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ECALA Professional Development Resources
Storytelling Series
Session 1: Honouring Learner Voice: Ethical Storytelling in Literacy
Worksheet 1: Learner Story Consent Checklist
Worksheet 2: Story Decision Tree
Worksheet 3: Reflection Worksheet
Session 2: Honouring Learner Voice: From Experience to Story, Planning and Scripting Impact Videos
Worksheet 4: Story Framework Conversation Guide
Worksheet 5: Interviewing Foundational Learners
Worksheet 6: Story Review Checklist
Worksheet 7: Knowing Your Audience
External Resources
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Adult Learning
- Conventional and Adaptive Learning Paths
- ECALA Tip Sheet Principles of Adult Learning
- ECALA Adaptive Learning Booklet
- ECALA Adaptive Learning Session Slides
- Language Magazine – What We Say and How We Say It, March 2022
- ProLiteracy – Motivation Research Brief – 2022
- ProLiteracy – Persistance Research Brief – 2020
- Programmatic and NonProgrammatic Approaches Continuum
- 6C’s to Enhance Positive Learning – Jenny Horsman
- “The Adult Learner” Book Review – Debbie
- Video 1 – Part 1 Strengths-based Approach To Prepare People to Thrive – Dr. Wayne Hammond
- Video 2 – Part 2 Strengths-based Approach To Prepare People to Thrive – Dr. Wayne Hammond
Adult Literacy
- Belzer et al. – From rapid emergency response to scaling and sustaining innovation: Adult foundational education in the time of Covid-19, 2022
- Choose Success, Invest in Literacy – Letter of Appeal to Federal Candidates 2019
- Community Literacy of Ontario Displaced Workers and Literacy and Basic Skills Programs Report
- The Conference Board of Canada – Adults with Inadequate Literacy Skills Report
- Creating Learning Partners, A Facilitator’s Guide for Training Effective Adult Literacy Tutors – Literacy Alberta
- CUPE Influences Lessons About Literacy and Essential Skills 2019
- Frontier College – Literacy and the Economy Discussion Paper, 2021
- Guide To Voting 2021
- International Literacy Day 2019 Theme – Literacy and Multilingualism
- National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy. Washington, DC 2010
- NWT Literacy – Resources
- Quigley, B. Allan – “Naming the Elephant”: Literacy Classism, Human Rights and the Need for a New Conversation, 2021
- Reder, Stephen – A Lifelong and Life-Wide Framework for Adult Literacy Education 2020
- Supply & Service Canada – Plain Language Guide MP95-2-1, 1994
- The State of Literacy in Canada Frontier College 2019
- ECALA Number Sense Crossword
Advanced Education
- Advanced Education – Alberta 2030 Building Skills for Jobs
- Advanced Education – Foundational Learning Assistance Policy Manual, 2022
- Advanced Education – Skills for Jobs Task Force Final Report 2020
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Basic Digital Skills
- ABC Life Literacy Canada – Internet Matters
- CLN – Basic Computer Literacy and Essential Skills Facilitator’s Guide, 2015
- Digital Safety Plan
- Frontier College – Technology and Literacy
- GCF Learn Free – Computers and Technology Basic Courses
- GCF Learn Free – Google Apps
- GCF Learn Free – Internet
- GCF Learn Free – Microsoft Office
- Literacy for Life Foundation – Tech Talk Core Concepts
- Literacy for Life Foundation – Tech Talk Cues and Clues
- Resource Sheet for Digital Safety
Benefits
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CALP – Community Adult Learning Program
- CALP Culture of Collaboration Information Package
- CALP Culture of Collaboration Application Package
- CALP Final Report Tip Sheet – In-Kind Contributions
- CALP Gathering to Learn Guide
- CALP Grant Overview
- CALP Granting Council OME Data Collection Guide, October 2021
- CALP Impact Report 2016-2017 and 2017-2018
- CALP Impact Report 2018-2019
- CALP Logic Model
- CALP Sample HR Policy
- Calgary Learns – Stepping into Community, 2021
Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB)
- Alberta K-12 ESL Proficiency Benchmarks
- ATESL Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) 2009
- Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks Website
- Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks – CLB Can Do Statements, 2013
- CLB 2000 Additional Sample Task Ideas, 2015
- CLB Can Do Statements for Employment, 2016
- CLB English as a Second Language for Adults, 2012
- CLB ESL for Adult Literacy Learners, 2016
- CLB ESL for Adult Literacy Learners, Support Kit, 2017
- CLB-OSA Online Self-Assessment Tool
Collective Kitchen
- AHS – Alberta Food Safety Booklet
- AHS – Non-English Food Safety Resources
- Collective Kitchens – COVID 19 Guidelines
- Collective Kitchen – Financial Literacy Part 1
- Collective-Kitchen – Financial Literacy Part 2
- Collective Kitchen Manual – Alberta Health Services, 2014
- Crossword Cooking Terms
- Food Safety Facts
- Interior Health – Sugar Sense Display, Facilitator’s Guide, 2016
- Kitchen Math – Everyday Math Skills – NWT Literacy Council
- Literacy Outcomes for Collective Kitchens Manual, P.A.L.S., 2015
- Nanaimo Collective Kitchen Handbook
- Recognized Food Safety Courses in Alberta
- Using Coupons Activity
- ECALA Veggie Word Search
Community Capacity Building
- Systems Change A Guide To What It Is and How to Do It, NPC June 2015
- A Network Approach To Capacity Building by National Council of Nonprofits 2015
- Know Canada!
