Appendix B:
Summary of Eight Collaboration Models

• Alberta Workforce Essential skills (AWES)
• Workplace Education Manitoba
• Nova Scotia Partners for Workplace Education; Nova-Scotia Workplace Education Initiative
• Workplace Education PEI
• Learning at Work – Saskatchewan Labour Force Development Board (SLFDB)
• Western Canada Workplace Essential Skills Training Network (WWestNet)
• SkillPlan BC
• Yukon Government, Department of Education, Advanced Education – Labour Market Programs and Services

Alberta Workforce Essential Skills (AWES)

Non-profit society. An advisory committee includes representatives from labour, industry associations, apprenticeship and industry training board and government.

Objectives:

• Pursue essential skills development in various sectors.
• Present information about workforce literacy issues to business, labour and government so they can make informed decisions about essential skills training and development.
• Stay informed about workforce literacy trends, programs, research findings and innovations.
• Develop ways for stakeholders to interact and share information with each other.
• Improve and extend workforce essential skills training and development through enhanced professional development, information sharing and training opportunities for practitioners.
• Be available for sharing and providing input at the inter-provincial, national and international levels.

Resources:

• AWES Centre for Research on Literacy, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta.
• ESL Resource Package for Alberta Communities – a guide and support for ESL teachers, particularly those without training and background in teaching ESL.
• Essential Skills for Hazard Analysis Critical Control Program – a front-line training program to help implement the food safety program to reduce the risk of food-borne illnesses through safe handling, production, processing and retailing of food products.
• Sectoral Needs Assessment: A Process for Essential Skills Analysis – a guidebook on how to design and implement a needs assessment, interpret findings, shape recommendations, develop action plans and evaluate outcomes. Targeted to employer associations, sector councils, labour unions, community colleges, government and essential skills consultants.
• Spreading the Word: A Framework for Workplace Essential Skills Presentations – a marketing tool that provides scripts and practical strategies for practitioners and business and labour representatives.
• Travelling Trunk: Workplace Essential Resource Collection – an extensive library of training and resource materials available to practitioners.