Introduction - Continued...

Overview

In order to plan a good program and design a curriculum for LBS learners, instructors must, first of all, have a clear understanding of:

• what is meant by education that is outcome-based, learner-centred, and goal-directed and what it might look like in their setting;
• how the principles of outcome-based, goal-directed, and learner-centred training directly affect the instructor’s work in planning the program;
• how strategic planning can produce a program that will respond to individual needs of learners who are at different literacy levels and have different goals for their training.

Planning the LBS Program addresses these issues in four units of study that you can see outlined in the Table of Contents. In each unit you will find the Course Notes and hot links to files with more information, related readings from various sources and additional materials and resources online. Opportunities for guided self-reflection through journaling will help you examine the impact these materials have on your own thinking and what implications follow for your day-to-day teaching practice.

 Objectives and Outcomes

Planning the LBS program includes everything a practitioner does in preparation for day-to-day training and work with learners. This module will help you learn to manage the big-picture and small-detail demands of planning and organizing as effectively and as efficiently as possible.  Upon completing this course, you can expect to be able to demonstrate:

• a thorough understanding of the essential elements of an LBS program that is outcomes-based, learner-centred, and goal directed, in a school board setting,
• readiness to work with learners in:
  • gathering pertinent background information,
  • setting realistic goals,
  • analyzing goal requirements,
  • planning out steps to reach goals,
  • creating and using demonstrations,
• a strategic planning approach for organizing the overall and day-to-day program and for planning out a curriculum for learners,
• transparency between the activities of the day-to-day program and the learners’ individual goals.

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