- Building Capacity for Literacy Friendly Communities
COVID-19
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Digital Literacy
- ABC Life Literacy -Internet Matters-Searching Safely Online, 2022
- AMSSA – From Silos to Solutions – Toward Sustainable and Equitable Hybrid Service Delivery in the Immigrant & Refugee-Serving Sector in Canada, 2021
- Courtney Plotts – A model of Online Cultural Presence, 2021
- Promoting Digital Literacy for Adult Learners A Resource Guide, April 2022
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Employment
- CCLB – Language for Work: CLB and Essential Skills Lesson Plans for ESL Instructors
- CIWA – Easy Reading Business Development Tool For Women
- CIWA – Easy Reading Business Development Tool For Women SWOT Analysis Sheet
- CIWA – Links to Young Adult Employment, 2022
- CIWA – Starting a Beauty and Body Business
- CIWA – Starting a Childcare Business
- CIWA – Starting a Cleaning Business
- CIWA – Starting a Food Business
- Community Nonprofits – Alberta Nonprofit Data Strategy: Community Nonprofits across Canada, 2022
- Conference Board of Canada – Beyond the Blue and White Collar: A Skills-Based Approach to Canadian Job Groupings, 2022
- Guided Pathways – Online Self-Study Resources – Employment Resources
English Language Learning (ELL)
- ATESL Best Practices for Adult EAL and LINC Programming in Alberta, 2022
- AWES CLB 1-2 Working Faster, Working Safer Workbook, 2019
- Alberta Workforce Essential Skills- Innovating ESL ES-CLB Comparative Framework
- CanLearn – Rising to the Reading Challenge, Practioner’s Toolkit, 2017
- CLB Language Companion | ELL Literacy
- CLB 1-4 Language Companion | Stage I
- CLB 5-8 Language Companion | Stage II
- CSAL – Library for Adult Learners
- Edmonton Public Library, English Language Learners
- GOA – Information guide for Ukrainians arriving in Alberta, in English, 2022
- GOA – Information guide for Ukrainians arriving in Alberta, in Ukrainian, 2022
- GOC – Oral communication tip sheet
- Guided Pathways – Online Self-Study Resources – Language Learning
- LARCC – Directory of Educational Programs and Services
- Learning English Online: Activities, Lessons
- Literacy Nova Scotia – Learners’ Links
- Lesson Plan Template LINC
- Lesson Plan Template
- Lesson Plan Template 2
- Lesson Plan Template 3
- National Geographic – Interactive Reading Practice
- NorQuest Diversity and Inclusion Materials for English as an Additional Language classes
- Open Learn – Language Resources
- Portfolio-Based Language Assessment (PBLA)Practice Guidelines 2019
- Rural Routes ESL Resource Guide
- Rural Routes Multi-Level Class Handbook
- Rural Routes Tutor Handbook
- Rural Routes Tip Sheets
- Simple Sentences Samples from ESLlibrary.com
- The Six Principles for Exemplary Teaching of English Learners Tip Sheet, TESOL, 2022
- SJPL – Reading Strategies for Adults (video library)
- Skillswise – English for Adults
- Strategies for Teaching Adult Refugees in the ELL Classroom-Bow Valley
- Westcoast Reader – Articles
- WhatsApp Business Hacks for EAL Instructors
Essential Skills
- A Comprehensive Review and Development of Measurement Options for Essential Skills Initiatives – The Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) 2019
- Alberta GED and Essential Skills Facilitators Guide
- AWES – Workplace Participation Book 1, CLB 3 – 5
- AWES – Workplace Participation Book 2, CLB 6 – 8
- AWES – Working Faster, Working Safer (Hotels), CLB 1 – 2
- BCcampus – Essential Skills Companion Kit for Culinary Arts Trades Training
- Bow Valley College – Answers May Vary Guidebook for Adults with Development Disabilities
- CB Insights – Advancing Workplace Learning
- Future Skills Council: Canada – A Learning Nation: a Skilled, Agile Workforce, 2020
- Essential Skills Research – Ontario Adult Training Coalition
- GOC – Building Essential Skills in the Workplace, 2008
- GOC – Essential Skills Indicator
