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Search this comprehensive Toolbox for resources that support ESL literacy in Alberta. Whether you are an ESL literacy program provider or instructor, the materials and information in the Toolbox will inform your decision making and instruction.
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|Tool Box||Accountability Checklist for Instructors||Demonstrate Accountability||
This accountability checklist is designed for instructors and is based on the principles outlined in Stage 5: Demonstrate Accountability of the ESL Literacy Curriculum Framework. The purpose of this tool is to guide instructors in reflecting on how they currently demonstrate accountability to learners and to encourage instructors to set professional development goals related to demonstrating accountability.
|External Link||Alberta Occupational Profiles||Supporting LIFE||
Alberta Learning Information Services provides over 500 Alberta Occupational Profiles, which include details about specific duties, working conditions, salaries and educational qualifications.
|External Link||All Kids Have Dreams: Immigrant Youth in Greater Forest Lawn||Immigrant Youth||
All Kids Have Dreams is one of the outcomes of the Youth Matters Multicultural Project launched in Calgary by Aspen Family and Community Network Society.
|Tool Box||Assessment as Learning Samples||Assessment||
This Assessment as Learning tool includes a sample sign in/sign out chart and a description of learning photographs.
|Tool Box||Assessment for Learning Samples||Assessment||
This Asessment for Learning tool includes a sample set of anecdotal notes and a sample checklist.
|Tool Box||Assessment of Learning Samples||Assessment||
This Assessment of Learning tool includes sample anecedotal notes, a process for creating rubrics and a description of using worksheets in assessment.
|External Link||ATESL||Program Development||
Alberta Teachers of English as a Second Language (ATESL) is a professional organization that promotes the highest standards of ESL provision in Alberta. This website provides links to reports that are the products of various innovative projects funded by the government and others. All reports have an Alberta focus and deal with a variety of special topics within ESL.
|External Link||ATESL ESL Resources Database||Planning for Instruction||
This database includes ESL resources which have been funded and developed in Alberta. It includes resources for teaching, assessment, and professional development, along with policy and research documents.
|External Link||Best Practice Guidelines for Adult ESL/LINC Programming and Instruction in Alberta||Program Development||
This set of guidelines, prepared by the Alberta Teachers of English as a Second Language (ATESL), assists people who are providing English language programs for adult immigrants to Alberta. It is a tool to help new or established programs improve, develop, and become more responsive to learner needs and provide a measure of accountability to the public, and to the funders.
|Tool Box||Bridge Program Overview||Immigrant Youth||
A detailed overview of the development of the Bridge program at Bow Valley College, including, program objectives, outcomes and statistics.
|Tool Box||Bridging the Gap: A Framework for Teaching and Transitioning Low Literacy Immigrant Youth||Immigrant Youth||
Developed in the Bridge program at Bow Valley College, this is a framework for teaching and transitioning immigrant youth who have low literacy skills.
|Tool Box||Bridging the Gap: Literature Review||Immigrant Youth||
Bridging the Gap includes a literature review which discusses the levels of literacy across North America and details the findings of research in areas pertaining to young adult ESL literacy instruction and the transitioning of learners.
|Tool Box||Building a Classroom of Excellence||Planning for Instruction||
What does a classroom of excellence look like? We have collected promising practices in ESL literacy, based on what the research supports, what works for instructors, and most importantly, what proves to be effective for ESL literacy learners. These promising practices are recommendations to instructors, program coordinators and all other stakeholders in ESL literacy.
|Tool Box||Building a Program of Excellence||Demonstrate Accountability||
What does a program of excellence look like? We have collected promising practices in ESL literacy, based on what the research supports, what works for instructors, and most importantly, what proves to be effective for ESL literacy learners. These promising practices are recommendations to instructors, program coordinators and all other stakeholders in ESL literacy.
|External Link||Canadian Language Benchmarks 2000: English as a Second Language for Adults||Planning for Instruction||
Canadian Language Benchmarks 2000: English as a second language for adults, divides language learning into twelve different levels, called Benchmarks, in four different skill areas: listening, speaking,reading and writing. The listening and speaking Benchmarks from this resource can be used in both mainstream ESL and ESL literacy programs. This document should not be used to set reading and writing outcomes for literacy learners.