SFS-1.2 – Skills for Success Practitioner Tools & Resources

Collaborative Practice

Collaborative practice occurs when people of different backgrounds come together to work towards a common goal. In education, collaborative practice allows for interprofessional team teaching and planning.

Collaborative Practice and Education: Framework for Change. Alberta. https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/3c2f8866-ae81-47fa-a048-d266e5d103f8/resource/2daba644-44b9-4859-a0f2-d31944611361/download/6208778-2012-goa-ah-framework-final.pdf
National Education Association. Collaborative Practice. https://www.nea.org/student-success/great-public-schools/collaborative-practice
Suter, E., Arndt, J., Arthur, N., Parboosingh, J., Taylor, E., & Deutschlander, S. (2009). Role understanding and effective communication as core competencies for collaborative practice. Journal of interprofessional care, 23(1), 41-51.(login required).

Identity

Diversity and InclusionDEL-1.3, SFS-1.2

Identity refers to the unique social characteristics of participants in training programs, such as race/ethnicity, gender identity, biological sex, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic status, disability/ability, marital status, migration status, and religion. These identities overlap and intersect in dynamic ways that shape learners experiences in training.

Learning requires exploration of one’s identity. First Peoples Principles of Learning. (2019, August 9). https://firstpeoplesprinciplesoflearning.wordpress.com/learning-requires-exploration-of-ones-identity/
The International LGBTQ Youth and Student Organisation. Intersectionality Toolkit. http://briguglio.asgi.it/immigrazione-e-asilo/2015/marzo/toolkit-intersezionalita’.pdf
Intersectionality. The roadmap to pursue gender equality in the workplace. https://genderequalityblueprint.unglobalcompact.ca/intersectionality/
Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus). https://women-gender-equality.canada.ca/en/gender-based-analysis-plus.html

Mentorship

Collaboration, Skills for Success Best PracticesSFS-1.2

Mentorship is a relationship between someone sharing knowledge and providing guidance (the mentor) and someone learning from that person’s experience and example (the mentee).

The Mentorship Guide for Teaching and Learning. (n.d.). From https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/sites/default/files/TI%20Guides/19-UNV-TITL-010_MentorshipBooklet_Interactive.pdf
Mentorship matters™. Mentorship Matters | On-The-Job Mentoring Program. (n.d.). From https://mentorshipmatters.com/

Skills for Success Framework

Skills for Success FrameworkDEL-2.1, DES-1.3, DES-3.1, SFS-1.1, SFS-1.2, SFS-1.4, SFS-2.1, SFS-2.3, SFS-2.4, SFS-2.5

The Skills for Success Framework is based on the skills needed to participate and thrive in learning, work and life. Skills for Success include skills that are foundational for building new skills and knowledge and important for effective social interaction. These skills overlap and interact with each other, and with other technical and life skills. They are inclusive and can be adapted to different contexts.

Launch:

Skills for Success Framework (2021): https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/training/initiatives/skills-success.html
Research report to support the launch of Skills for Success (2021): https://www.srdc.org/media/553148/sfs-srdc-final-report-en.pdf

History & Evolution:

Young Adult Literacy Survey (1986)
Survey of Literacy Skills Used in Daily Activities (1989)
National Adult Literacy Survey (1993)
Jones report (1994): Levels for Basic Skills: a research note for the definition of basic skills and development of measurement instruments. Human Resources Development Canada: technical report.
Mosenthal & Kirsch (1994): Defining the proficiency standards of adult literacy in the U.S.: A profile approach. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED379531.pdf
OECD’s Definition and Selection of Competencies Project (2005): https://www.oecd.org/pisa/35070367.pdf
Human Resources Development Canada’s Essential Skills Research Project (1994)

Training Partner

Diversity and Inclusion, Indigenous, Needs AnalysisASS-3.1, ASS-3.3, ASS-4.1, DES-1.1, DES-1.2, DES-1.3, DES-1.4, DES-1.5, SFS-1.2, SFS-3.8

Training partners include individuals and groups who are involved in and/or impacted by training programs, such as participants, funders, training organizations, employers, instructors, supervisors, mentors, peers and community members. The competency framework uses the term training partners to avoid negative associations with the term stakeholders.

Indigenous Corporate Training Inc. 9 Terms to Avoid in Communications with Indigenous Peoples. https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/9-terms-to-avoid-in-communications-with-indigenous-peoples
Government of BC. Terminology in Indigenous Content. Be mindful of the words you are using.