Recommended Reading - The Centre for Literacy

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Recommended Resources These resources have been recommended by Summer Institute participants

Definitions and Concepts College Sector Committee for Adult Upgrading (2009). Defining Essential Skills. http://www.collegeupgradingon.ca/current/definitions/ESdefinitions.pdf Belfiore, M.E….et. al. (2004). Reading Work Literacies in the New Workplace. Routledge

Manuals and Guides Brinkerhoff, R.O. (2003). The Success Case Method: Find out quickly what's working and what's not. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Draves , W.A. (1997). How to Teach Adults. LERN Books. Evetts, J. (1996) Document Literacy: A guide for workplace trainers and educators. Burnaby, BC: SkillPlan BC Construction Industry Skills Improvement Council Hammond, K. & Bennett, K. (2000). Sectoral Needs Assessment: A process for essential skills analysis. Alberta Workforce Essential Skills Committee Jordan, D.R., (2000). Understanding and Managing Learning Disabilities in Adults: Professional practices in adult education and human resource development. Melbourne, FL: Krieger Publishing Company LaRoche, L. (2003). Managing Cultural Diversity in Technical Professions. Butterworth- Heinemann LaRoche, L, & Rutherford, D. (2007). Recruiting, Retaining and Promoting Culturally Different Employees. Butterworth-Heinemann Ontario Literacy Coalition (2000). The Level Descriptions Manual: A learning outcomes approach to describing levels of skill in communications & numeracy. Toronto, ON: Ontario Literacy Coalition Reder, S. & Bynner, J. (2009). Tracking Adult Literacy and Numeracy Skills. New York, NY: Routledge. Saslow, J. (2002). Workplace Plus 2: Living and working in English. Longman Workbase (2003). A Tutor's Guide: Initial Assessment. Retrieved May 10, 2010, from http://www.workbase.org.nz/Resource.aspx?ID=209 Workplace Education Manitoba (n.d.). Snapshot for Customer Service Representatives. Retrieved May 10, 2010, from http://www.wem.mb.ca/uploads/PDFs/awarenessinfo/ES%20Snapshots/Snapshot_Customer%20Service%20Representatives.pdf

Summer Institute 2010 WORKPLACE LITERACY & ESSENTIAL SKILLS: WHAT COUNTS? AND WHY? June 28-30, 2010, Montreal, QC

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Curricula Pathway to Progress (PTP) (2007). Workforce Literacy & Essential Skills Instructional Guidelines Pathway to Possibilities (2008). Signposts: A Practical Curriculum for Guiding Instruction and Informal Assessment in the Classroom. Toronto, ON: PTP of Toronto Simcoe/Muskoka Literacy Network (2008). Bridging the Employment Gap - Clerical. Retrieved June 11, 2010, from http://www.nald.ca/library/learning/gap/clerical/cover.htm

Resource Binders SkillPlan (1996). Document Use at Work. Burnaby, BC: SkillPlan, BC Construction Industry Skills Improvement Council SkillPlan (2003). Numeracy at Work. Burnaby, BC: SkillPlan, BC Construction Industry Skills Improvement Council. SkillPlan (2005). Reading at Work: Workplace Reader. Burnaby, BC: SkillPlan, BC Construction Industry Skills Improvement Council. SkillPlan (2006). Reading at Work: Facilitator's Guide. Burnaby, BC: SkillPlan, BC Construction Industry Skills Improvement Council SkillPlan (2007). Developing Work-Related Learning Materials. Burnaby, BC: SkillPlan, BC Construction Industry Skills Improvement Council SkillPlan (2009). Thinking Strategies for Numeracy. Burnaby, BC: SkillPlan, BC Construction Industry Skills Improvement Council SkillPlan (2010). Six Steps to Mentoring. Burnaby, BC: SkillPlan, BC Construction Industry Skills Improvement Council

