This edition features an interview with Dr Caroline Smith, Executive Director, Centre for Education and Training at the Ai Group giving an industry perspective on the importance of literacy and numeracy in the workplace. It also includes exciting news around the reaccreditation of CGEA, an......
The Hotline receives a significant number of calls from employees who highlight the increased literacy demands and changing technology they are experiencing in their jobs. Literacy Links reached out to Dr Caroline Smith, Executive Director, Centre for Education and Training at the Ai Group to......
Last December, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released a separate occupational code specifically for adult literacy and numeracy teachers. A re-release of the OSCA classification will take place on 28 July 2025. The re-release will clarify the Adult Literacy/Numeracy Teacher occupational code by removing the......
Helping a friend… Susan rang us from a coastal town seeking assistance to help her friend, Cameron. She does not have a teaching background so rang the Hotline seeking help to successfully mentor/ tutor her friend who has literacy challenges and doesn’t want to attend......
The Hotline warmly congratulates Andrew Giles on his reappointment as Minister for Skills and Training, working alongside Amanda Rishworth, the new Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, and Patrick Gorman, Assistant Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Minister Giles visited the Hotline in October last......
In great news for the sector, the Certificates in General Education for Adults (CGEA) have been successfully reaccredited. These important courses provide teachers with qualifications which focus on the development and application of literacy and numeracy skills in real contexts and for real purposes and......
