Category: ALEC

What do entrepreneurs do that you could do if you work in education? Part 2: Self assessment

Jun 30, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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In my last post I discussed some of the things that I’ve borrowed from entrepreneurial and design thinking. These have worked successfully for me and allowed me to gradually change how I think about my work and allowed me to survive and thrive in a chaotic and uncertain work environment. Like I also said, this…
What do entrepreneurs do that you could do if you work in education? Part 1: Ideas, concepts, tools

Jun 29, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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Literacy and numeracy is a tough business to work in due to the increasing demands of… well, everything. I have a conference workshop coming up soon and I’m going to argue that one of the things that has worked well for me (in terms of daily survival) is training myself to think and act more…
Literacy is important…

Jun 9, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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Uh… that’s all. Nothing further Your Honour…
Improve your literacy and numeracy outcomes by thinking more like an entrepreneur

Apr 20, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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Here’s my draft abstract for the literacy and numeracy conference later in the year. Tell me what you think or what you’d be most interested in hearing or discussing with this as the general theme (assuming it’s accepted). Literacy and numeracy is a tough business to work in due to the increasing demands of… well,…
Getting started on assessment 1 of the NCALNE (Voc) with ALEC: 2015 Update

Apr 8, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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This is part one of a two part special care package of extra supporting material that you can dip into as you need to relating to Assessment 1 and the New Zealand Context for Literacy and Numeracy. This post updates any earlier support information relating to Assessment 1 the NCALNE (Voc). Saving trees by not printing the NCALNE…
Using the TEC Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Tool for Adults: Video Content

Mar 23, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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Using the TEC Assessment Tool The video below should cycle through the four videos discussing the TEC assessment tool. These are: Administering the initial assessment Administering the progress assessment Discussing the assessment tool results with learners Learners’ messages about good practice and the assessment tool. In our live workshops we usually only get time to…
How do you really start using data from the TEC assessment tool to inform your teaching? Part 1

Mar 12, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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This is going to be a big deal… We are at the start of a more data-driven approach to education. The TEC are several years down this track with their Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool. The tool generates massive amounts of data about learners’ literacy and numeracy achievement levels. The TEC already uses this data…
How to embed literacy and numeracy in 8 steps

Mar 11, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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This is the latest version of what I think of as the Embedding Literacy and Numeracy Pipeline. This is how you get those literacy and numeracy skills embedded into other content areas. Use a broad brush tool like the TEC literacy and numeracy assessment tool to assess your learners’ overall literacy and numeracy achievement levels. Make sure you…
2015 NCALNE (Voc) Options with Pathways Awarua and ALEC

Feb 4, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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Pathways Awarua NCALNE (Voc) 2015 Introducing the NCALNE (Voc) The National Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (Vocational/Workplace) is a 40 credit level 5 entry level professional development qualification for trades, vocational and other specialist content-area tutors required to embed literacy and numeracy into their training. This qualification, abbreviated to the NCALNE (Voc), is…
It’s Not Rocket Science: Embed Specialised Vocabulary With These Simple Matching Activities

Feb 3, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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Working with specialised language and technical vocabulary represents some of the biggest bang for buck if you’re in education and need to make sure your learners understand what you’re saying to them. Pro-tip Most trainers, trades people, academic staff, and other subject area experts are so close to their own content that they constantly assume…