- GOC – Integrating Essential Skills Training into the Workplace, 2008
- GOC – Research report to support the Launch of Skills for Success, 2021
- GOC – Workplace Vocabulary Building Workbook
- Guided Pathways – Online Self-Study Resources – Essential Skills
- Hayes, Bridgid – Comparing Skills Frameworks
- Skills Canada – Essential Skills Mobile App Assessment Tool for Teachers and Student
- Skills for Success – Employment and Social Development Canada
- Skills for Success – Essential Skills Videos
- Stats Canada – Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Results, 2018
- Stats Canada – Skills in Canada – First Results from PIAAC 2012
- UP Skills for Work – ABC Life Literacy Canada
Evaluation
- CALP Granting Council Data Collection Guide
- ECALA Evaluation Series Part 1: Creating an Evaluative Culture: Theory of Change, Logic Models and Learner Profiles PPT and video ECALA and AndersonDraper
- ECALA Evaluation Series Part 2: Data Collection Methods PPT – ECALA and AndersonDraper and video
- ECALA Evaluation Series Part 3: Data Analysis and Knowledge Sharing PPT – ECALA and AndersonDraper
- Evaluation Resources
- Evaluation Literacy
- Imagine Canada – The State of Evaluation National Report
- McConnell Foundation – A Developmental Evaluation Companion June 2021
- NIACE – Catching Confidence, The nature and role of confidence – ways of developing and recording changes in the learning context, 2006
- Perceived Facilitators and Barriers to Evaluative Thinking
- Principles Approaches and Methods for Evaluation in Indigenous Contexts 2019
- Recording, Tracking, and Evaluating
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Family Literacy
- Canadian Children’s Writers and Illustrators Online Book Readings
- Centre for Family Literacy Online Activities
- Family Literacy First Learning Resources in Various Languages – Life Literacy Canada
- Family Literacy Resources – Saskatchewan Literacy Network
- Family and Community Resources – Northwest Territories Literacy Council
Financial Literacy
- Centre for Healthy Communities, Action-Oriented Public Health Framework on Financial Wellbeing & Financial Strain Executive Summary, 2022
- Frontier College – Grade 4 Financial Literacy Guide, 2021
- Frontier College – Grade 5 Financial Literacy Guide, 2021
- Frontier College – Grade 6 Financial Literacy Guide, 2021
- Frontier College – Grade 7 Financial Literacy Guide, 2021
- Frontier College – Grade 8 Financial Literacy Guide, 2021
- Prosper Canada – Managing your money in Plains Cree
- Prosper Canada – Managing your money Workshop facilitation guide, 2018
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Health Literacy
- CIWA – Health Guidebook for Literacy Practitioners
- CIWA – Health Literacy Resources
- CIWA – Introductory Video for Health Literacy Resources
- CIWA – My Health Passport
- CIWA – Next Steps Health Notepad
- CMHA – Making Mental Health Matter Advocacy Toolkit
- Frontier College – Literacy and Mental Health Discussion Paper – 2022
- LGBTQ12S General Mental Health Tips
- WRHA – Healthy Eating Toolkit, CLB 1, 2012
- Yes, I Can, A Mental Health Guide for Adult Literacy Facilitators – Project READ Literacy Network
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Indigenous Learning
- ALIGN Indigenous Cultural Understanding Resources
- ALIGN Presentation Videos – Indigenous Protocol Process Videos (part of the Indigenous Thought Leaders Series) 2018
- ALIGN Presentation Videos – The Indigenous Thought Leaders Series 2017-2018
- CBC – 45 books that ‘share stories and truths’ from Indigenous creators who identify as women and/or two-spirit
- CBC Article – 5 years after report, Truth and Reconciliation commissioners say progress is ‘moving too slow’
- CBC Video – Canada’s cultural genocide of Indigenous Peoples
- Colour of Change – Proposed Framework for a New Anti-Racism Strategy for Canada, 2019
- ECALA – Living with Literacy – A Review of Literacy Programming For Urban Aboriginal Learners, 2015
