Essential Skills for

Workplace LINC

Instructors

Integrating ES into Workplace LINC

Checking in & questions Sample Workplace LINC lesson with ES

strategies Discussion Questions?

Agenda

Checking In Name & location

What challenges do your students have in class?

Do you think any of these challenges could be addressed using Essential Skills strategies? Why or why not?

Sample Workplace LINC Lesson

Labour Market Lesson ~ Warm-up Find someone who… 1. knows 2 popular ways to look for work in Canada (Can you tell me what they are? 2. knows what NOC stands for (If you don’t mind my asking, where did you learn that? 3. knows what the NOC is used for (I’d love to hear more. 4. knows of some websites where you can browse jobs (Which one is your favourite? 5. can suggest an effective way to find a job in Canada (Would you happen to know someone who got a job that way? 6. can tell me the least effective way to find a job here (How come this method doesn’t work? 7. knows the difference between hard skills and soft skills (In your opinion, which one is more important?

What challenges

do your students

have with “Find

someone who…”

activities?

What we thought…

Teach a process

Teach a process

Teach a process

Practice the process

Practice the process

Reflect on the process

Sample Workplace LINC Lesson

What challenges might your

students have with

the activity on the

previous page?

What we thought…

Teach a process

Teach a process

Sample Workplace LINC Lesson

What challenges might your

students have with

the activity on the

previous page?

What we thought…

Teach a process

The Reasoning Strategy Circle

Teach a process

I Save Little Round Dogs

I = Identify Save = Scan Little = Locate Round = Recognize Dogs = Decide

Practice

For example: Coffee is on sale at Tim Horton’s this week. How much is a large coffee? Given information (key words): coffee, sale, Tim Horton’s, large Requested information: How much is coffee? (an amount/price)

Discussion

What do you need (what would help you) to be able to apply Essential Skills strategies into your teaching?

Were you able to apply any of the concepts from the Intro to ES course to your teaching? If not, what would help you to do so?

Are there any topics you teach in class where you think ES would not help?

Do you have any

unanswered questions?