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Adult Learning in Alberta

Lethbridge Lifelong Learning Association is part of Alberta Advanced Education and Technology’s definition of the education system which compromises of public board governed institutions, the apprenticeship and industry training system, community consortia, private providers and community based organizations.

Lethbridge Lifelong Learning Association is one of the province’s 83 Community Adult Learning Councils (CALCs) committed to providing a range of programs to promote and foster adult learning across Alberta. Find your local CALC by clicking here at: Alberta Advanced Education and Technology website

The government has released the A Learning Alberta steering committee final report, which outlines recommended future directions for Alberta’s advanced education system. The report focuses on the key issues facing the advanced learning system, enhancing Aboriginal learning, strengthening learning foundations and transforming the advanced learning system.

The report provides a far-reaching policy framework and specific recommendations for advanced learning over the next 20 years. The Minister has committed to reviewing the report and addressing each of the recommendations in the coming months. For more information, you can read the news release at http://www.advancededucation.gov.ab.ca/news/2006/june/nr-alearn.asp

The final report and all three sub-committee reports are available online at www.advancededucation.gov.ab.ca/alearningalberta/

Visit the Advanced Education and Technology website to learn more about the government’s strategy to promote lifelong learning in Alberta.

Community Adult Learning Program (CALP) – Policy and Operating Requirements. LLLA is bound by these policies and requirements

Composite Learning Index (CLI) – 2007 Results May 15, 2006
The Canadian Council of Learning (CCL) released an innovative and powerful tool to inform Canadians about their progress in learning – the Composite Learning Index. Overall, Canadians get a passing grade – 763 on a scale of 100, in Alberta it was higher at 86.3 on a scale of 100 and in Lethbridge it was 75.2. 42% of Canadian adults are considered not to have the literacy skills needed to succeed in a knowledge-based economy and only 35% of Canadians are offered on-the-job training. By tackling questions raised by the index, communities can start their progress toward gaining the benefits of a learning society.


Interesting Websites

Alberta Human Employment, Immigration and Industry
Find resources and services for business, industry, careers, family and immgrantion.

Alberta Learning Information Service (ALIS)
The Government of Alberta website is an on-line source for career, learning and employment information.

Canadian Council on Learning
The Canadian Council on Learning is an independent, non-profit corporation that promotes and supports research to improve all aspects of learning – across the country and across all walks of life. See the results of the Composite Learning Index (CLI) – the first national learning index in the world that shows the big picture of lifelong learning in Canada.

Capacity to Serve: A Qualitative Study of the Changes facing Canada’s Non-profit and Voluntary Organizations
The Capacity to Serve is the report of the first phase of the Voluntary Sector Initiative project.

Clear Communication
Over the past few years, there has been a growing interest in plain language and clear communication. It has been recognized that there is a need to provide services in language that is clear, understandable and accessible to Canadians with differing literacy skills.

In response to this need, the National Adult Literacy Database (NALD) has developed a directory of plain/clear communication service providers, in both the non-profit and private sector.

Centre for Suicide Prevention
The Centre for Suicide Prevention website provides information and education resources, suicide prevention research projects. You’ll find learning materials and free downloads.

Also included on the website is a resource manual called: Aboriginal Youth: A Manual of Promising Suicide Prevention Strategies.

Credit Counselling Services of Alberta
Credit Counselling Services of Alberta is a not-for-profit consumer service providing workshops, information and counselling programs on: budgeting and basic money management, debt repayment and credit.


High School Upgrading
Check the following locations for information on high school upgrading:

Literacy Alberta Society
Literacy Alberta is the provincial literacy coalition. This society's mission is to support people involved in literacy activities, and influence public policy. Projects and activities include maintenance of an extensive resource library, an online literacy community called eLit, the annual Provincial Literacy Conference, and other training and networking opportunities.

Literacy Help Line of Alberta
The Literacy Help Line of Alberta provides a variety of sensitive and knowledgeable services. We help people find literacy or upgrading programs in their own communities. Programs include Aboriginal, Adult, Children's, English as a Second Language, Family, Senior's and Workplace.

We also refer potential volunteers to programs, provide literacy information to the public, and build awareness for literacy and literacy issues in Alberta. The Help Line is available for presentations

Call toll free 1-800-767-3231,
or reach us by e-mail at helpline@literacyalberta.ca

Literacy and Parenting Skills (LAPS)
Literacy and Parenting Skills (LAPS) is a family literacy program designed to provide literacy and parenting skills to at-risk parents. Created and developed at Bow Valley College, Calgary, Alberta, in partnership with the Further Education Society of Alberta, the LAPS program targets parents who have difficulties with reading and writing. www.nald.ca/LAPS.