- ECALA Smudge Brochure 2020
- ECALA Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action
- Edmonton Network of Indigenous Funders of Alberta (NIFA) Conference 2019 Final Report
- ELAC and Walking Together: Education for Reconciliation – Truth & Reconciliation Books for the Classroom
- FNESC – Principles of First Peoples’ Learning
- GOC, Indigenous Early Learning and Childcare, 2022
- GOC – Principles Respecting the Government of Canada’s Relationship With Indigenous Peoples
- Hunt, Jonathan – Best Indigenous Children’s Books for 2021
- IPHCC – Ne-iikaanigaana Toolkit, Creating Safer Environments for Indigenous Peoples, 2021
- KAIROS Canada – Kairos Blanket Exercise Resource Centre
- Literacy Alberta – The Way In Word of the Prairies Photo Essay of Real Lives
- Prosper Canada – Managing your money in Plains Cree
- SISN Indigenous Funders Guide – 2019
- USAY and Calgary Learns – Indigenous Literacy Assessment, 2022
- Van Camp, Richard – Calendar for Folks of Fort Smith NWT
- Van Camp, Richard – Tracking Heaven – Stories from Indigenous Men and Women on Life, the Spirit World and Heaven
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Learner Assessment
- CSAL – Education and Skills Online Assessment
- Learner Assessment – ATESL 2009
- Learner-Centred Intake and Assessment Process – the SK Literacy Network
- Ongoing Assessment With Learners (recording) – Terri Peters
Learning Disability
Literacy
- Literacy Matters Report – Edmonton Social Planning Council, March 2023
- Ontario Human Rights Commission – Right to Read Executive Summary_English February 2022
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Needs Assessment
- Assessing Learning Needs, Data Collection Guide for Community Organizations
- Building a Better Life: Determinants of social capital and differential success
- Calgary Learns Needs Assessment Jan. 2020
- Community Learning Taber & District Adult Learning Association CALP Survey Report January 2020
- ECALA Needs Assessment Final Report December 2019
- ECALA Needs Assessment Resources 2022
- ECALA 2021-2022 Needs Assessment Grant Recipient Submissions
- Edmonton FCSS Program Guide 2023
- Edmonton Poverty Profile 2019
- ESPC – Tracking the Trends 2020
- ESPC – FCSS Strategic Program Priorities Literature Review, 2022
- Alberta Routes Needs Assessment
- State of the Alberta Nonprofit Sector 2019
Newcomers
- Calgary Immigrant Services – Smart Tips Videos for Newcomers and Immigrants
- City of Edmonton – Newcomers Guide to Edmonton, 2022
- CIWA – My Language Card
- CSS – Immigration and Settlement Services
- Settlement Calgary – Welcome to Alberta App
Non-Profit
- CCVO – Voluntary (Non-profit) Sector Insurance Toolkit, 2021
- CPA – Accounting Standards for Non-Profits, 2019
- ECVO – A Virtual AGM Facilitation Guide, 2020
- IntegralOrg – Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Toolkit
- Keeping Your Non-profit Healthy (video)
- PolicyWise – Law Governance of Secondary Data Use
- Tech Impact – What Nonprofits Need to Know About Security, 2021
Non-Profit Boards
- Board Meeting Minutes Template
- Board Member Orientation Checklist
- Board Member Recruitment Grid Template
- Sample Board Member Commitment Checklist
Non-Profit Governance
Numeracy
- ABCLifeLiteracy Money Matters – Workbooks and Resources
- AHS Building Financial Well-Being: A Community Planning Toolkit
- Building a Better Life: Determinants of social capital and differential success
- CPP Retirement Pension
- CPP: Summary of CPP and Old Age Security Benefits
- GCF Learn Free – Learner’s Math
- GOC – Trades Math Workbook
- Literacy Nova Scotia – Learners’ Links
- Math-Drills – Free Math Worksheets
- NWT Literacy – Everyday Math Skills Workbooks Series – Money Math
- NWT Literacy – Resources
- Open Learns – Science, Maths and Technology
- Skillswise – Maths for Adults
- Workplace Education Manitoba – Math Assessment
