Learner Profile 3

Personal

• Female, early 30s, single parent, two children (one preschooler, the other in Grade 3).

School experiences

• You left school in Grade 6.
• You spent some time in a special education class, but you felt that you should not have been there.
• You have not taken any upgrading since leaving school.
• You heard about the upgrading program through a friend.

Needs/wants

• You want to help your children with their school work.
• You need child care if the program is in the evening.
• You do not have transportation.

Reading

• You can read part of the TV Guide.
• You can read some of the headlines in the paper.
• You would like to be able to read books to your children.
• You read slowly, trying to figure out each word.

Writing

• You can write your name, address and phone number.
• You are really nervous about your writing, but you can write a few sentences.
• You concentrate on writing words as neatly as you can.
• You worry about your spelling.

Math

• You have developed a system to handle the bills.
• You can add, subtract, and do some multiplication and division.
• You have some understanding of the metric system (through shopping and watching the weather).
• You liked math in school.

Nova Scotia tutor and instructor training and certification program: Facilitator’s guide. (n.d.). Halifax, Nova Scotia: Adult Education Division of the Nova Scotia Department of Education. Used with permission.