A quality adult literacy and basic education program has procedures and practices in place to help learners transfer their learning to further education, training, employment or community life.
The
program’s work experience component strongly promotes the transferability
of learning. This integral part of the program has two purposes. It lets learners
develop “real” transferable skills and, at the same time, explore
particular careers of their choosing.
For two weeks in the Fall and Spring, learners are placed in local offices and businesses in a work experience situation that matches their strengths, interests and goals. They observe professionals and apply skills that they already have, and learn additional job-related skills in a work setting. Learners have worked in a variety of organizations from stores, to offices, to schools, to construction. Some employers have offered learners full-time employment in that particular organization following their work experience placement. Some learners go on to take training in a specific field as a result of their experience. For example, two learners who had work placements in schools have both enrolled in the NWT Teacher Education Program at Aurora College. Following the two weeks of work experience, learners gather to share their stories of work experience and pictures in a Power Point presentation.