Veuillez visualiser ce vidéo reliée à TOWES, la litteratie et les compétences essentielles au Québec. Ce vidéo a été crée par le Collège Lionel-Groulx,  www.formationcontinue.clg.qc.ca   Distributeur TOWES-Québec.

Check out the TOWES, Literacy & Essential Skills video, courtesy of our Québec Distributor, Collège Lionel-Groulx.

Tests TOWES et compétences essentielles

Announcement:

This spring TOWES is welcoming Okanagan College to our line up of distributors. If you are in the Okanagan region of BC, be sure to contact Okanagan College for your TOWES products.

Not in the Okanagan? Check out the map to find your closest distributor.

At TOWES, we sell most of our products through a Distributor network that spans across Canada.

Our distributors are always doing good work in the area of Essential Skills. Today we want to highlight the work of our Manitoba distributor, Workplace Education Manitoba.

WEM has recently created an excellent video series: Essential Skills – perspective, decision-making and the way forward. Check it out, and while you are there, take a couple minutes to complete a short on-line survey that asks: Who is incorporating workplace Essential Skills in their workplace and how; who isn’t and why; and what is still needed?

Tell us what do you think of WEM’s video series in the comments.

New Year, New Projects

2010 is proving to be a busy year for TOWES and the TOWES staff.

In the first month we have been on the road to visit our distributors and partners, participate in project meetings and deliver training sessions.

TOWES is also busy with a couple new pilot projects, which are being conducted in Alberta and across the country:

Essential Skills Direct (ESD) - We have 13 project partners on board to field test this new Essential Skills training tool; that means almost 300 participants across Canada will be involved.

Essential Skills Online for Licensed Practical Nurses (ESO-LPN) – TOWES is excited to launch the field test for ESO for LPN, an online Essential Skills too developed specifically for IPNDIEN (Integrated Practical Nurse Diploma for Internationally Educated Nurses).  Developed as a support tool for internationally educated nurses, ESN for LPN features several enhancements that consider Essential Skills instruction for ESL learners. If you are interested in learning more about this project or participating in the field testing, please contact Meghan at: 403.410.3198.

Stay tuned to the TOWES Times, as we will be announcing some new exciting projects that we have coming up for 2010 — including changes to our website.

Tell us about the new Essential Skills projects you have on the go!