- Workplace Education Manitoba – Learning on Demand – Numeracy
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Online Learning Opportunity Delivery
- Back to Work Bootcamp Facilitator Guide June 2020
- Calgary Learns – Zoom – easy to use guide
- Calgary Learns and ECALA – Remote Delivery Options for Service Providers 2020
- CLN – Strengths-Based Approach to Preparing People to Thrive
- Community Literacy of Ontario – Popular Digital Learning Resources 2020
- Competition Bureau Canada – The Little Black Book of Scams 2012
- ECALA Online Supports for Literacy and Foundational Learning
- ECALA Top 20 Resources of 2020
- Pivot Online webinar on the Virtual Organization – Programs and Services Online
- Pivot Online Webinar: Success in a Digital World – Social Media
- Pivot Online Webinar: Virtual Organization – Remote Operations
- Tamarack Guidelines for Working Remotely
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PTSD and Trauma
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Research
- Beyond Barriers, Maximizing Access – Edmonton 2009
- Calgary Foundation – Environmental Scan , Sh*ts Getting Real, 2022
- Calgary Learns – Update from the Digital Divide Project, February 2022
- Canadian Council on Learning – Reading the Future: Planning to Meet Canada’s Future Literacy Needs 2008
- City of Edmonton: The Way We Live Plan 2010
- Community Literacy of Ontario – Displaced Workers and Literacy and Basic Skills Programs Report 2021
- Community Literacy of Ontario – Learner Recruitment Challenges and Strategies, 2022
- Council of Ministers of Education, Canada – Publications
- CUPE – Influences Lessons About Literacy and Essential Skills 2019
- Edmonton Community Foundation – Vital Signs: Making Ends Meet 2021
- Edmonton Municipal Census Results, 2019
- ESPC – Community Matters, March, 2022
- ESPC – Living Wage Edmonton 2021
- Elfert and Walker The Rise and Fall of Adult Literacy 2020
- Frontier College – Literacy and Mental Health Discussion Paper-ENG- 2022
- Frontier College – The State of Literacy in Canada 2019
- GOC – Understanding Systems, The 2021 Report of the National Advisory Council on Poverty
- Ontario Adult Training Coalition – Essential Skills Research 2020
- Government of Canada – Evaluation of Language Training Services Dec 2020
- International Literacy Day 2019 Theme – Literacy and Multilingualism
- Participation in Adult Literacy Programs 1994
- Reder, Stephen – A Lifelong and Life-Wide Framework for Adult Literacy Education 2020
- SIS – Integrated Lived Experience Policy Research Report, Edmonton 2021
- State of Immigration and Settlement (SIS) in Edmonton – Annual Report 2021
- Statistics Canada – COVID-19 in Canada A One-year Update on Social and Economic Impacts March 2021
- The Advisory Committee on Literacy and Essential, ON – Skills Towards a Fully Literate Canada 2005
- The Health Literacy of America’s Adults, Results From the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy
- The Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) – A Comprehensive Review and Development of Measurement Options for Essential Skills Initiatives 2019
- UNESCO – Global Report on Adult Learning and Education 2019
- Volunteer Centre of Calgary – An Anti-Racist Approach to Volunteering, 2022
- YMCA WorkWell – Workplace Well-being Report, 2021
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Settlement
Skills for Learning
- CARYA – Skills for Learning Stronger Toolkit: Taking Care of Our Emotions, 2020
- CARYA – Skills for Learning Stronger Toolkit: Taking Care of Our Minds, 2020
- CARYA – Skills for Learning Stronger Toolkit: Taking Care of Our Relationships, 2020
- CARYA – Skills for Learning Stronger Toolkit: Taking Care of Our Time, 2020
Skills for Success
- ABC Life Literacy – Skills for Success Tip-Sheet, 2022
- Calgary Learns, Brigid Hayes – Skills for Success Presentation, January 20, 2022
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Trans and Non-Binary
