This is the pre-course blurb for our 2010 NCALE (Voc) training

1. 2009 NCALE (Voc)
• Welcome to the Pre Course Blurb
Your Place
Thursday, 22 October 2009

2. Who is
ALEC?
What kind
of training?

3. NCALE (Vocational)
• National Certificate in
Adult Literacy Education
(Vocational/Workplace)
• Level 5 40 Credits

4. NCALE (Vocational)
• Part time
• Project-based
• Workshops
• Just enough*
*Keep your eye on the red asterisk

5. NCALE (Vocational)
• Embedded Content
= 10 credits
US9685 – Report writing
US21196 – Design literacy skills
development
Don’t worry if this slide doesn’t mean anything yet...
We’ll explain it when we get together

6. NCALE (Vocational)
• Why am I here?
• Why are others doing
this course?

7. NCALE (Vocational)
*Our goal is not to turn
you into a literacy expert...
You’re already an expert in your own field.

8. NCALE (Vocational)
*What you need to know
is just enough to embed
the literacy and numeracy
that your learners need
PD with ALEC will help you do that

9. Embedding
LN
• It’s not
Rocket
Science
Despite what
you may have
been told

10. What can
I expect?
• Day 1 – Big Picture
• Day 2 – Mapping
• Day 3 – Diagnostic
• Day 4 – Embedded LN
Project
• Day 5 – Wrap up

11. What does
ALEC
expect?
• Culture of learning
• Timeframe
• Study groups
• Talk to us

12. What does
ALEC
expect?
• Learner Handbook
Complaints
Reassessments
Appeals
• 0800-ALEC-1-2
graeme@alec.ac.nz

13. 1st things 1 st
• Do we have all your
details correct?
• Have you done the
pre course tasks?

14. Training Days
Overview

15. Day 1
• Big Picture
The view from 33,000 ft
Including Key Concepts, the NZ Context and
background, as well as connections to Maori
Literacy

16. Day 2
• Mapping with the Learning Progressions
Mapping texts, tasks, and learners
Just enough
Quick and dirty
Some new words to learn

17. Day 3
•Diagnostic Testing for
LN
Tools for your
toolbox
Learning Progressions
What to do with the
results

18. Day 4
• Embedded LN Project
Learning Plans
Strategies
Activities
Resources
Assessment
Evaluation

19. Day 5
• The Wrap Up
Presentations...
Your project work
Where to from here?

20. What next?
• Well... Before your training starts you need to
review the rest of this presentation
• Think about the questions that follow

21. What next?
• Get started on some of the reading
• Complete the Pre Course Tasks
• Make sure we have all your details

22. Food
for thought

23. • What do you
think of when
you hear these
words?
• Literacy
• Numeracy

24. • How does low
LN impact your
learners?*
• Think of one
example
* Or workforce... or the people
who need your expertise...

25. • How does
others’ low LN
impact your
work?
• Think of one
example

26. • How does low
LN impact our
communities?
• Think of one
example

27. Is there a
problem?
• If yes... Why?
• And what does it
mean?
• What’s your situation?

28. So what?
• And if something is
broken... How are we
going to fix it? What’s
the remedy?

29. What’s going on?
• Who has a vested interest in doing
something about low LN? And why?
• You?
• Your organisation?
• TEC and NZQA?
• Big Government?

30. What are you going to do?
WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO?

31. Tune in next time for
answers to these and
other exciting
questions...

32. Contact
graeme@alec.ac.nz
0800-ALEC-1-2