Past Conferences and Workshops |
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Resources and links from past conferences and workshops are also available under Resources.
Professional Development Conference for Practitioners:
Supporting Learning Needs of Adults
November 16 — 17, 2017
The conference was funded by the Department of Labour and Advanced Education.
Skills Development: For Whom and For What? (ppt) by Donald Lurette
Skills Development: For Whom and For What? Intro et Agir avec Compétences (ppt) by Donald Lurette
Professional Development Conference for Practitioners:
Supporting Learning Needs of Adults
April 9 — 10, 2015
The conference was funded by the Department of Labour and Advanced Education.
Substance Use, Addiction and impacts on Adult Learners (ppt) by James Shedden
The Basics - An Introduction to Mental Health in Our Community (ppt) by James Shedden
Goal Setting with Level I & II Learners by Teresa Francis
Supporting Our GLBTQ Community (ppt) by Joanne Syms
View videos from the conference.
Professional Development Conference for Practitioners
Supporting Learning Needs of Adults: A Focus on Teaching Techniques, Diversity, and Mental & Physical Health; April 10 — 11, 2014
The conference was partly funded by the Department of Labour and Advanced Education.
Integrated Module to Support Skills Development (ppt) by Ghislaine d’Eon & Jacinthe Adams
Workplace Essential Skills for Aboriginal & Immigrant Learners by John Munro, Frontier College
Violence and Learning by Jenny Horsman
Mobile Technology to Enhance Performance of Individuals with Learning Difficulties by Barbara Welsford
Learner Services Conference
Helping the Struggling Learner: What Works and How? April 25 — 26, 2013
The conference was funded by the Department of Labour and Advanced Education through the Learner Services Project.
Acquired Brain Injury powerpoint presentation by Kim MacLeod
NALD powerpoint presentation by Bill Stirling, NALD CEO
Integrating Technology by Julian Merlin
Stress and Mental Illness by Cathie Landsburg
Mental Health and Work Readiness powerpoint presentation
by Lynn MacDonald
Information on Living and Working with ADHD by Keith Gelhorn
Workshops for Practitioners
Literacy Nova Scotia has been pleased to offer a number of workshops for adult
literacy practitioner through support from ALLESP and Nova Scotia
Department of Labour and Workforce Development; specifically, Improving
Literacy Delivery through Training Project: March 2007 -
January 31, 2009
1. Learning Disabilities Facilitated
by Tammy Harrison in 2008 and 2009
2. Cultural Diversity Conference
Facilitated by Gerald Gloade, Bryan Brooks, and Tim Bernard,
and by Candy Palmater (Aboriginal Perceptions) in 2008
3. Teaching Reading to Adults Facilitated
by Dr. Pat Campbell in 2007
Held 3 regional workshops for 55 participants
4. Teaching Numeracy to Adults Facilitated
by Kate Nonesuch in 2008
Training for Success: Professional Development 2004-2007
A PD survey for literacy practitioners, tutors, and coordinators was developed
and the results used to schedule PD offerings over the course of the
project. On-line survey results can be found at https://www.literacyns.ca/tfs_survey.htm
Survey results were analyzed and used when planning the 2005/06 PD
schedule and offerings.
1. Holistic Approach to Literacy Facilitator:
Priscilla George/ Ningwakwe
2. Documenting Student Success Facilitator:
Jane MacDonald
3. Making Your Experience Count Facilitator:
Tannis Atkinson
4. Health Literacy ~ More than Words on Paper Facilitators:
Linda Shohet and Cheryl Brown
5. Teaching Reading to Adults Facilitator:
Dr. Pat Campbell
Six practitioner sessions were offered throughout the
province. To facilitate the inclusion of volunteer tutors in the two
metro regions of Halifax/Dartmouth and Sydney, evening workshops were
offered. Each of the workshops were tailored to the audience and region.
The two main themes were The Canadian Adult Reading Assessment
(administering and scoring) and Teaching Strategies based on CARA.
Workshops were offered in Dartmouth, Kentville, New Glasgow, and North
Sydney. Each workshop included a display of resource materials and
books appropriate for low level learners.
6. Violence and Learning: Taking Action Facilitator:
Dr. Jenny Horsman
Three day-long practitioner sessions were offered in North Sydney,
Halifax and Yarmouth. Participants received a workshop workbook.
7. Functional Context Education: Making Learning Relevant
in the 21st Century
Facilitator: Dr. Tom Sticht
A day-long provincial session was offered in Dartmouth for practitioners,
administrators, policymakers, as well as special invited guests.
