30 Jun New video resources for your classroom
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"I know what it's like, but don't be ashamed...
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30 Jun Hot off the Press
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The second edition of Literacy Face to Face is out now. Written by adult literacy legend Pam Osmond, Literacy Face to Face is a handbook for volunteer adult literacy tutors and others who want to help someone improve their literacy. You could also use it to...
30 Jun Feedback from the Foundation Skills Framework review project
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The Foundation Skills Framework consultation activities carried out by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) are now complete. The ACER team told us that the themes arising from the consultation include the need to: Understand the purpose of the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) and...
30 Jun Three top viewed articles
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What do you enjoy reading in Literacy Links? We thought you might want to know that the three most viewed articles in Literacy Links over the last year were SBS Program Lost for Words - Reading Writing Hotline Adult Literacy Specialists – still an endangered...
30 Jun What’s On
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31st National VET Research Conference ‘No Frills’ National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) 6-8 July 2022, Online Program out More information Community Colleges Australia National Conference 13-14 September 2022 Sydney More information...
07 Apr Ongoing impact of floods
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The Reading Writing Hotline team sends its sympathies to communities in New South Wales and Queensland who are experiencing the devastating impacts of recent floods. Education providers and their student communities, especially in Northern New South Wales and Southern Queensland, are facing major re-building. Our...
07 Apr We need you…. and your knowledge
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The Hotline is trying to find out from adult literacy and numeracy teachers and managers what’s actually happening, and what NEEDS to happen, to really meet community literacy, numeracy and digital literacy needs. We’d love you to take 10 minutes to complete our survey. The results...
07 Apr On the road again…
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[caption id="attachment_2646" align="alignleft" width="288"] [/caption] Vanessa Iles, Manager, Reading Writing Hotline, and Marty Leist from Australian Men's Shed Association (AMSA) Reading Writing Hotline Manager, Vanessa Iles was delighted to be visiting Albury and to be on beautiful Wiradjuri country for her first work trip since COVID began....
07 Apr CCA National Ace Summit 2022
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On 5th April, 2022, Community Colleges Australia hosted a National ACE Summit. The summit included a focus on Foundation Skills with an interactive panel discussion of Dr Keiko Yasukawa, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Dave Tout, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER); Vanessa Iles, Reading Writing...
07 Apr Don’t take it as Read presented to Parliament
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On 31 March 2022, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training presented the report Don’t take it as read: Inquiry into adult literacy and its importance to Parliament. The report comes at a crucial time for adult literacy and numeracy and highlights...