Events
COMING SOON: INTRODUCTION TO TOWES & ESSENTIAL
SKILLS
Want to learn more about using TOWES? Contact us about our
Introduction to TOWES & Essential Skills Workshop.
This interactive 2.5 day workshop will focus on all the basics
needed to understand:
- The 9 workplace essential skills & essential skill
occupational profiles
- The complexity framework that underpins the essential
skills
- How these skills are related to skill demands at work
- The impact of essential skills on social, economic, learning
and other life outcomes
- TOWES - the Test of Workplace Essential Skills and key
background information on the assessment
- Appropriate uses for assessment and assessment results
- Debriefing clients and learners and developing recommendations
based on assessment results
- Strategies for addressing skill development needs with
clients
- Strategies for developing essential skills activities
The program is guided by a TOWES facilitator(s) and participants
take an active role throughout the workshop. Working
collaboratively, the participants and facilitator(s) will engage in
hand-on activities, discussions, mini-projects, group work, and
reflection. The workshop is greatly enriched by the diverse
backgrounds and experiences the participants bring to the
program.
Program Details:
Where: Bow
Valley College, Calgary, Alberta
When:
tbd
Who:
Anyone may attend
Cost:
$1,200 per participant
For more information, or to register, please contact
TOWES.