Contributor: Corrections Victoria ACSF level: Level 1, 2 & 3 Areas: All levels of the ACSF Information This adult English language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) assessment resource was initially developed for use within Victorian adult prisons to: ensure a consistent approach to LLN assessment of all sentenced adult prisoners facilitate a common language about LLN […]
Contributor: Sinead Murphy ACSF level: Level 3.03 & 3.04 Areas: Reading Information This assessment tasks helps students understand how employees use a wide range of recruitment methods. Resource LLN assessment – job search strategies (pdf) LLN assessment – job search strategies – answer guide (pdf)
Contributor: National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) & Kerry Education and Training Board (Ireland) ACSF level: Level 1 & 2 Areas: Numeracy, Writing Information The Learning through Gardening Course was developed by National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) and Kerry Education and Training Board (Ireland) as an unaccredited, integrated course to help learners develop literacy, numeracy and […]
Every time you buy from ALA’s ACE shop, you are support our mission for lifelong and lifewide learning for all Australians. Faulty returns We will meet all our legal and consumer obligations with regard to items purchased from us that are faulty. Important note: We reserve the right to assess the condition and age of all returned […]
You’re invited to our forum! Join us for a celebration and wrap-up of activities for the Year of Lifelong Learning (YOLL). Our final event is a forum on Human Rights Day to share stories of how learning changes lives, and provide an update on our progress towards a national policy on lifelong learning. Special […]
Adult Learning Australia (ALA) and the Australian Council of Adult Literacy (ACAL) urge the Morrison Government not to withdraw Australia from the OECD Survey of Adult Skills. The OECD Survey of Adult Skills (or PIAAC) measures adult skills and competencies in three key areas: literacy, numeracy, problem solving in technology-rich environments. Data from the last […]
Message from Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education Adult Learners’ Week 2018 – AMEP 70th Anniversary Read the full message: Minister’s statement to Adult Learners’ week
Australian Council of Deans of Education Vocational Education Group (ACDEVEG) is hosting: Building confidence in VET Practice: 4th Annual Conference on VET Teaching and VET Teacher Education Date: 6–7 December 2018 Location: Melbourne campus of the Central Queensland University. Workshops will be facilitated in the afternoon sessions on Thursday 6th: What makes a good vocational […]
Adult Learning Australia joined together with Neighbourhoud Houses Vic, ACEVic, and Community Colleges Australia to support a sector statement submitted to the Hon. Gayle Tierney, MLC, the Victorian Minister of Training and Skills. 2018 ACE Sector Statement
About this session A disability action plan is a tool: a means of raising awareness and creating cultural change while ensuring that an organisation is addressing barriers to the inclusion of people with a disability. In this webinar we will consider: The benefits of developing a disability action plan How to develop a disability action […]
This webinar is for adult language, literacy and numeracy practitioners to come together and look at aspects of quality assessment. It provides an excellent opportunity to gain external validation of tasks mapped to the Australian core Skills Framework (ACSF). The structure for this webinar involves participants sharing one small assessment task or strategy for the […]
About this event Adults learn in significantly different ways to children and adolescents, yet many of the approaches that are commonly taken by educators are based on principles of child development. The challenge for teachers of adult learners is to develop curriculum and pedagogy that meets their distinct learning needs. One of the unique aspects […]
As a vocational trainer or training manager, you play a crucial role in the lives of the people you train. In this interactive workshop, we’ll discover how a focus on foundation skills can improve training outcomes and equip your learners for today’s constantly-evolving world-of-work. We’ll help you identify practical ways to build learners’ foundation skills […]
As part of VALBEC’s commitment to provide quality professional learning to its members, an annual conference is organised, usually in May of each year. Our long term conference administrator, Don MacDowall, has done a great job for many years, however, he is no longer available to fulfil this role. Note: At this stage Don will […]
Our third issue of Quest for 2018 features a range of stories about adult learning programs and the people involved in them from around Australia. This issue features a round up of this year’s highly successful Adult Learners’ Week as well as stories about the impact of learn-to-swim programs on new migrants’ social connectedness; vocational education expert […]
