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Adult Learning
- Debbie’s Book Review of “The Adult Learner” by Malcolm Knowles
- Principles of Adult Learning Tip Sheet
Adult Literacy
- Displaced Workers and Literacy and Basic Skills Programs Report by Community Literacy of Ontario
- Gathering to Learn Guide
- Creating Learning Partners, A Facilitator’s Guide for Training Effective Adult Literacy Tutors, Literacy Alberta
- Adult Literacy CALP FAQs
- Technology and Literacy by Frontier College
- A Lifelong and Life-Wide Framework for Adult Literacy Education, by Stephen Reder (Spring 2020)
- Training Video for Literacy Practitioners by CIWA
- CUPE Influences Lessons About Literacy and Essential Skills 2019
- 6C’s to Enhance Positive Learning
- Choose Success
- International Literacy Day 2019
- The State of Literacy in Canada Frontier College 2019
- National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy. Washington, DC 2010
- 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
B
Basic Digital Skills
- Resource Sheet for Digital Safety
- Digital Safety Plan
- Internet Matters by ABC Life Literacy Canada
- Basic Digital Skills CALP FAQS
- Tech Talk Core Concepts
- Tech Talk Cues and Clues
Board of Directors
- Keeping Your Nonprofit Healthy (video): Governance responsibilities, Nonprofit legal compliance, CRA compliance, GST compliance
C
Community Adult Learning Program (CALP)
- CALP Guidelines 2020
- General Definitions, Fees, Tutoring and PD CALP FAQs
- Community Capacity Building CALP FAQS
- English Language Learning CALP FAQs
- Family Literacy Programs CALP FAQS
- Numeracy CALP FAQs
- Skills for Learning CALP FAQs
- CALP Logic Model
- CALP Data Collection Guide June 2019
- Alberta 2030 Building Skills for Jobs
- CALP Final Report Tip Sheet – In Kind Contributions
- CALP Grant Overview
Collective Kitchen
- Collective Kitchens – COVID 19 Guidelines
- Collective Kitchen – Financial Literacy Part 1
- Collective-Kitchen – Financial Literacy Part 2
- Kitchen Manual – Public Health Agency of Canada
- Kitchen Math
- Nanaimo Collective Kitchen Handbook
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
E
ECALA AGM
ECALA Community Conversation
- ECALA Evaluation Series Part 1: Creating an Evaluative Culture: Theory of Change, Logic Models and Learner Profiles PPT and video by ECALA and AndersonDraper
- ECALA Evaluation Series Part 2: Data Collection Methods PPT by ECALA and AndersonDraper
- ECALA Evaluation Series Part 3: Data Analysis and Knowledge Sharing PPT by ECALA and AndersonDraper
English Language Learning (ELL)
- WhatsApp Business Hacks for EAL Instructors
- Rural Routes ESL Resource Guide
- ESL Tutor Handbook by Rural Routes
- Rural Routes Tip Sheets
- Rural Routes Webinar Schedule
- Learning English Online: Activities, Lessons
- Telephone Skills Resource Kit
- Language Companion | ELL Literacy
- Language Companion | Stage I: CLB 1-4
- Language Companion | Stage II: CLB 5-8
- Simple Sentences Samples from ESLlibrary.com
- Diversity and Inclusion Materials for English as an Additional Language classes
- Canadian Language Benchmarks
- Best Practices for Adult ESL – ATESL 2009
- Canadian Language Benchmarks: Can Do Statements
- Healthy Eating Toolkit
- Strategies for Teaching Adult Refugees in the ELL Classroom-Bow Valley
Essential Skills
- What are Essential Skills? Canada
- Future Skills Council: Canada – A Learning Nation: a Skilled, Agile Workforce Nov 2020
- Essential Skills Research by the Ontario Adult Training Coalition
- Alberta GED and Essential Skills Facilitators Guide
- Answers May Vary Guidebook
- UP Skills for Work
Evaluation
- Granting Council Data Collection Guide
- The State of Evaluation National Report by Imagine Canada
- ECALA Evaluation Series Part 1: Creating an Evaluative Culture: Theory of Change, Logic Models and Learner Profiles PPT and video by ECALA and AndersonDraper
- ECALA Evaluation Series Part 2: Data Collection Methods PPT by ECALA and AndersonDraper
