1. Skills Highway Presentation for English Language Partners Conference
10 April 2016

2. Itinerary Skills Highway revisted
Maximising the benfits of workplace literacy and numeracy
Employer-led Workplace Literacy and Numeracy Fund - key themes from applications
What does good look like? Good practice indicators
EEO Awards

3. Skills Highway revisited
Established in 2008
‘Brand’ for workplace literacy and numeracy
Website:
General information
Success stories
News
Resources
Skills Highway Award
Funded by the Tertiary Education Commission and now managed by the Industry Training Federation
The Skills Highway workplace literacy programme is funded by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) and managed by the Industry Training Federation. Improving literacy and numeracy can unlock productivity, kick-start educational

4. Maximising the benefits of the Workplace Literacy and Numeracy Fund
Programmes are getting to the right people in the right regions and industries – but it is supply driven
Providers need to work hard to get employers underway with programmes – because of the time it takes and employers’ lack of awareness of workplace issues caused by literacy and numeracy
Stakeholders and industry associations lack awareness and do not know where to go for help.
Alkema, 2015

5. Skills Highway initiatives
Promoting the Workplace Literacy and Numeracy Fund to employers
Working with WPLN providers and ITOs to develop good practice strategies for introducing and maintaining workplace literacy and numeracy programmes
Developing and carrying out a research programme to support employer engagement with workplace literacy and numeracy
Acknowledging employers who have successfully introduced workplace literacy and numeracy training through the Skills Highway Award 

6. Employer-led WPLN Fund
The Fund helps employers provide high-quality literacy and numeracy programmes that are customised for their workplace and which help address productivity opportunities or problems that have their root causes in literacy and numeracy issues among employees.
‘Solving your business problem with literacy and numeracy upskilling must be at the centre of a successful application’.

7. Key themes from the applications
Health and safety
Numeracy
Communication
and confidence
Financial literacy
ESOL

8. Workplace literacy and numeracy good practice
More than just delivery – elements of practice are iterative and interwoven:
Communication
Engaging with the issues
Planning
Designing and delivering
Assessing/measuring
Sustaining
Alkema, 2015

9. Skills Highway and ITOs
EEO Trust Diversity Awards
Skills Highway Award
This award celebrates organisations which recognise the importance of numeracy and literacy in adding value to the workforce and develop initiatives to assist their employees with fundamental foundation skills.
Call for Entries is open!

10. What else is in the wind?
Development of resources that support literacy and numeracy upskilling focused on (for example):
Health and safety (e.g. development of Pathways Awarua modules and collateral)
Employer and learner-friendly ‘front pages’ for the Learning Progressions

11. Keep an eye on the website for future developments!

12. Any questions? Handouts:
Why invest in literacy and numeracy training for your workforce?
Workplace Literacy Good Practice Indicators
Workplace Health and Safety Research