Literacy and Essential Skills Toolkit

The Literacy and Essential Skills Toolkit is a series of free and easy-to-use tools that help address different literacy and essential skills challenges.  The Toolkit offers support in the following areas: Assessment,  Learning, and  Training.

Use the checkmarks () to identify the tools that are most useful to you.

We would appreciate receiving your feedback on the Essential Skills Toolkit.  If you have used the Literacy and Essential Skills Toolkit, you can provide us with valuable information that can be used to enhance our tools and supports to better meet your needs.

To order copies of the tools and supports, visit the Publications & Research section of our website.

Assessment
	Tools for...
Tool Name	Employees/ Learners	Community Groups	Employers/ Practitioners
Organizational Needs Assessment
Workplace Survey
Workplace Check-up
Hiring Checklist
Essential Skills Interview Assistant
Paper Based Indicator: Reading Document Use Numeracy
Online Indicator: Document Use Continuous Learning Working with Others Numeracy Reading
Self-Assessments: Oral Communication Computer Use Writing  Reading Document Use Numeracy Continuous Learning Working with Others

Learning
	Tools for...
Tool Name	Employees/ Learners	Community Groups	Employers/ Practitioners
Tip Sheets and Practice & Learning Exercises: Document Use Oral Communication Computer Use Working with Others Reading Writing
Passport
Portfolio
Problem Solved! A Guide for Employers and Practitioners
Problem Solved! A Guide for Employees and Learners
Vocabulary Building Workbook
Oral Communication Video - An Essential Skill in the Canadian Workplace
Communications Essentials - A Modular Workshop

Training Supports
	Tools for...
Tool Name	Employees/ Learners	Community Groups	Employers/ Practitioners
Taking Action: An Introduction
Taking Action: A Guide
Training Activities
Mentoring and Essential Skills
Job Enhancement and Essential Skills
Developing Partnerships to support Literacy and Essential Skills