- ECALA Evaluation Series Part 3: Data Analysis and Knowledge Sharing PPT by ECALA and AndersonDraper
- Evaluation Resources
- Evaluation Literacy
- Perceived Facilitators and Barriers to Evaluative Thinking
- Principles Approaches and Methods for Evaluation in Indigenous Contexts 2019
- Recording, Tracking, and Evaluating
F
Family Literacy
- Centre for Family Literacy Online Activities
- Life Literacy Canada Resources in Various Languages
- Saskatchewan Literacy Network Online Resources
- Northwest Territories Literacy Council Online Resources
- Canadian Children’s Writers and Illustrators Online Book Readings
H
Health Literacy
- Yes, I Can, A Mental Health Guide for Adult Literacy Facilitators by Project READ Literacy Network
- Health Literacy Resources, by CIWA
- Guidebook for Literacy Practitioners, by CIWA
I
Impact Reports
- ECALA 2019-2020 Impact Report
- Advanced Education 2018-2019 Community Adult Learning Program Impact Report
- ECALA 2018/2019 Impact Report
- Advanced Education 2016-17 and 2017-18 Community Adult Learning Program Impact Report
- ECALA 2017/2018 Impact Report
- ECALA 2016/2017 Impact Report
Indigenous Learning
- Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action
- Canada’s cultural genocide of Indigenous Peoples, CBC Video
- 5 years after report, Truth and Reconciliation commissioners say progress is ‘moving too slow’, CBC Article
- Principles Respecting the Government of Canada’s Relationship With Indigenous Peoples
- Proposed Framework for a New Anti-Racism Strategy for Canada
- Edmonton Network of Indigenous Funders of Alberta (NIFA) Conference 2019 Final Report
- LIVING WITH LITERACY – A Review of Literacy Programming For Urban Aboriginal Learners
- ECALA Indigenous Smudge Brochure
- Principles of First Peoples’ Learning
- The Way In Word of the Prairies Photo Essay of Real Lives
- Kairos Blanket Exercise Resource Centre
- Indigenous Funders Guide – 2019
Intake and Assessment
- Learner-Centered Intake and Assessment Process by the Saskatchewan Literacy Network
N
Needs Assessment
- Assessing Learning Needs, Data Collection Guide for Community Organizations
- Tracking the Trends 2020 by Edmonton Social Planning Council
- Needs Assessment by Rural Routes
- 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
- Beyond Barriers: Maximizing Access to Learning for Marginalized Adults in the City of Edmonton
- Building a Better Life: Determinants of social capital and differential success
- Edmonton Poverty Profile 2019
- State of the Alberta Nonprofit Sector 2019
Newcomers
Numeracy
- Money Math
- Money Matters, Financial Literacy for the Family
- A Place to Start: Spending Plans
- Financial Literacy for the Family
- AHS Building Financial Well-Being: A Community Planning Toolkit
O
Online Learning Opportunity Delivery
- ECALA Online Supports for Literacy and Foundational Learning
- The Little Black Book of Scams
- 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
- Back to Work Bootcamp Facilitator Guide June 2020
- Remote Delivery Options for Service Providers-CL-ECALA-2020
- Strengths-Based Approach to Preparing People to Thrive
- Tamarack Guidelines for Working Remotely
- Gender Inclusivity in the Workplace Guide
- LGBTQ12S General Mental Health Tips
- City of Edmonton: The Way We Live Plan 2010
P
Policy and Procedure
- Law Governance of Secondary Data Use
- Accounting Standards for Non-Profits
- A Virtual AGM Facilitation Guide (ECVO)
PTSD and Trauma
- Trauma-Informed Practice and Adult Literacy, CALP Blog Post
R
Research
- Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
- Reading the Future: Planning to Meet Canada’s Future Literacy Needs
- Towards a Fully Literate Canada: Pan-Canadian Strategy
- Elfert and Walker The Rise and Fall of Adult Literacy 2020
- The Health Literacy of America’s Adults, Results From the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy
- Participation in Adult Literacy Programs 1994
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Skills for Learning
