Resources

Communications Skills: Connecting Personally
Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
April 27, 2005

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Plenary Session - Communications skills development in secondary school and colleges: apples and apples, or apples and oranges?

• Communication Skills Development in Secondary Schools and Colleges
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Plenary Session - Literacy Learning: A Search for Coherence

• Literacy learning: A search for coherence (.ppt 82KB)

Session A - Writing in high school and college

• Writing Expectations (.doc 41KB)
• The Achievement Chart for English (.doc 65KB)
• Assessment & Evaluation of Writing in High School (.ppt 275KB)
• Ontario College Writing Exemplars (.ppt 62KB))

Session B - Academic support for both identified-exceptional and under-prepared students at the secondary and post-secondary level

• Supporting Language Under-prepared Students at College (.ppt 108KB)
• Secondary School Academic Resource Programs and Services (.ppt 197KB)

Session C - ESL (English as a Second Language) / ELD (English Language Development): High school and college perspectives

• An ESL/ELD Secondary School Perspective (.doc 66KB)

Session D - Literacy in high schools: what do colleges need to know?

Session E - Access programs in colleges

Session F - Meeting the challenge: A guide to essential skills and TOWES (Test of Workplace Essential Skills)

• What are Essential Skills? (.doc 31KB)
• Meeting the Challenge (.ppt 1.1MB)
• Essential Skills in the Classroom (.ppt 1.1MB)

Session G - Bridging the gap: How current ministry initiatives and secondary school courses are preparing students for the literacy demands of college.

• Bridging the Gap (.ppt 373KB)
• Bibliography—Research on Reading Strategies (.doc 37KB)

Workshop Registration Kit

• Workshop Proceedings, Rooms & Tag Colour Codes (MS-Word doc, 74KB)
• Presenters' Bios (MS-Word doc, 40KB)
• Hosting a Breakout Session (MS-Word doc, 27KB)
• Funding Application Form (MS-Word doc, 34KB)
• Contacts List (Excel xls, 201KB)
• Workshop Subcommittee (MS-Word doc, 35KB)