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Job Posting – Literacy and Numeracy Facilitator

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Occasionally, I post or repost jobs relating to the adult literacy and numeracy education sector. Here’s a good one.

My friends at The Learning Wave are looking for LN Facilitators. They’re a great bunch to work for. I know as I’ve worked with them on the professional development side of things for just a little under 10 years.

If you’re a graduate of the NCALNE (Voc) or NZCALNE (Voc) and you’re looking for interesting work that combines adult literacy and numeracy with business outcomes then you should apply.

The Learning Wave have a very open mind about the location of facilitators and ways of engaging with them… What they’re after is trainers with the “X” factor. I know that applies to many of our graduates.

Because of the growth that they have forecasted, they may also be interested in people working as associates in other major facets such as leadership, health and safety leadership or learning design.

There’s a generic email address for enquiries here: roles@thelearningwave.com if you want to send a CV or bio and areas of interest.

The full job ad is here on Seek. And I’ve pasted it in below as well.

The Learning Wave are seeking people who have:

  • the empathy and patience required to work with diverse groups of learners within a team committed to the delivery of high-quality personal and business learning outcomes
  • relevant and engaging front-line, adult learning delivery skills and experience
  • the ability to support learners on a journey that is linked to business outcomes
  • a qualification such as the National Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy or its equivalent.

You will be working as an associate of The Learning Wave to deliver integrated workplace literacy and numeracy programmes to a number of our business clients.

You will deliver learning programmes on-site to small groups (typically 6-9 learners). The programmes are tailored to meet the specific business requirements of our clients and their employees. You will have varied hours and work locations that will be throughout New Zealand, depending on the client’s programme and worksites.

You need to have a good understanding and experience of facilitating adult literacy and numeracy programmes in workplaces. You must be eligible to work in NZ to apply for this role. If you’re the right person, we can discuss whether this is a contractor or full-time role.

About The Learning Wave:

The Learning Wave is one of the largest government-funded workplace literacy and numeracy providers in New Zealand. Operating since 2005, we have worked with many organisations throughout New Zealand to integrate workplace literacy and numeracy skills into organisational change programmes. We have some exciting opportunities to grow our business in 2018 and need to make sure we have the right team of facilitators who can deliver to our clients.

Please send your covering letter and CV by Monday 16th October 2017.

Experienced Workplace Literacy Contract Tutors required: Napier-Hastings

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From time to time, people ask me to post job ads. I’m always happy to do so. Here’s the latest one as of Feb 2017. All contact to the organisation please. Cheers, Graeme.

Training For You Ltd is an award-winning tertiary education provider that believes that education is the key to making a difference in the lives of learners. A commitment to a partnership approach is what makes our programmes successful for learners (employees) and the businesses they work within.

We are seeking experienced literacy tutors who can effectively and efficiently design, develop and deliver quality contextualised teaching and learning activities that engage, challenge and stimulate learning, and improve literacy and numeracy skills, while also meeting the operational goals of the business which the programme is designed for.

These tutor positions are on a contract basis and are likely to be part-time delivering a Workplace Literacy programme within a national business with a site in Napier The role reports to the Education Manager (off campus).

To be effective in this role you must be able to

  • Understand the impact of the literacy and numeracy demands and needs of the workplace on employees (learners) with low levels of literacy and numeracy
  • Design and deliver customised and contextualised training packages for the business based on agreed outcomes
  • Profile the literacy and numeracy abilities of the learners, and understand how to modify teaching to meet the needs of the individual learners
  • Implement specialised literacy assistance one-on-one for learners with very high needs
  • Undertake accurate and timely programme administration and reporting
  • Reflect on teaching practice and continuously improve quality of delivery

Successful applicants will have the following:

  • NCALNE or a specialist literacy qualification
  • Excellent literacy and numeracy skills
  • A professional approach to working with businesses and learners
  • Current or recent experience in the delivery of Literacy and Numeracy programmes
  • Full, clean Driver licence
  • Ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of people from diverse cultural backgrounds, in both group and one-to-one settings
  • Proven strategies for working with students with learning difficulties
  • Competent use of Microsoft Office programmes
  • Advanced organisational and time management skills

Applicants who do not currently hold a NZ working visa or permanent NZ residency or citizenship need not apply.

If you have the qualifications, we’d love to hear from you immediately.

For a confidential conversation, phone Rachel on 06 349 1258 or 027 348 2439.

Applications close 8 March 2017

Apply to Rachel Smith

rachel@trainingforyou.co.nz

Work available: ELP Auckland West

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From time to time, I post job advertisement for people. I’m happy to do it. Just let me know. Also, don’t forget that you can do the NCALNE (Voc) and new NZCALNE (Voc) with us – email assess@alec.ac.nz for details.

English Language Partners Auckland West, based in New Lynn, have part time work available from 6 – 8 pm to teach in the English for Employees course

The English For Employees (E4E) programme

The E4E programme is a programme designed to teach adult Non-English Speaking Background (NESB) learners, ESOL (English language and literacy) to help them increase their confidence, contribution and satisfaction in the workplace.

