(2) "Can you tell me about your definition or philosophy of literacy?" (open discussion)

(3) "Now I'd like to ask you about the students who enroll in your programs (in turn)

• What percentage of your students are working (Full-time, part-time, shift work, casual)?
• What percentage of them are receiving social assistance of some kind (band sponsorship, UIC, welfare, etc.)? Of this number, what % are on welfare? (How many EDC students do you have?)
• Do these students come into the program with specific personal, academic, and/or employment goals? What are these goals?
• What % of these students would state employment as their MAIN goal?
• What role do you believe literacy plays in preparing people for work?

"Does anyone wish to add anything else to this particular topic of discussion?"

(4) The next set of questions has to do with curriculum and other resources you use in your programs to help your students meet their employment (and other) goals: (open discussion)

• First of all, can you tell me what skills you believe are needed in the workplace?
• How do you find out what skills are needed? Do you have access to current labour market information?
• Are these skills being taught in the classroom? If so, how are they being taught?
• Describe any curriculum or other resources you use in employment preparation.
• How effective do you find these curriculum/resources to be?
• Are there any other resources you wish you had? Why don't you have them?
• How prepared do you feel you are (or other program staff) to prepare students for work? What do you need to become better prepared?

"Does anyone wish to add anything else to this particular topic of discussion?"

(5) Our next topic is jobs.

• What do you believe is the real job situation "out there"? Explain.
• What kinds of jobs are your students being prepared for? Why? (probe: is the decision based on their own goals? goals set by others? Labour market-driven?)
• Do you have any mechanism (formal or informal) for tracking students after the, leave your program? Describe.
• What % of your students end up taking a job upon graduating from your program?
• What kinds of jobs (if any) do these students end up taking and for how long?
• Do your students face any barriers to getting and/or keeping a job? If yes, what do you think these barriers are?