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...
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...
Read Write Now is celebrating its forty-fifth anniversary of supporting people in Western Australia who need a more informal pathway to improving their literacy. Incredibly, there are about 650 volunteer tutors who work one-on-one with learners in informal settings such as a private space in...
Don’t miss out on this engaging and useful professional development series from Adult Learning Australia. Feedback from teachers is that workshops are practical and address numeracy teaching and learning issues they experience daily. Each session is co-facilitated by Ros Bauer and Jo Medlin with presentations from...
In a recent podcast, Literacy Quebec chats to Adam Nobilia and Jo Medlin from SBS Lost for Words about adult literacy as an issue, adult literacy in Australia, how adults learn and the value of teaching that is tailored to each learner's need. It’s an...
VALBEC have announced their 2022 Conference on 20 May 2022 from 9.00am to 2.30pm at Angliss Conference Centre, Level 5, 555 Latrobe St, Melbourne. Connection and re-connection with students are the key themes of the conference. Numbers are limited and Early Bird rates end on 30...
Here is an opportunity to nominate a colleague for their innovative work in Adult Literacy and Numeracy. The Australian Training Awards are the peak national awards that showcase best practice in vocational education and training (VET). One of the Training Awards is The Excellence in...
Read about the draft National Foundation Skills Framework 2022- 2032 on Skills Reform. The draft National Foundation Skills Framework paper outlines the outcomes-based approach, the process of development and the structure of the Framework....
[caption id="attachment_2576" align="alignright" width="300"] Taking a break with the BPAC rangers in the Bunya Mountains.[/caption] Two Indigenous groups have joined forces with Leonie Swift to co-create plain English safety procedures for Indigenous rangers. Leonie is a plain English practitioner and adult literacy teacher. She has been working...
Two years ago the Hotline reported on the shrinking number of graduate adult literacy teaching courses. At the time, there were four RTOs running the TAE 80113 Grad Dip LLN Practice. Recent enquiries indicate that only MW Training Consultants are offering the course for new...