Hours / locations

To be eligible for the E4E programmes, learners need to be currently employed.  This means that lessons take place in the evenings.  E4E is a 45 hour programme.

Qualifications and experience required to teach the E4E programme

  • A tertiary qualification in TESOL  at level 5 or above (e.g. graduate certificate,
  • Bachelor’s degree, post- grad diploma or degree such as CELTA, Cert TESOL, Cert TEAL, Dip SLT)
  • A qualification such as the NCALNE (National Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy EducatION).
  • Experience in, or knowledge of, workplace literacy tuition is an advantage.
  • Experience in teaching ESOL and/or adult literacy is also desirable

All teachers on the English for Employees programme will be required to complete a specialised training programme involving (paid) pre-service training of 1 day, a teacher project and a programme of ongoing Professional Development.

The job will suit a person who is self-motivated and who would enjoy the challenge of helping new New Zealanders to reach their full potential at work.

Please email your CV and a cover letter to: jean.harding@englishlanguage.org.nz.  We are not able to consider applications unless they have both a covering letter AND a CV.

Applications close on Friday 27 January 2017.  The first class will start in February.

Applicants for this position must have the right to work in New Zealand- NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

 

Experienced Workplace Literacy Contract Tutors required: Christchurch, Timaru and Dunedin

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[Disclaimer: I am not associated with TrainingForYou or these positions. But I’m always happy to post ads for jobs here if you have them.We do, of course, offer the NCALNE (Voc) through Pathways Awarua and ALEC]

Training For You Ltd is an award-winning tertiary education provider that believes that education is the key to making a difference in the lives of learners. A commitment to a partnership approach is what makes our programmes successful for learners (employees) and the businesses they work within.

We are seeking experienced literacy tutors who can effectively and efficiently design, develop and deliver quality contextualised teaching and learning activities that engage, challenge and stimulate learning, and improve literacy and numeracy skills, while also meeting the operational goals of the business which the programme is designed for.

These tutor positions are on a contract basis and are likely to be part-time delivering a Workplace Literacy programme within a national business with sites in Timaru, Christchurch and Dunedin. The role reports to the Education Manager, who is based in Whanganui.

To be effective in this role you must be able to

  • Understand the impact of the literacy and numeracy demands and needs of the workplace on employees (learners) with low levels of literacy and numeracy
  • Design and deliver customised and contextualised training packages for the business based on agreed outcomes
  • Profile the literacy and numeracy abilities of the learners, and understand how to modify teaching to meet the needs of the individual learners
  • Implement specialised literacy assistance one-on-one for learners with very high needs
  • Undertake accurate and timely programme administration and reporting
  • Reflect on teaching practice and continuously improve quality of delivery

Successful applicants will have the following:

  • NCALNE or a specialist literacy qualification
  • Excellent literacy and numeracy skills
  • A professional approach to working with businesses and learners
  • Current or recent experience in the delivery of Literacy and Numeracy programmes
  • Full, clean Driver licence
  • Ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of people, in both group and one-to-one settings
  • Proven strategies for working with students with learning difficulties
  • Competent use of Microsoft Office programmes
  • Advanced organisational and time management skills

Applicants who do not currently hold a NZ working visa or permanent NZ residency or citizenship need not apply.

We have immediate demand and will interview as soon as suitable applications are received.

Applications close 15 July 2016

Apply to Kelley O’Hara

Kelley@trainingforyou.co.nz

Applications can also be made on the Seek website:

http://www.seek.co.nz/Job/31280383?_ga=1.26688573.1028082814.1460602675

Literacy & Numeracy Jobs Wanted: Setting Up LN Job Board

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Are you looking for staff with literacy and numeracy expertise and credentials?

If you have a literacy and numeracy related job to advertise, I will post it here for free. The same thing applies if you are looking for a contractor or consulting expertise relating to adult literacy and numeracy.

At the moment, I am only interested in jobs offered, not jobs wanted.

This is an experiment… And I’m happy to give it some time and energy thanks to the responses I got the other day (check out the comment section if you’re interested).

For the present time, I’m happy to post any literacy and numeracy related positions, jobs or contract work. I will post positions for literacy and numeracy related work in New Zealand, Australia, for online or remote work, and internationally if I get them.

This includes work where the job is for someone who is a dual professional, e.g. a specialist in some content area other than numeracy and literacy, but who has the skills to embed literacy and numeracy into that content. NCALNE qualified trades trainers and vocational tutors fall into this category.

And of course, I’ll post jobs that are for literacy and numeracy specialists.

Terms and conditions are whatever I feel like at the time and I reserve the right not to publish your company’s job or position if I think it’s dodgy or breaches my sense of ethics or any other rules I make up at any later stage.