8. International Adult Literacy Skills Survey Presenter:
Dr. Satya Brink
A provincial briefing was held in Dartmouth on the
IALSS specific to the Nova Scotia statistics. The event was followed
by a web forum discussion in March, with Sylvie Grenier a project
manager at Statcan and Satya Brink joining as experts.
9. Posing Problems/Solving Problems: Using Action Research
to Address Issues of Retention, Recruitment and Effective Teaching
in Literacy
Facilitator: Dr. Allan Quigley
A provincial 1.5 day workshop was held at Debert. The workshop on Action Research took on its own
momentum with the creation of the Nova Scotia Action Research Movement (NS-ARM) and nine research
in practice projects. The ALKC has funded a Maintaining the Momentum project to further develop
NS-ARM. See https://www.literacyns.ca/nsarmove/resrchmv.htm. This workshop included a pre-reading
assignment for registrants as well as workshop materials.
Workshops for Learners
Literacy Nova Scotia has been pleased to offer a number of workshops
for adult literacy learners through support from ALLESP, Nova Scotia
Department of Labour and Workforce Development, Adult Learning Knowledge
Centre, PGI Golf Tournament; specifically, Improving Literacy
Delivery through Training Project: March 2007 - January
31, 2009
1. Creative Writing Facilitated
by Jenni Blackmore in 2008 and 2009
Six workshops were held
in 2008 and another six workshops in 2009 for 167 participants
2. Public Speaking Facilitated by Michael & Evelyn Kennedy, Jayne Hunter
(LNS Staff) in 2008
Two 2-day workshops were held for 33 participants.
3. Personality Dimensions Facilitated by Michael & Evelyn
Kennedy in 2008
Seven workshops were held for 98 participants.
4. Learn How to Tell Your Story: "Movie Games" Facilitated by
Kimberly Smith in 2007
Four 1-day workshops and one 2-day workshop were held for 52 participants.
Public Presentations
Literacy Nova Scotia has been pleased to offer a number of public presentations through
support from the Adult Learning Knowledge Centre, Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Workforce
Development, and other partners.
1. By the Numbers by Scott Murray (2009)
2. Learning Communities by Ron Faris (2007)
https://www.literacyns.ca/symposium/index.htm
3. Too Many Left Behind by Karen Myers (2007)
Links to powerpoint presentations
4. Health Literacy: More than Words on a Page Conference
(2005)
5. IALSS by Satya Brink (2004) See above
Workshops for Boards
Under the project, Training for Success: Professional Development 2004-07,
Literacy Nova Scotia was able to provide workshops for volunteer
boards of community-based literacy organizations.
A PD survey for literacy practitioners, tutors, and coordinators
was developed and the results used to schedule PD offerings over
the course of the project. Online survey results can be
found here. Survey results were
analyzed and used when planning the 2005/06 PD schedule and offerings.
A provincial planning session for 30 community-based literacy groups was held on May 4, 2005. Those
who had to travel long distances were brought in the night before and a networking evening was
provided.
In conjunction with the planning session, 2 workshops were offered to the participants: Board
Liability facilitated by Dianne Paquet and Board Member Recruitment and Retention facilitated by
Max Chauvin.
A comprehensive board development strategy and program was put together with input from survey
results and the 40+ participants in attendance at the provincial planning meeting.
The online
survey results can be found at here.
The
provincial planning meeting flushed out recommendations for specific topics to be covered as well
as where and when to hold the sessions. This report can be found here.
In 2005, seven workshops were held in Liverpool, Antigonish, North Sydney, Cape Breton, Halifax and
Truro.
Max Chauvin facilitated the board development workshops
including Board of Directors' roles, responsibilities & obligations;
self evaluation; Basic Board and organizational policies; Board
recruitment and motivation; Board and staff relations; and Staff/performance
monitoring and evaluation. At the end of the workshop each network
board had a board manual, including the tools to develop and implement
the following: a general job description for board members and job
descriptions for each executive position; a public relations and
accountability plan; a recruitment plan for Board succession; Board
and Executive Director/Coordinator evaluation systems; a selection
of templates and samples will be available and will be reviewed
so that participants may choose those which best meet the needs
of their board. Participants received certificates.
Grant MacDonald offered up to 5 hours of follow up coaching
assistance to each network which requested this service
to help participants work on the plans developed during the workshop.
Five organizations received coaching and another 3 requested additional
resources only.
Max Chauvin's powerpoint presentation
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