SFS-2.7 – 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

Feedback

Adaptability, Assessment, CommunicationASS-1.3, ASS-3.1, ASS-4.1, ASS-4.3, DEL-3.4, DES-3.2, SFS-2.7, SFS-3.5, SFS-3.6, SFS-3.7, SFS-3.9

Feedback is information given to the participant about their performance relating to learning goals or outcomes. It should aim to improve the participant’s learning.

Feedback and Formative Assessment Tools. https://www.queensu.ca/. (n.d.). https://www.queensu.ca/teachingandlearning/modules/assessments/11_s2_03_feedback_and_formative.html
Feedback. https://tlc.ontariotechu.ca/. (n.d.). https://tlc.ontariotechu.ca/teaching/course-design/assessment-and-evaluation/feedback.php
Giving Effective Feedback in an Intercultural Class. https://www.algonquincollege.com/lts/giving-effective-feedback-in-an-intercultural-class/
Receiving and Giving Effective Feedback. https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/teaching-resources/teaching-tips/assessing-student-work/grading-and-feedback/receiving-and-giving-effective-feedback
Providing Feedback to Students. https://umanitoba.ca/centre-advancement-teaching-learning/support/providing-feedback

Formative Assessment

AssessmentASS-1.2, ASS-1.3, ASS-2.2, ASS-3.1, DES-3.2, SFS-2.7

Student Assessment in Adult Basic Education: A Canadian Snapshot . http://cdeacf.ca/copian. (n.d.). http://www.en.copian.ca/library/research/snape/9.htm
Drew, Ryan. (n.d.). Formative assessment toolkit: Elsa levels literacy to 7. https://listn.tutela.ca/. https://listn.tutela.ca/wp-content/uploads/17.Formative-Assessment-Toolkit-Complete-Package-Aug-20121.pdf
Assessment for Learning Formative Assessment. https://www.oecd.org. (n.d.). https://www.oecd.org/site/educeri21st/40600533.pdf

Self-Assessment

AssessmentASS-3.2, SFS-1.3, SFS-2.7

Self-assessment provides participants with an opportunity to self-evaluate, or make judgments about their learning process and products of learning. Self-assessment activities help participants to realistically judge their own performance and to improve their work.

Essential Skills Self-Assessment for the Trades. https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/training/initiatives/skills-success/tools/self-assessment-trades.html
Athanasou, J. A. (2005). Self-evaluations in adult education and training. Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 45(3), 290.
Bin Mubayrik, H. F. (2020). New trends in formative-summative evaluations for adult education. SAGE Open, 10(3), 215824402094100. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244020941006

Summative Assessment

AssessmentASS-1.2, ASS-1.3, ASS-2.3, ASS-3.3, DES-3.2, SFS-2.7

is used to measure participant learning at the end of a training program or significant learning period. Summative assessment is used to evaluate participants’ achievement of learning outcomes and determine formal marks or grades.

Bin Mubayrik, H. F. (2020). New Trends in Formative-Summative Evaluations for Adult Education. SAGE Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244020941006