Possible ideas for job postings could include any or all of these:

  • Vocational and trade-related training at levels 1 and 2 where literacy and numeracy are embedded.
  • Workplace Literacy (WPL) and numeracy education.
  • Intensive literacy and numeracy (ILN).
  • Adult literacy and numeracy education including professional development and related employment or contract work.
  • Any other foundation learning focused training where literacy and numeracy are required or desired.
  • Any management, support, coordination, or consulting positions where the focus is on supporting tutors or trainers in any of the roles above.

How do I do I get a job posted here?

For the present time, if you want to post a job here you can leave a message in the comment section of this blog post (or any post on my blog), and we’ll work out how to exchange the info.

I’ll probably ask you for the following:

  1. An relevant image that I can upload, e.g. your company logo or branding.
  2. The text for the job advertisement.
  3. An expiry date for the post.
  4. A commitment to answer any questions that people leave on the site regarding the job.
  5. A commitment to come back and comment when or if the position is filled.

I’ll probably just post your text “as is” but I also reserve the right to edit it or make comments as well.

If you think this is useful to someone, particularly someone in management who might not regularly see my blog, please consider sharing this post with them via one of the sharing buttons below. Or just message them with the short link to this page: http://wp.me/p1JmwP-LP

If I get any traction with this I may revisit my idea for some kind of voluntary “opt in” register of LN credentialed professionals who are currently active. Thanks for the support so far.

What is school for? Seth Godin wants the education system to Stop Stealing Dreams

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This is a great manifesto on education by internet marketing guru Seth Godin. Seth is referring to the public school system in the US. However, I think what he says applies more generally everywhere across education.

Seth critiques the largely broken industrial model of education that we’re still trying to work with in the 21st century. Here’s a taste:

A hundred and fifty years ago, adults were incensed about child labor. Low-wage kids were taking jobs away from hard-working adults.

Sure, there was some moral outrage about seven-year-olds losing fingers and being abused at work, but the economic rationale was paramount. Factory owners insisted that losing child workers would be catastrophic to their industries and fought hard to keep the kids at work— they said they couldn’t afford to hire adults. It wasn’t until 1918 that nationwide compulsory education was in place.

Part of the rationale used to sell this major transformation to industrialists was the idea that educated kids would actually become more compliant and productive workers. Our current system of teaching kids to sit in straight rows and obey instructions isn’t a coincidence—it was an investment in our economic future. The plan: trade short-term child-labor wages for longer- term productivity by giving kids a head start in doing what they’re told.

Large-scale education was not developed to motivate kids or to create scholars. It was invented to churn out adults who worked well within the system. Scale was more important than quality, just as it was for most industrialists.

Of course, it worked. Several generations of productive, fully employed workers followed. But now?

Seth also looks at:

  1. What is school for?
  2. Some themes and ideas on how we could reinvent school.
  3. Life in the post-institutional future.
  4. The problems with mass produced schooling and creating compliant worker drones.
  5. Why the hacker attitude is good.
  6. The coming meltdown in higher education
  7. His take on homeschooling (it’s not for everyone – see point 121)
  8. The two pillars of a future-proof education

I’ll stop on that last one… to add that Seths’s two pillars of a future-proof are this:

  • Teach kids how to lead (including getting better at delivering presentations – check out point number 120)
  • Help them learn how to solve interesting problems

This 97 page manifesto is a great read. It’s the full fat version. But if you want the lite watery version, then there’s a TED talk here.

Comments?

LN Related Job Opportunity: SENIOR ADVISER OFFENDER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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Department_of_Corrections_NZ_logoThere’s a job going with the Department of Corrections… The original advertisement is linked here to SEEK.

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SENIOR ADVISER OFFENDER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

WELLINGTON

We wish to appoint an enthusiastic education specialist to help us to support community-based offenders to address lifelong learning barriers and gain recognised qualifications.

The Training and Education Team has been set up within the Service Development group at National Office to lead the design and implementation of the Department’s education and training initiatives within young offender and mainstream prisons and the community.

As Senior Adviser, Training and Education, you will work with a dedicated team of experienced people to champion a project management approach to delivering needs-based skills and educational outcomes for offenders serving community-based sentences. You will work closely with our regions and Probation staff to design and implement plans that increase access for those on community-based sentences to education and training.

You will have strong written and verbal communication skills. Excellent problem solving skills, sound judgement, and ability to work effectively within a team are imperative. Engagement with the Department’s internal and external stakeholders and operational staff is also a core component of the role.

Current knowledge and proven experience in working with disadvantaged groups within the education sector would be desirable. Experience working with tertiary education organisations, in careers advice, and placing people to employment would also be valuable.

An understanding of the machinery of government is preferable.
Vacancy number SDNO4042
Applications close Tuesday, 3 December 2013
www.corrections.govt.nz/careers
At the Department of Corrections we are passionate about reducing
re-offending and keeping communities safe. With Corrections you’ll be part of a highly supportive team that manages offenders in prison and in the community.