Tag: adult literacy education
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7 Things You Need To Do To Totally Dominate Literacy and Numeracy
The other day I listed a bunch of reasons why you need to punch literacy and numeracy in the face. Today I want to tell you how to be the Ronda Rousey of adult literacy and numeracy education. Some of this you can do on your own. Mostly, though you need to do this as an…
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MOOC 2.0 – Why the future of online learning is about embedding foundational literacy, numeracy, and learning-to-learn skills
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If you work in education or you’re just interested in education you’ve probably been following the developments of MOOCs – Massively Open Online Courses. Debate around the MOOCs tends to be polarised. I’m always interested in anything in education that creates such strong emotional responses regardless of which side of the fence you tend to sit…
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Using the online vocab profiler – Part 3
So I’m working on a new vocabulary diagnostic and I want to model the process as well as the actual template… There’s an outline of what I started on here. And the initial results from the profiling software here. The next thing is to come up with a bank of words that I can use…
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Mandatory Review of Teacher Education Qualifications – Adult Literacy & Numeracy Education Working Group
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in 21204, ALEC, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Design, DipALNE, Diploma, Disruption, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Mandatory review, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, NZCALN, NZDALN, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways Awarua, Personal approach, Personal development, Productivity, Professional Development, Qualifications, Self development, Teaching philosophy, TECI’m very pleased to have been part of the working group looking at the Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (ALNE) qualifications this week. These qualifications are part of the Mandatory Review of Teacher Education Qualifications that is underway at the moment. It feels a little weird doing this after being asked to put my name forward…
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Good News: TEC’s Report to the Minister on Adult Literacy & Numeracy Qualifications
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in 21204, ALEC, Education, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZCALN, NZDALN, Professional Development, Qualifications, TEC, Tutor, Tutor ProfileJust in… Great to see hear that the TEC has been able to report the following good news to the Minister of Education. Thanks to the TEC for supplying this information: Assessment of the 2013 Adult Literacy Educator (ALE) Grants is complete and the results show good demand for the Grants with 97 per cent…
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Foreword and Backward… What’s next for ALEC?
In 2007 I set out to build a business with a very specific purpose. This was to deliver professional development and training in an emerging niche education market. In fact, you could say that it was a niche market inside a niche market. Two things had happened to make this possible. The first was that…
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Comply or Die: Investment Plan Submission Time Again – Part 1
We Love Compliance Yes, it’s that time again. Once a year education and training providers who are funded by New Zealand’s Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) and quality assured by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) are required to submit an Investment Plan. This investment plan is a bit like a business plan, except that an…
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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.…