Winter Classes

Literacy Plus has a great line-up of classes for the winter. Below is a brief outline. Details follow on this page and the next.

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The popular computer-based classes will continue in Eganville, Beachburg and Barry's Bay. These classes use computers to help students learn word processing, practise business and personal writing (memos, letters, flyers, notices, resumes), work on math skills (personal budgets, spreadsheets) and learn other job skills.

Diane has reorganized her Wednesday afternoon workshops on self-management skills into a 10-week course called Workready. It will include some independent work online.

Tutor Leigh Wallace will teach a new Essential Skills class in Eganville on Friday mornings. This class will focus on communication skills and math skills for success at work or at further training.

Literacy Plus is also offering short workshops (one or two sessions each) to the Mt. St. Patrick community at the DACA Centre. Topics include math skills for everyday life, managing personal forms and records, communicating with your child's school, helping your children with reading, preparing for a job search, and customer service.

And don't forget the monthly book club meeting in Eganville!

The Literacy and Basic Skills Program
is funded by the
Government of Ontario

Workready Workshops

Are you ready for work? In order to get and keep a job, a worker needs many skills. Many employers state that they can teach a good worker how to do a job more easily than they can integrate a worker with poor work habits into a work setting. A successful worker needs many positive work habits, such as:

  • effective communication skills
  • the ability to work as part of a team
  • the ability to solve problems effectively
  • effective time management

Beginning on Wednesday, January 19, Literacy Plus will offer a 10-week course called Workready. This course will enhance skills in:

  • speaking and listening
  • reading
  • writing
  • working in a group

As well, participants will begin to:

  • build their self-awareness and selfesteem
  • learn how to find information and to evaluate what they find
  • develop goal-setting, time management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills

This course combines both class time and online computer time. Each student will need:

  • access to a computer and printer (at home, at Literacy Plus, at the local library, or at a friend's)
  • access to the Internet
  • an e-mail account
  • to know how to send and receive e-mail.

During the 10 weeks we will meet together as a group and also work together, as a team, online. You can expect to spend about one hour a week online. Be ready for a fun, new learning experience!