Phase II Field Development: Moving
Towards Action Recommendation 1
That the Ontario Native Literacy Coalition in concert with Ministry of
Training, Colleges and Universities, create and employ a full time position
of Native Literacy Field Development Worker.
Phase II Field Development: Moving Towards Action Recommendation
3
That Practitioners be provided with an opportunity to participate in proposal
writing workshops to develop their abilities to pursue other funding sources
as their individual programs require.
Phase II Field Development: Moving Towards Action
Recommendation 4.
That the Ontario Native Literacy Coalition set up as direct link from
the website, an independent online discussion group specifically for programs
to provide feedback, evaluation of the Field development Worker impact,
and New Practitioner/New Board Member Orientation needs.
Objective 3
To support processes toward the articulation of the Holistic
Approach to Native Literacy.
Although this was a recommendation that emerged from Phase I, during the
course of Phase II Working Towards Action, articulation of the Holistic
Approach did not present as a priority with the field. The field was surveyed
to determine how they incorporate the holistic approach. A wheel (see
drawing) has been
created to represent the variety of strategies that practitioners use
to maintain a holistic approach within their programs. In addition, practitioners
meet the needs of their learners through their attention to Native Learning
styles. This information has been presented in table form (see Table).
Objective 4
To develop an action plan that enables the ONLC to implement
the findings from Phase I of the Field Development Project.
As stated earlier, due to the limited scope of Phase I, Phase II work
involved further data collection. This project contains clear directions
for further training and supports for the Native literacy field. Tables
and charts present priorities and recommendations which have been prioritized
according to direct practitioner input. Several of the recommendations
will require further funding pursuits outside of MTCU. To that end a comprehensive
collection of funding possibilities, relevant to Native literacy are included
in this report. However, the field will need training in proposal writing,
as previously stated.
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