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Adult Learning Programs
The Adult Education Division provides tuition-free adult learning programming, ranging from basic literacy to high school completion for adults, in English and French across the province.
Programs with available funding include:
- Community Learning Organizations
- Family Literacy
- Seniors’ Literacy and Learning
- Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) High School Completion
- School board High School Completion
- Université Sainte-Anne High School Completion
Program Guidelines:
Application guidelines for each available program have been developed to assist organizations when applying for funding. They include:
for Adult Learning Program:
for Labour Market Agreement (LMA) Adult Learning Program Funded
Program Attachments and Documents:
Funding applications and approved funding may require to submit additional documents when applying or throughout the year. These documents can be found below:
To assist organizations with determining the salary of their employees, sample job descriptions for the positions of Tutor Coordinator, Instructor and Organization Administrator are provided. In addition, organizations may also want to take into consideration the following variables when determining salaries:
- scope of duties performed by staff
- qualifications
- years of experience working in related field (e.g. adult education, volunteer work and related Adult Learning Program subject areas)
- time the person has worked for the organization
Organizations who wish to offer a salary range to its employees will have to develop a salary criterion upon which a specific salary is based.
International Qualification Recognition Funding Program
The International Qualification Recognition (IQR) Funding Program aims to build IQR and recognition of prior learning (RPL) capacity in Nova Scotia by assisting regulatory bodies, immigrant serving agencies, multi-stakeholder groups and other stakeholders to develop tools, programs and services that facilitate the assessment and recognition of international qualifications, and integration of skilled immigrants into the Nova Scotia labour force in their chosen field.
Funding Requests
Request for funding for fiscal 2011-12 opens Monday, September 19th, 2011, and will close Wednesday, October 19th 2011.
Program Guidelines and Application Attachments
Before applying for funding, please fully review the International Qualification Recognition Funding Program Guidelines. This document explains the application process in detail. In addition, it outlines how to use the document listed below.
Itemized Budget Breakdown Workbook
If you have any questions about the IQR funding program, please contact:
Alison Tracy, Labour Mobility Coordinator
Email:
tracyaz@gov.ns.ca
Tel: 902-424-3968
Fax: 902-424-1171
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