1996 Summer Literacy Institute
A series of professional development workshops will be offered as part of the 1996 Summer Literacy Institute. Literacy B.C. will host the Institute at the University of British Columbia, July 15 - 26, 1996. The Institute is funded by the 1995/96 B.C. literacy cost-shared program.
Registration in each afternoon workshop is $20.
Workshop topics are:
- An overview of the Basic Skills Research Project currently being carried out by HRDC
- An overview of Workplace Basic Skills Education
- lntercultural Communications Issues and Training in the Workplace
- Educating for Change:
Community-based Student-Centered Literacy Programming with First Nations Adults
For more information, call Literacy B.C. at 1-800-663-1293.
English at Work: A pilot project linking industry and educators
The construction industry invites adult educators to attend a four day "language at work" workshop.
If you are an instructor or teacher interested in bridging the gap between the classroom and the jobsite, this is an opportunity to put on a hardhat and see what literacy in the workplace is all about. Using workplace simulations, visits to jobsites, and presentations by trades instructors, the workshop will introduce you to the practical, gritty, and often complex language of contracts, code books, and technical manuals.
The workshop runs from July 2 to 5, 1996. Registration is limited to 20 applicants. The registration fee is $150.00.
For more information, contact.
Lynda Fownes
B.C. Construction Industry Skills
Improvement
Council (SkillPlan)
4303 Canada Way
Burnaby, B.C. V5G 1J3
Phone.
436-1126
Fax: 437-7539
