Category: Embed literacy and numeracy
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NCALNE (Voc) is now the implied minimum standard qualification for all tutors doing Level 1 and 2 training
Ok, I’m just going to come out and say it. No one else is so I will: The minimum level of qualification for any tutor delivering training at levels 1 to 2 (but probably including level 3 as well) is the National Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (Vocational/Workplace) – otherwise known as the…
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Free Online Assessment for NCALNE (Voc)
Recognition of Current Competency (RCC) or Prior Learning (RPL) Assessment for NCALNE (Voc) If you already have the skills, knowledge, and evidence to prove it, you could gain the National Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (Vocational/Workplace) quickly. ALEC are offering a free online assessment to determine whether the FastTrack process is for you.…
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Now playing: My very own Salman Khan Style video tutorials
Well it’s taken me all day to get there, but I’ve managed to master what I think is the basics of being able to produce my own Khan Academy style video tutorials. Actually, they’re not exactly tutorials yet, that part will come later. They’re just quick discussions with me scribbling in the background. Currently, I’m…
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Jokes about literacy and numeracy: Or why I’d rather be a numeracy person.
I’m fortunate to work in what is possibly the least funny profession in the world. This is, of course, the field of adult literacy and numeracy education. I know that literacy and numeracy education is the least funny profession in the world because when I asked google to search for “literacy” and “jokes” it came…
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How we let assessment drive our training
Here’s a snippet from the document I’ve been writing up over the weekend. Below is quite a good short summary of how the training is organized and how the assessment tasks pretty much shape the delivery and everything we do around this. Our training curriculum for the National Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education…
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Where to start if you’re developing your awareness of literacy and numeracy initiatives
If you are in education you are also in the business of literacy and numeracy. And you should have an awareness of key adult literacy and numeracy initiatives that relate to learners in your programme. Initiatives can refer to projects, programmes, and schemes that are designed to increase the literacy and numeracy levels of learners. These…
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5 areas to investigate if you want to understand literacy and numeracy in your country
If you want to know about the context for literacy and numeracy in New Zealand or any country there are 5 key areas you need to investigate. For my purposes these are in relation to our particular context in Aotearoa New Zealand, but you can generalize them to any country. You need to investigate: Historical…
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Redesigning my business model for EdTech
I’ve been thinking a lot about how I can redesign my business model so that it becomes more of an online EdTech approach. Here are my preliminary thoughts. Any new EdTech business model for me needs to take the following into account: Accept online subscription payments from learners for access to the premium level of…
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Motion Leadership: The Skinny on Becoming Change Savvy
This is a skinny book. And in it, MIchael Fullan – a Canadian expert on educational reform – sets out the “skinny” on how to move people through the change required to improve learning within educational organisations.
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What is the baseline knowledge for embedding literacy and numeracy? 7 Essential Knowledge Areas
What is the baseline knowledge for embedding literacy and numeracy? 7 Essential Knowledge Areas