Directory of Educational Resources

The Academic Foundations program helps adult students gain the foundational skills they need in the areas of English language arts and mathematics. Upon completion, students may continue into Grade 10, 11, or 12 courses in the College Preparation program, qualify for admission into Career or Trades programs, or enter the workforce.

The English Language Learning class focuses on three levels pertaining to reading and writing. Level 1: parts of speech, building up to parts of a sentence and sentence construction, types of sentences and sentence fragments, punctuation, tense, vocabulary, spelling, contractions, possessive forms. Level 2: Paragraph structure, preparing for formal writing, students participate in group and individual essay writing. Level 3: Writing with a purpose – filling out forms, extracting information from forms, emails, letters (business communication, formal/informal, cover letter, resume).

The Advanced English Language Learning and Pre-Upgrading English Language Arts class focuses on listening, speaking, reading, writing, textual analysis, and dialogue skills. Learners coming from basic ELL classes, or those with interrupted learning, enjoy more challenging non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and drama. In addition to expanding their vocabulary and practicing verbal skills, they learn how to interpret and analyze literature with textual support and expand their writing skills from sentences through to simple essays. These classes enrich adult literacy and prepare learners for college upgrading.

LINC classes provide English language instruction for newcomers (Permanent Residents, Convention Refugees, and Protected Persons) who are not yet Canadian citizens. Part-time classes are offered for CLB levels 0 to 6. The focus of LINC classes is English language development, settlement skills, and orientation to the community and Canadian culture. Other services include: guest speakers, field trips, basic computer classes and staff and faculty on site to advise students.

This program provides unemployed and under-employed newcomers with enhanced language and communication skills, occupational industrial cleaning knowledge and training, essential skill training in customer service, computer fundamentals and employment search capabilities, required safety certificates, and employment supports that will connect clients with employment opportunities to enter the workforce.