Research Reports Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2006 reissue). Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey, Summary Results, Australia. Retrieved May 24, 2010, from http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/Lookup/4228.0Main+Features12006%20(Reissue)?OpenDocument Australian Industry Group. (2010). National Workforce Literacy Project: Employer views on workplace literacy and numeracy skills, their impact on business and the most effective measures for improving skills. Retrieved May 24, 2010, from http://www.aigroup.com.au/policy/reports Bélanger, P. & Daniau, S. (2008). La formation de base dans les petites et moyenne entreprises: pratiques et modèles novateurs : synthèse bibliographique internationale. Montréal, QC : CIRDEP, Université du Québec à Montréal Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (2009). Business Results Through Essential Skills and Literacy. Mississauga, ON: Canadian Manufacturs & Exporters (CME)


Page |3 The Centre for Literacy of Quebec. (2009). Workplace Literacy & Essential Skills: What works? and why? [Literature Review]. Montreal, QC: The Centre for Literacy The Conference Board of Canada (2005). Profiting from Literacy: Creating a sustainable workplace literacy program. Toronto, ON: The Conference Board of Canada Construction Sector Council (2010). The Business Case for Essential Skills in Construction. Retrieved from http://www.csc-ca.org/pdf/CSC_BusinessCaseEssentialSkills_en.pdf Corbeil, J-P. (2006). Le volet canadien de l’Enquête Internationale sur l’alphabétisation et les compétences des adultes de 2003 (EIACA) : état de la situation chez les minorités de langue officielle. Ottawa : Statistique Canada. Retrieved May 2006 from http://www.statcan.ca/francais/research89-552-MIF/89-552-MIF2006015.pdf Miners, R. (2010). People without Jobs, Jobs without People: Ontario’s labour market future. Retrieved June 11, 2010, from http://www.collegesontario.or/research/other/people-without-jobs-jobs-without-people-final.pdf Murray, T.S. (2009). Addressing Canada’s Literacy Challenge: A cost benefit analysis. Data Angel. Retrieved from http://www.dataangel.ca/en/cost-benefit-jan26.pdf Praxis Research and Consulting (2008). Impacts of Workplace Supported Literacy and Essential Skills Enhancement in Small and Medium-Sized Businesses in Canada. Halifax, NS: Praxis Research and Consulting. PTO (2007). Workforce Literacy and Essential Skills: Increasing student success through contextualized learning. Toronto, ON

Articles Leveson, N. (2004). A New Accident Model for Engineering Safer Systems. Safety Science (42) 4. Retrieved from http://sunnyday.mit.edu/accidents/safetyscience-single.pdf

Program Information Federal Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Workplace English, Literacy and Language (WELL) program, from http://www.deewr.gov.au/Skills/Programs/LitandNum/WorkplaceEnglishLanguageandLiteracy/Pages/default.aspx

Websites Association of Canadian Community Colleges Website: www.accc.ca/essentialskills/ Association of Workplace Educators of North Amerca (AWENS): www.awens.ca Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) – Essential Skills: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/workplaceskills/essential_skills/general/home.shtml


Page |4 Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. ‘Readers' Guide to Essential Skills Profiles’: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/workplaceskills/essential_skills/general/readers_guide_whole.shtml Laubach Literacy Ontario, Laubach Training System: http://www.laubach-on.ca/teach/members/trainingsystem Literacy Victoria's Workforce Literacy and Essential Skills: http://www.literacyvictoria.ca/programs/workforce-literacy-and-essential-sills-wles National Centre for Vocational Education Research, ‘Adult literacy resource’: http://www.adultliteracyresource.edu.au/Introduction Northern Light's Pre-employment Workplace Essential Skills: http://www.nlc.bc.ca/public.program.php Nova Scotia School for Adult Learning (NSSAL): www.goNSSAL.ca Nova Scotia Workplace Education: www.nsworkplaceeducation.ca Ontario Sklls Passport: http:/edu.gov.on.ca/OSPWeb/jsp/en/login.jsp PTP Adult Learning and Employment Programs: http://ptp.ca/programs/literacy "Un cours n’est pas conçu pour celui qui enseigne, mais pour celui qui apprend!": http://didapro.wordpress.com/

Miscellaneous Holt, J. (rev. 1995). How Children Fail. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press
