Assessment Tool and Strategy Guide
soft skills assessment with strategies/choices of
activities to help strengthen those soft skills
OALCF Implementation Strategy Resource
- Initial Skills Assessment and checklist
- How to document to select content, identify starting
point for instruction/training, track foundational
skill development and introduce learners to a taskbased approach
ESKARGO
ESKARGO contains lists of skills and knowledge found
in tasks that are situated within each particular
competency, task group and level, plus an
ESKARGO Attitudes Rubric to help learners determine
the extent to which attitude plays a role in successful
task performance.
Literacy Northwest
http://www.learningnetworks.ca/L
NW-CommonAssessmentProject.php
Project READ Literacy Network
Waterloo-Wellington
www.projectread.ca
CESBA
http://www.lbspractitionertraining.
com/oalcf/eskargo-a-oalcfimplementation-strategy-resource
Instructor
Resources
Digital
Digital Discoveries – Digital Learning Resources
Collection of digital resources that can be used in
instruction
Community Literacy of Ontario
http://www.communityliteracyofont
ario.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads
/2013/08/digital_discoveries.pdf
Instructor
Resources
Digital
E-Learning on the Goal Paths Bulletin
Activities that instructors and learners can use to find
information about each goal path and work on digital
skills and build computer self-efficacy
AlphaPlus
http://alphaplus.ca/en/ebulletins/719.html
Resources/Tools to Support LBS Service Providers (February 2015 updated June 2015)
Tools and Resources to Support
LBS Service Providers in Ontario
Category
Title
Instructor
Resources
Digital
Use Digital Technology “How-to” Sheets
Paper based and online videos
Instructor
Resources
Tasks
Apprenticeship Tasks
36 tasks geared for apprenticeship goal path posted to
the Task-Based Portal
Instructor
Resources
Tasks
Instructor
Resources
Tasks
Task Based Portal
Searchable database with a collection of task-based
learning activities aligned to the OALCF and organized
by stream, goal path and level
The Practitioner’s Guide to Developing Tasks
Integrating OALCF Task Development within Ontario’s
Literacy Program
Performance
Management
Beginner’s Guide for Program Coordinators of
Literacy Programs (available in English & French)
Manual designed to help a new program coordinator
adjust to the adult literacy environment
Performance
Management
Community Literacy of Ontario’s Board
Governance Resource Guide
http://www.communityliteracyofontario.ca/wp/wpcontent/uploads/2014/07/Board-GovernanceManual-June-2014.pdf
workshop slides
http://www.communityliteracyofontario.ca/wp/wpcontent/uploads/2013/07/Board-GovernanceWorkshop-Slides-June-2014.pdf
Podcasts
Created by/Website
Literacy Link Eastern Ontario
https://www.lleo.ca/news.php
https://www.lleo.ca/pdf/DigitalTechnology-How-To-Sheets.pdf
Literacy Northwest / QUILL
Learning Network – Task-Based
Activities for LBS (portal)
http://taskbasedactivitiesforlbs.ca/
Task-Based Activities for LBS
http://taskbasedactivitiesforlbs.ca/
QUILL Learning Network
Task-Based Activities for LBS
http://taskbasedactivitiesforlbs.ca/
The Mid North Network for Adult for
the Coordination and Development
of Adult Learning
http://northernliteracy.ca/index.ph
p?option=com_phocadownload&view
=category&id=40:beginners-guide2012&Itemid=1264&lang=en
Community Literacy of Ontario
http://www.communityliteracyofont
ario.ca/resources/publications/
Resources/Tools to Support LBS Service Providers (February 2015 updated June 2015)
Tools and Resources to Support
LBS Service Providers in Ontario
Category
Title
Performance
Management
Performance Management Guide for Northern
Literacy and Basic Skills Agencies
Resources and sample best practices for agencies
Performance
management
Newsletters
Performance Management Newsletters to support
agency capacity to meet their obligations
Performance
Management
Reducing Risk Protecting People
An Annotated Guide to Risk Management
Resources
Performance
Management
Succession Planning for LBS Agencies and
Networks
Toolkit of resources to help an agency develop a
succession plan
Created by/Website
Literacy Northwest
www.northernliteracy.ca
http://northernliteracy.ca/index.ph
p?option=com_phocadownload&view
=category&id=54:buildingsustainable-lbs-network-services-inthe-eo-northregion&Itemid=1264&lang=en
Literacy Link South Central
http://www.llsc.on.ca/aboutus/resources
Community Literacy Ontario
http://www.communityliteracyofont
ario.ca/wp/wpcontent/uploads/2013/08/reducing
_risk_annotated_guide.pdf
Literacy Link South Central
www.llsc.on.ca
Resources/Tools to Support LBS Service Providers (February 2015 updated June 2015)
Tools and Resources to Support
LBS Service Providers in Ontario
Category
Service
Coordination
Service
Coordination
Service
Coordination
Title
Aligning 10 Employment Services Workshops with
the OALCF – this project identified the competencies
and levels required for adults to successfully complete
these workshops
Although each region is different, these charts are
intended to foster accurate referrals between LBS and
ES agencies.
