Level One - Introductory Skills and Knowledge

Level Two - Competency Skills and Knowledge

Level Three - Advanced Skills and Knowledge

Prerequisites

Level 1 Certificate (or comparable experience/training)

·        Level 1 Certificate (or comparable experience/training)

·        Completion of the four core courses for Level 2 Certification and a minimum of four optional courses

·        Two years of teaching adult literacy learners

·        Experience in designing individualized learning programs

·        Experience in training volunteers/teachers/tutors in some aspect of literacy work

Requirements

Completion of Introduction to Teaching Adult Literacy course and practicum.

Completion of 4 core and 8 optional courses

·        Completion of a year long project

·        Keep a teaching journal

·        Complete a 3,500 word paper on some aspect of literacy work

·        Undergo two formal teaching evaluations

Core Courses

1.      Introduction to Teaching Adult Literacy

1.      Assessment, Goal Setting & Evaluation

2.      Working with Multi-level Groups

3.      Miscue Analysis

4.      Learning Styles & Strategies

This is a 90-hour course offered over a one-year period. Content includes: comparative studies of world literacy, different approaches to the organization of literacy programming, Canadian literacy development and practices, theories of reading with an emphasis on the psycholinguistic process of reading, theories of writing, spelling, and numeracy, methods and approaches for teaching reading, writing, spelling and numeracy, appropriate evaluation and assessment models in literacy teaching, counseling skills and literacy teaching, working with volunteers and training practitioners.

Optional Courses

N/A

General

·        Working with Bilingual Learners

·        Counseling Skills and Literacy Work

·        Language Awareness: Strategies for working with learners who speak non-standard varieties of English

·        Developing Portfolio assessment as a means to evaluation

Stage 1 Learners

·        Developing your own materials: Teaching without Textbooks

·        Getting Beginners Writing: Strategies for Overcoming Fears

·        Learning to Invent Spelling

·        Where does Phonics fit in?

·        Introducing Math Concepts

Stage 2 Learners

·        Develop journal writing with your students

·        Individualizing a Spelling Program

·        Strategies for Developing Reading Comprehension

·        Strategies for Developing Fluency in Reading

·        Process writing: A Writing Workshop Approach to Writing

·        Helping Students Develop Editing Skills

·        Stage II Numeracy Work

Stage 3 Learners

·        Reading Comprehension Strategies

·        Understanding Genre Shift and Text Structure

·        Developing essay writing skills in your students

·        Pre-writing Strategies

·        Critical thinking and Literacy Work

·        Moving from the concrete to the abstract: introducing higher mathematics

·        Language and math: focus on work problems

Special Interest

·        Working with Learners with Special Needs

·        Language Awareness Approaches with Native Students

·        Teaching Seniors who are beginners

·        Teaching Strategies for Learners with Spelling difficulties

·        Learning Disabled Students and the Workplace: Survival Strategies

·        Women and Numeracy

·        Learning Disabilities

·        Practicum in Literacy Teaching

·        Integrating Technology into Adult Literacy Programs

 N/A