The following is a list of COVID-19 related resources provided to LOCS by partners. Please email any resources you would like to share to: Post-Pandemic Business Resumption Checklist Post-Pandemic Business Playbook IHSA Guidance on in Class Training During COVID-19 PDF CCOHS Business Continuity PDF How to Develop a Workplace Safety Plan OCC Pandemic … Continue reading COVID-19 Resources
Updated in February 2020, Community Service Plans are now available for download: Haliburton Community Service Plan 2020-2021 Kawartha Lakes Community Service Plan 2020-2021 Peterborough Community Service Plan 2020-2021 Northumberland Community Service Plan 2020-2021 Hastings Community Service Plan 2020-2021
Highlighting this resource from the AlphaPlus LBS site: If you are wondering if your students and learners are ready for online learning, you can use this questionnaire as a template to find out. Sandra Martinez from Centennial College LBS kindly shared this with us so that we could share it with you. We are not … Continue reading COVID-19 and remote learning
Our friends at AlphaPlus have been hard at work over the past couple of days pulling together resources for LBS. They have created a website to support you and your program that includes: General announcements and updates from the government and LBS programs Links to information about COVID-19 Tips and tools to support working from … Continue reading COVID-19: New website provides resources for LBS programs
A report released on March 21st by Frontier College, prepared in partnership with Social Research and Demonstration Corporation, “is the culmination of a national consultation with policy makers, national and regional literacy associations, services providers, researchers, poverty reduction organizations, and learners involved in literacy programming and poverty reduction programs across Canada.” “Canadian data indicate that … Continue reading Literacy and Essential Skills as a Poverty Reduction Strategy
On March 2nd, 2018, 70 service planning partners from the LOCS regional network came together for a day of networking and learning about new programs and resources. Partner agencies represented included • Literacy and Basic Skills • Regional Literacy Networks • Employment Services • Ontario Works • Ontario Disability Support Program • East Central Ontario … Continue reading LOCS Performance Management Newsletter: Focus on 2017-18 Regional LSP
Over the next few weeks Literacy Link Niagara is hosting 2 exciting professional development workshops! Friday February 23, 10:00-12:00 – Tips and Strategies working with Deaf clients with Employment Goals, featuring local service providers and Chris Kenopic, Executive Director of Ontario’s Deaf Literacy Initiative. This workshop is suitable for any agency or staff person wishing … Continue reading Upcoming professional development opportunities for workforce development practitioners
On October 23rd and 24th, over 100 adult education practitioners, administrators and support networks convened at the Glen House Resort for the second Connecting Excellence in LBS conference (ConEX). This year, the theme for the conference was numeracy, including presentations on: numeracy learning strategies; what the latest EQAO data is telling us about secondary school … Continue reading Connecting Excellence Conference 2017: Eastern Region knowledge multiplier
April 28, 2017 — Peterborough, ON — Literacy Ontario Central South (LOCS) is delighted that the 2017 Ontario Budget provides greater opportunities for Ontarians to train and upgrade their skills and education. The introduction of the Ontario Lifelong Learning and Skills Plan represents a substantial new commitment to adult learners and workers in Ontario. The … Continue reading Literacy Ontario Central South applauds the Government of Ontario’s Significant Commitment to Adult Learners
Check out CESBA’s professional development support for LBS website. Modules
This Employment Ontario service is funded in part by the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario and through the Canada-Ontario Job Fund Agreement.
