Resources

 Marketing Apprenticeship to Ontario's Learners

This orientation guide contains a sample of the numerous resources available to help you talk to learners about apprenticeship.

English version below.

Link to French version.

 Literacy and Basic Skills - Your Partner in Client Success

This document highlights the many ways that learning networks and support organizations can be involved in planning within the Employment Ontario network.  It also highlights the benefits of integrating LBS into employment service outcome models.

 Ontario’s Pathways to Postsecondary Education for Adult Learners

LiNDR has developed two resources designed to assist counsellors and learners developing Individual Training Plans with the ultimate goal of moving on to postsecondary college, university, and apprenticeship training.

The Flowchart provides a concise summary of the multiple routes an adult learner can follow to reach a postsecondary destination. It focuses primarily on the pathways which lead directly to postsecondary programming: Ontario Secondary School Credit programming, Academic and Career Entrance (ACE) programming, General Educational Development (GED) testing and the Mature Student Status application process. The Flowchart is available in both poster and letter size formats.

The Companion Guide provides more information about these four routes. It identifies important factors to be considered when deciding which learning track to take and answers many questions learners and counsellors might have. These factors include the advantages and disadvantages of each option, the intake criteria, delivery options, and time required. The Guide outlines the college and university application processes through the Ontario College Application Service (OCAS) and the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre (OUAC). The Guide also includes links to websites providing more information. The objective of this project was to ensure all the information is gathered together in one place to facilitate the counselling and decision-making process.

 Working Together

This pamphlet is intended to help anyone who may be thinking of referring a client to one of Ottawa’s Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) programs or to an ACE (Academic and Career Entrance) program.

 Young at Heart

Young at Heart – Working Together to Increase the Skills of Ontario’s Youth (2017)

 Marketing Your Adult Literacy Program – A “How To” Manual

This manual is designed to teach literacy practitioners how to market to adult learners with 

pertinent exercises to develop, evaluate and complete your marketing plan.

 Three ways to attract more learners to your adult literacy program

This blog post highlights 3 ways to market your programs including learner retention through:

• Advertising in the right places
• Advertising an inclusive, flexible learning environment
• Providing motivation to continue learning

 Recruitment Strategies

This “Literacy Basics” post shares successful recruitment strategies from CLO’s member agencies.  It includes other successful strategies and shares a recruitment success story.

 How To Kit “Get Caught Reading” & other literacy promotion ideas

This “How To Kit” contains ideas on promoting literacy and reading to indigenous communities.  

The promotional ideas would also work well in smaller communities.

 Three Branding Rules for Your Nonprofit

This article shares three branding tips for non profits including:

• Set Yourself Apart
• Be Consistent
• Educate