Assessment and Training Referral Guide for EO
agencies in Northwestern Ontario
- Screening guides
- Customizable “common” referral form
- Essential Skills Checklist
- Referral guide and PPT presentation
Competency Portfolio Implementation
- Common screening tool for EO and LBS
agencies for skills identification
- Tools to integrate the Competency Portfolio
Manual into literacy and employment
counselling practices
Marketing and training videos to come in 2014/15
Service
Coordination
Difficult or Disability: It’s Worth a Closer Look
A Resource Guide on Hidden Learning Disabilities for
Literacy and Employment Services Staff
Service
Coordination
Enhancing Pathways – how to increase
understanding among agencies that provide language
and literacy programming to enhance communication
and increase referrals
Created by/Website
Literacy Link Eastern Ontario
https://www.lleo.ca/news.php
Literacy Northwest
http://northernliteracy.ca/index.ph
p?option=com_phocadownload&view
=category&id=38:nwo-informationreferral-guide-andtoolkit&Itemid=1264&lang=en
Literacy Ontario Central South
http://www.locs.on.ca/P-variousprojects.php
The Literacy Network of Durham
Region
http://www.lindr.on.ca/learning_di
sabilities.htm
Enhancing Pathways
The Literacy and Language
Continuum
http://www.enhancingpathways.ca/
Resources/Tools to Support LBS Service Providers (February 2015 updated June 2015)
Tools and Resources to Support
LBS Service Providers in Ontario
Category
Service
Coordination
Title
Formalizing Transitions Between Employment
Services and LBS
ways in how ES and LBS programs have been working
together to promote transitions from ES to LBS and
from LBS to ES - Guide to Current and Emerging
Practices in Transitions
Service
Coordination
An Information and Referral Guide for Ontario’s
Online e-Channel Program UPDATED Oct 2014
Service
Coordination
Labour Market Partnership - Strategies that focused
on individuals who have less that Grade 12 and
struggle to find jobs with their skill levels in 7 literacy
network areas.
Webinars were presented and information about the
following can be found
- Literacy and the Young Single Male and Targeted
Employment Support for Job Seekers with Low
Literacy Skills
- Mastering the Puzzle Pieces – Relationship Building
- Best Practices Guide for Multi-Agency Centres
- Clearer Sightlines to Employment in Dufferin County
- Labour Adjustment and Literacy Activities
- Supporting LBS Practitioners in Linking Learners to
Employment
- Tools for Transitions Literature Review
Created by/Website
Simcoe-Muskoka Literacy Network
http://literacynetwork.ca/resource
s/transitions-project/
e-Channel Organizations
http://e-channel.ca/sites/
default/files/public-resources/
ir_guide_english_revised_oct._2014
.pdf
Literacy Link South Central
http://www.llsc.on.ca/what-wedo/projects
Resources/Tools to Support LBS Service Providers (February 2015 updated June 2015)
Tools and Resources to Support
LBS Service Providers in Ontario
Category
Title
Service
Coordination
Linking Adult Literacy to Poverty Reduction
Best practices to more effectively work with people
living in poverty
Service
Coordination
Project Ontario Works (POW)
Best practices guide in building OW and literacy
relationships
Service
Coordination
Strengthening Connections between LBS and ES
(workshop presentation)
Created by/Website
Tri-County Literacy Network
http://tcln.on.ca/projects/
Literacy Link Niagara
http://www.literacylinkniagara.ca/
about-us/projects/project-ontarioworks-pow/
Community Literacy of Ontario
http://www.communityliteracyofo
ntario.ca/resources/publications/
Resources/Tools to Support LBS Service Providers (February 2015 updated June 2015)
Tools and Resources to Support
LBS Service Providers in Ontario
Tools and Resources to come!!
Below is a partial listing of the resources and tools to come in the next year.
For a complete listing of the SDNDF-funded projects, please review the
TCU Summary of 2014/2015 SDNDF Projects posted on EOPG
(http://www.tcu.gov.on.ca/eng/eopg/publications/sdndf_summary_2014-15_projects.pdf)
Category
Title
Created by/Website
Curriculum
A3 and the Employment Path
Learning activities related to the A3 Competency and task
sets
Project Read
www.projectread.ca
Curriculum
ACE Communications and Numeracy Support –
Translation
Translate a 45 hour academic supports in the English ACE
program to make available to Deaf and Francophone
learners
Curricula and Resources for the Understand and Use
Numbers Competency
Resources articulated to the OALCF competencies, task
groups and task level indicators
Financial Literacy
Development of 3 financial literacy modules (Budgeting,
Debt & Credit, and How Financial Institutions Can Help)
College Sector Committee
www.collegeupgradingon.ca/
Curriculum
Curriculum
Resources/Tools to Support LBS Service Providers (February 2015 updated June 2015)
Community Literacy of Ontario
http://www.communityliteracy
ofontario.ca/
Adult Basic Education
Association
http://abea.on.ca/Publications
Projects.html
Tools and Resources to Support
LBS Service Providers in Ontario
Category
Curriculum
Curriculum
Curriculum
Curriculum
Instructor
Resources
Title
Created by/Website
Numeracy in Action
Curriculum and Resource to Understand and Use Numbers
Available in English and French
Community Literacy of Ontario
English http://www.
