Employers,
labour/workers and educators are the on-site partners for workplace education.
Some people see the educator as a resource and not a primary partner. Each has
an important role to play in actively supporting educational activities in each
phase of the initiative from initial planning through
evaluation.
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Workplace educators act in a variety of capacities drawing on
their knowledge, skills and experience in planning, programming, teaching, and
facilitating learning.
Sue Folinsbee
in Looking Back, Looking Forward, covers the wide range of work open to
workplace educators: “instructor, researcher, needs assessor, program
developer, instructor trainer, mentor, educational advocate” as well as
“program planners and implementers, learning facilitators and
evaluators.” (p. 5, 8)
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The core
quality standards and principles of LBS programs provide the larger educational
framework for workplace education in Ontario.
The LBS
program principles are:
- results-based
- community-based
- cost-effective
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