LITERACY TEACHER’s TRAINING
BASIS FOR LITERACY DEVELOPMENT 1991 National adult literacy scheme launched 2000 International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) 2003 National Adult Literacy Strategy 2004 Action Plan (2004-2006) 2006 National Literacy Strategy (2007 - 2013)
Roots are litaracy practices at the life contexts DEFINING NEW CONTEXT WORKPLACE LITERACY RURAL ADULTS RETURNING TO FORMAL EDUCATION AUTONOMY IN EVERYDAY LIFE FAMILY FORMER EXPERIENCES IN LITERACY PROVISION IN the 90s LITERACY / NUMERACY LIFELONG LEARNING ICT ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP SOCIAL SKILLS Roots are litaracy practices at the life contexts
LITERACY PROGRAMMES Less than 10 years of schooling, poor literacy skills Participant’s life context Free of charge for participants (funded by Ministry for education and sport) 2 teachers, up to 15 participants Project work Adult education organisations
TEACHER TRAINING Organised by the Slovenian Institute for Adult Education Funded by the Ministry for education and sport 112 – 132 hour long programme
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS University degree Pedagogical-andragogical education Professional exam Interview at SIAE Experience Motivation Open-mindedness Support the philosophy of LLL
CONTENTS, TRAINERS Basic module Specific contents related to specific needs of the 5 target groups and literacy contexts Literacy areas module Trainers are professionals working in the field of literacy – they come from Universities, governmental and educational organisations…
CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESSFULY FINISHING THE TRAINING At least 80% attendance Active participation throughout the training Appearance before the whole group Prepare a realisation scheme for the programme
AFTER THE TRAINING Counselling Meeting with and visiting teachers at their workplaces - realisation of the programmes Professional development Evaluation initial training, exchange of good practice Feedback on teacher’s reports Additional work
CONTACTS Literacy web-site: http://pismenost.acs.si/ E-mail: Natalija.zalec@acs.si (in charge of learning programme for literacy teachers) Ana.ilersic@acs.si