Since 2011 the Hotline has been getting calls from the small First Nations community of Pormpuraaw on the Gulf of Carpentaria. A men’s group wanting to read fishing magazines, people hoping for jobs at the nearby mine, and an intergenerational support program all needed literacy...
Community Colleges Australia is shining a light on Foundation Skills in adult and community education in its upcoming national summit. It will also be taking a very timely look at training needs in the aged care workforce, following on from the Aged Care Royal Commission...
The Hotline is thrilled to be able to support a great community initiative in far western NSW. A solicitor at Warra Warra Legal Service saw a big need for culturally-appropriate literacy support for clients, and is working with Broken Hill library to run a volunteer...
The Ako Aotearoa team offer a range of online workshops which can be accessed by adult LLN teachers here in Australia. Upcoming sessions include numeracy, dyslexia, workplace LLN, bullying, spelling, and cultural capability. For the full schedule, visit https://ako.ac.nz/professional-learning/#upcoming They also facilitate a free Community of...
Linno Rhodes is an adult literacy and numeracy practitioner and an International Specialised Skills Institute Fellow. She recently wrote an article titled Reading between the lines - adult literacy education and neuroscience published in Avetra's (Australian VET Research Association) Research Today. The article in Research...
What you’re doing might be of interest to others in the LLND and VET community! AVETRA (Australian VET Research Association) is keen to share the projects and ideas of teachers and program managers through their journal Research Today. It’s likely that someone else can learn...
As part of ACAL’s ‘stretched’ conference, a series of webinars is being held for ACAL members. In the most recent webinar Jason Coutts, Assistant Secretary of Foundation Skills, Department of Educations, Skills and Employment (DESE) outlines the work being done to improve access to foundation...
This is your last chance to nominate for this year’s Australian Training Awards, Excellence in Language, Literacy and Numeracy Practice Award. This award recognises innovation and excellence by an individual who is involved in improving the language, literacy and numeracy skills in an educational, community or workplace context. Winners...
The Reading Writing Hotline supports this joint statement seeking to improve access to adult literacy and numeracy classes. The Parliamentary Inquiry into adult literacy and its importance is a positive step in hearing from learners, teachers and the sector about the needs and gaps in...
There has certainly been an increased focus on Foundation Skills in recent months. In January, 2021, the Productivity Commission released its report on the inquiry into Skills and Workforce Development finding: ‘There should be a coordinated national strategy to improve school education, ‘second-chance’ learning in the...