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Workplace Education in Nova Scotia

Workplace Education in Nova Scotia. Presented by Catherine Arseneau, Manager Skill Development Skills and Learning Branch. Presentation Overview. Skills and Learning Branch Regional Context Workplace Education in Nova Scotia Skills Development Approach. Skills Nova Scotia

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Workplace Education in Nova Scotia

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  1. Workplace Education in Nova Scotia Presented by Catherine Arseneau, Manager Skill Development Skills and Learning Branch

  2. Presentation Overview • Skills and Learning Branch • Regional Context • Workplace Education in Nova Scotia • Skills Development Approach

  3. Skills Nova Scotia Deputy Ministers’ Committee on Workforce Skills Labour Force Planning Comm. Partners’ Advisory Council on Workforce Skills Skills and Learning Branch Labour Market Partnerships Adult Education Apprenticeship Training and Skill Development Youth Services Labour Market Development Secretariat Labour Market Information Secretariat Operating Structures

  4. Regional Context • Globalization and international competition • Rural nature of the region • Ageing workforce • Predominance of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)

  5. Objectives of Workplace Education • To create a lifelong learning culture in Nova Scotia. • To help the Nova Scotia workforce meet the challenges of the new workplace. • To partner with business, labour and workers to deliver essential skills programs.

  6. Program Management • Tri-partite provincial advisory committee • 7 regional Skills Development Officers • On-site project teams • Workplace education grant program • Association of Workplace Educators of NS • Program Evaluation

  7. Defining Essential Skills • Essential skills are the foundation for learning. • They help people participate more fully at work, home and in the community. • When essential skills are addressed, training can be more effective.

  8. Essential Skills • Thinking skills: • problem solving • decision making • critical thinking • task planning/organizing • significant use of memory • finding information • Continuous learning • Reading text • Document use • Numeracy • Writing • Oral communication • Working with others • Computer use

  9. Program Initiatives • Workplace Education - provides on-site programs for employed workers customized to the workplace • Workforce Adjustment - assists displaced workers who require transition support to search for and obtain new employment • One Journey-Work and Learn - provides job-specific training to clients in receipt of income assistance who upon successful completion move into employment with an industry partner

  10. Program Initiatives • Apprenticeship Essential Skills - assists apprentices in the technical portion of their training • Small Business Essential Skills - ensures that the essential skills needs of small and rural businesses are met • Sector Liaison Program - promotes human resource planning and development in partnership with key stakeholder organizations. Seeks to promote the development of a learning culture through capacity building at the sectoral level.

  11. Workplace Education 2004-2005 • 120 programs were established at 45+ work sites. • 1200 employees benefited from Workplace Education.

  12. Individual Development achieve individual potential maximize personal career potential make successful transitions enhance individual skills Organizational Performance develop innovative capacity leverage organizational capacity increase productivity Skills Development

  13. Thank You Discussion

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