Our department chair and I met\u00a0this morning\u00a0with some of our community partners today on collaborating in a project to incorporate essential skills in our work together with our communities. As part of my 2010-11 faculty schedule development project, I have committed to begin the process of integrating essential skills into my math curriculum.<\/p>\n
The BC ABE (Fundamental) Working Group<\/a> is revamping the Fundamental Level mathematics course into six levels. The learning outcomes from these should integrate well with numeracy essential skills.\u00a0 See the ABE Articulation Handbook<\/a> for the specific learning outcomes. Scroll down to the Adult Literacy Fundamental Skill Levels on page 59.<\/p>\n For an example of how this integration might work, see this link<\/a>. An example specific to Retail Sales Associates and Tellers is available at http:\/\/www.nald.ca\/library\/learning\/cclb\/numeracy\/numeracy.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our department chair and I met\u00a0this morning\u00a0with some of our community partners today on collaborating in a project to incorporate essential skills in our work together with our communities. As part of my 2010-11 faculty schedule development project, I have committed to begin the process of integrating essential skills into my math curriculum. The BC … Continue reading Community Partners Essential Skills<\/span>