SFS-2.3 – Skills for Success Practitioner Tools & Resources

Document Use

Numeracy, Reading, Skills for Success Framework, WritingDEL-2.1, DES-3.1, SFS-2.1, SFS-2.3, SFS-2.5, SFS-2.7

Document Use is reading and using signs, labels, lists, maps, entry forms, and other visual and spatial displays of information. Document Use was one of the nine Essential Skills in the original framework. In the Skills for Success Framework, it is a skill that is embedded in Reading, Numeracy, and Writing.

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (2010). Readers’ Guide to Essential Skills Profiles. http://en.copian.ca/library/learning/hrsdc/guide/guide.pdf
Document Use Self-Assessment. https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/training/initiatives/skills-success/tools/document-use-self-assessment.html
Document Use at Work. SkillPlan. https://skillplan.ca/document-use-at-work/
Document Use Workbook. (2017). Skills Compétences Canada. https://www.skillscompetencescanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/DocUse_Final20Nov17_EN.pdf
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

Proficiency Scales

Adult Learning Theory, AssessmentSFS-2.3

Proficiency scales are used to describe participants’ learning and progression along a continuum of growth. They are used to identify areas of strength and areas for improvement.

Skill components and proficiency levels. Employment and Social Development Canada. https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/training/initiatives/skills-success/learning-steps.html
Research report to support the launch of Skills for Success: Structure, evidence, and recommendations: Final report. SRDC. https://www.srdc.org/publications/Research-report-to-support-the-launch-of-Skills-for-Success-Structure-evidence-and-recommendations-Final-report-details.aspx

Project-based

Collaboration, Communication, Creativity and Innovation, Problem-solvingSFS-2.3, SFS-3.4, SFS-3.6

Project-based is a student-centered approach to instruction designed to give participants the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills through engaging, real-world projects.

What is PBL? PBLWorks. (n.d.). https://www.pblworks.org/what-is-pbl

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)