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Essential Skills Workshop 2006

Essential Skills Workshop 2006. Looking Back Moving Forward. Montreal 2006. Essential Skills and the College Curricula. Bow Valley College and the Search for College-Wide Outcomes Robin Houston-Knopff Essential Skills Workshop June 2006. Looking Back.

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Essential Skills Workshop 2006

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  1. Essential Skills Workshop 2006 Looking Back Moving Forward Montreal 2006

  2. Essential Skills and the College Curricula • Bow Valley College and the Search for College-Wide Outcomes Robin Houston-Knopff Essential Skills Workshop June 2006

  3. Looking Back • 2002 BVC dedicated to the concept of becoming a learning college • The learning college places learning first and provides educational experiences for learners anyway, anyplace, anytime • Learning is placed first in every program, policy and practice • Learner-centered and learning-centered are integrated into the college

  4. Moving Forward • College-Wide Learning Outcomes • Communication • Thinking • Numeracy • Working with others • Technology skills • Positive attitudes and behaviours • Continuous Learning • Wellness (health literacy/working safely) • Citizenship and intercultural competence

  5. College-Wide Learning Outcomes • Communication (RT, DU, W, OC) • Thinking • Numeracy • Working with others • Technology skills (computer skills) • Continuous Learning • Positive attitudes and behaviours • Wellness (health literacy/working safely) • Citizenship and intercultural competence

  6. Searching for Essential Skills;From the Outside In • College Success pilot project with career programs • ePortfolio pilot projects with targeted Health and Community Care programs (from outside departments – new course materials)

  7. Searching for Essential Skills:From the Inside Out • Departments look for skills as they exist in course outcomes (Practical Nurse, Event Planner, Academic Upgrading) • Determine what outcomes already are being met in curriculum • Document how students learn and demonstrate the skill (assessment)

  8. Current Status of College Wide Outcomes • June 2006 • Career Programs will complete Learner Pathways for each course curriculum • September 2006 program delivery for career courses: • College Success Course • ePortfolio • College Wide Outcomes • All above are for credit

  9. Challenges:(early stages) • Institutional change issues

  10. Challenges: • Introducing students to a new way of learning and new expectations

  11. Challenges • Instructor buy-in and training

  12. Challenges • Integrating skills into every curriculum or discovering where they currently exist

  13. Rewards:(early stages) • Nine outcomes involve the whole college • Creation of a common culture

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