Practical Academics for the Workplace

Learn skills in a supported environment to be a stronger employee. Gain workplace literacy, numeracy and digital skills that may lead to employment, supported work, volunteer opportunities or further skills training, depending on your goals.

Admission Requirements

Attend a personal interview with the instructor
Be an individual with an identified developmental or mental health challenge

Course Requirements

Course offerings for the Practical Academics for the Workplace program change from year to year based on enrolment and community need.

AED - 020 Career Exploration and Assessment
Plus a total of 8 credits taken from the following courses:

Note: Students are required to take one course from each of the academic domains (literacy, numeracy, and computer literacy).

Literacy
AED - 038 Literacy for Life
AED - 047 Emergent Literacy
AED - 048 Literacy: Book Club
AED - 054 Literacy for Life 2
AED - 055 Literacy for Life 3
AED - 056 Workplace Safety Literacy
AED - 057 Advanced Literacy
AED - 058 Workplace Literacy
AED - 060 Contemporary Issues
AED - 063 Advanced Literacy 2
AED - 064 Advanced Literacy 3
AED - 065 Literacy Book Club 2
AED - 066 Literacy Book Club 3
Numeracy
AED - 032 Math, Money & Managing it All!
AED - 042 Budgeting and Managing Your Money
AED - 053 Schedule, Clock and Calendar Skills
AED - 059 Math and Money Basics
Computer Literacy
AED - 030 Basic Computer Skills
AED - 036 Intermediate Computer Skills
AED - 037 Exploring the World with Computers
AED - 041 Computer Foundations
AED - 046 Introduction to Inspiration Computers
AED - 067 Adaptive Technology for Communication
AED - 068 Basic Computer Skills 2
AED - 069 Computer Foundations 2
AED - 070 Intermediate Computer Skills 2

Completion Requirements

Pass in 10 credits.