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<strong>Integrating</strong> <strong>Essential</strong> <strong>Skills</strong> <strong>into</strong> <strong>Training</strong> Materials Report & Resource Guide WW<br />
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY<br />
Hosted by WWestnet, <strong>Integrating</strong> <strong>Essential</strong> <strong>Skills</strong> <strong>into</strong> <strong>Training</strong> Materials combined<br />
hands-on sessions with presentations and networking opportunities. Over the course of<br />
the two days, delegates learned techniques for integrating essential skills <strong>into</strong> training,<br />
worked through a wealth of activity examples, learned about resources that can be<br />
accessed to assist with essential skills training, heard a presentation on the Ready to<br />
Work North program that is now available for delivery, were updated on the training<br />
situation for the Mackenzie Gas Project, and heard about an innovative new program<br />
being piloted in a remote community in British Columbia. The event was officially<br />
opened by Dan Daniels Deputy Minister of Education Culture and Employment,<br />
Government of the Northwest Territories.<br />
At the end of day one, delegates had an opportunity to network with colleagues some of<br />
whom they had previously known only through electronic or telephone communication.<br />
They exchanged ideas, shared experiences and enjoyed complimentary appetizers.<br />
<strong>Integrating</strong> <strong>Essential</strong> <strong>Skills</strong> <strong>into</strong> <strong>Training</strong> Materials was developed based on the feedback<br />
from the May 2005 Yellowknife conference <strong>Essential</strong> <strong>Skills</strong> and the Northern Oil and Gas<br />
Workforce and on the results of consultations with Aurora College, the Northwest<br />
Territories <strong>Literacy</strong> Council and the Government of the Northwest Territories –<br />
Education, Culture and Employment. The May 2005 conference was very well received<br />
and the feedback was excellent but many delegates saw a need for a more intensive,<br />
hands-on train-the trainer approach and the discussions with Aurora, the <strong>Literacy</strong><br />
Council and the GNWT-EC&E confirmed the support for a ‘workshop’ focused event.<br />
The goals of the event were to increase the understanding of the role of essential skills<br />
in improving training outcomes and to increase the confidence of participants so that<br />
they could proceed with integrating essential skills <strong>into</strong> training materials and<br />
incorporating essential skills <strong>into</strong> delivery strategies. All of the speakers at <strong>Integrating</strong><br />
<strong>Essential</strong> <strong>Skills</strong> <strong>into</strong> <strong>Training</strong> Materials put a great deal of time and effort <strong>into</strong> their<br />
presentations / workshops and it was this effort that ensured the event goals were<br />
accomplished. The quality of the information delegates received was very high and this<br />
was reflected in the level of satisfaction expressed in the evaluations.<br />
WWestnet wishes to recognize and to thank:<br />
• The <strong>National</strong> <strong>Literacy</strong> Secretariat (Human Resources <strong>Skills</strong> Development Canada)<br />
for their major contribution to the workshop funding and for their continued<br />
support of WWestnet.<br />
• The Government of the Northwest Territories: Department of Education, Culture<br />
& Employment for their assistance with planning and for their funding<br />
contribution.<br />
• The Mackenzie Gas Project Proponents for their commitment to the project,<br />
assistance with planning and contributions to the funding.<br />
Without this support and assistance <strong>Integrating</strong> <strong>Essential</strong> <strong>Skills</strong> <strong>into</strong> <strong>Training</strong> Materials<br />
would not have been possible.