The first three months of the project were critical in determining the viability of the framework. There were two key deliverables for the CSC Project:
In total, seventeen sector (college, school board and community-based) and stream (Native, Anglophone, Francophone and Deaf) projects were funded to help build the framework. While the projects could involve any of the nine Essential Skills, the focus, for accountability purposes, was on Reading Text, Document Use and Numeracy, since these three skills are considered to be the most critical to learner success and because valid, reliable instruments are available to assess them.
Five projects were responsible for the development of the transition paths. They include:
| SECTOR/STREAM | TRANSITION PATH |
|---|---|
| CSC (College Sector Committee for Adult Upgrading) project lead |
• postsecondary • pre-apprenticeship/ apprenticeship |
| CESBA (Ontario Association of Adult and Continuing Education School Board Administrators) |
credit programming |
| CLO (Community Literacy of Ontario) | lifelong learning |
| Le CAP (Centre d'apprentissage et de perfectionnement inc.) |
pre-apprenticeship/apprenticeship |
| PTP Adult Learning and Employment Programs |
• high skills employment • low skills employment |
It’s important to note that TCU has already made a significant, long-term investment in workforce literacy development with PTP’s CAMERA-Signposts assessment and curriculum guidelines system. This system was designed for learners with the goal of entry-level employment. PTP’s project, CAMERA: Taking it to the field, would capitalize on this investment. CAMERA and Signposts have drawn extensively on Essential Skills research, outlining workforce literacy outcomes and bridging instructional content with assessment activities and results. Although Signposts has been completed, assigning issues surrounding it and the possible implications for programs. While general information on the framework has been shared with the field in a variety of ways, it has not been shared consistently.