communityliteracyofontario.ca/
numeracy-in-action/
French http://www.community
literacyofontario.ca/lanumeratie-en-action/
Supporting Apprenticeship Completions: Exam Preparation The Mid North Network for
Materials for the Certificate of Qualification Writer
Adult for the Coordination and
Preparation resources workbook and exam readiness
Development of Adult Learning
checklists for the C of Q test takers in the following trades:
www.northernliteracy.ca
Electrician, Industrial Mechanic Millwright, Plumber, General
carpenter and Automotive Service Technician. Materials will
be available in English and French.
Working on My Own: engaging others and managing
Laubach Literacy Ontario
learning
www.laubach-on.ca
5 themed, short-term modules on soft skills along with
practitioner support instruction
MakerBus Project
Practitioners, it’s time to get on the bus!
Choose from the following exciting Maker Modules for your
learners:
Augmented Reality, Bluetooth, Bloud Storage, Evernote, LEAP
Motion, Macrophotography, MaKey MaKey, Portable
Podcasting, QR Codes, Tiny Scan, WordLens, printrbot – The
World of 3D.
Aligning and Measuring PS-TREs in the OALCF
Determine how this new competency can best align with the
OALCF. Project will work with LBS practitioners to determine
practical ways to integrate PS-TREs in classroom setting. PSTRE (Program Solving in the Technology-Rich Environment)
Resources/Tools to Support LBS Service Providers (February 2015 updated June 2015)
Literacy Link South Central
http://www.llsc.on.ca/
Essential Skills Ontario
www.essentialskillsontario.ca
Tools and Resources to Support
LBS Service Providers in Ontario
Category
Instructor
Resources
Title
Creating Pathways to Learning Supports for EO Clients
with Learning Disabilities Project
An intensive research project, aiming to provide practitioners
in Ontario with foundational information and guidance
necessary to improving service delivery to EO Clients with LDs.
This project lays the foundation for developing further
supports and strategies to assist this vulnerable client group
with meeting goals and succeeding within the EO framework of
services. These findings will be shared with service providers
through two key deliverables:
Created by/Website
Metro Toronto Movement for
Literacy
www.mtml.ca
- A Literature Review and Environmental Scan of currently
available supports, interventions and accommodations in
Ontario, reviewing client needs/gaps and practitioner
strategies to identify and support clients with LDs in the
classroom and with intake, assessment accommodation and
referrals.
- A Reference Guide of Current Best Practices and
Supportive Interventions for Clients with Learning
Disabilities.
Instructor
Resources
Tasks
Developing OALCF Apprenticeship Tasks for the
Competency “Use Digital Technology”
20 apprenticeship-specific tasks to be developed and posted to
the Task-Based Portal
Literacy Northwest
http://taskbasedactivitiesforlbs
.ca/
Instructor
Resources
Tasks
Cementing Integration of Task-Based Activities
Increasing information and resources on the Task-Based
Activities Portal for LBS
QUILL Learning Network
http://taskbasedactivitiesforlbs
.ca/
Resources/Tools to Support LBS Service Providers (February 2015 updated June 2015)
Tools and Resources to Support
LBS Service Providers in Ontario
Category
Title
Created by/Website
Performance
Management
Assessment
Essential Skills Assessment for Level 1 Learners
Provide profiles, assessment and learning plans for the many
Level 1 learners accessing EO services and programs.
College Sector Committee
www.collegeupgradingon.ca/
Service
Coordination
Bridging the Understanding Gap
Development of a flowchart and companion guide that will
promote an inclusive understanding of the broader adult
education training options available to adults (postsecondary,
apprenticeship and employment transitions).
Connect, Communication, Collaborate: Strengthening the
Service Delivery Network in Hamilton
Develop a model that strengthens linkages across the service
delivery network in Hamilton
“Learning to Earning: Enhancing Connections and Referral
Pathways”
To enhance connections and referral pathways between
Ministry programs and assist clients from vulnerable
populations and apprentices to prepare for their future
success.
Moving from Referrals to Partnerships: Best Practices for
Supporting Job Seekers with Mental Health Disabilities
Identify best practices from partnerships between the Durham
Region Employment Ontario Service Providers and mental
health organizations
Post-Secondary Readiness Online Program for Remote
Aboriginal Ontario Works Clients
Delivery post-secondary readiness program online. Clients will
research programs and develop a goal path to prepare for postsecondary opportunities using distance education to support
clients who want to remain in their home community.
LINDR
http://www.lindr.on.ca/
Service
Coordination
Service
Coordination
Service
Coordination
Service
Coordination
Resources/Tools to Support LBS Service Providers (February 2015 updated June 2015)
Workforce Planning Hamilton
www.workforceplanninghamilto
n.ca
Tri-County Literacy Network
http://tcln.on.ca/
Durham Region Employment
Network
www.dren.org
Contact North
www.contactnorth.ca/