Opening doors : a literacy audit toolkit

Peters, Terri (author.). Loschnig, Sandra, (editor.). Still, Rebecca, (revisor.).

Summary: This manual is intended for community and public service agencies, social service agencies, businesses, government, practitioners and tutors. It serves as a manual on how to conduct a literacy audit. It includes a facilitation guide, the literacy audit tool, literacy awareness facts, and plain language guidelines. This Facilitation Guide has been pilot tested and includes a facilitation outline, sample audit results, sample action plan based on results, and literacy awareness walkabout guidelines. Facilitators will need to adapt this guide to suit their individual styles and community settings. The guide helps identify and deal with diverse literacy issues.

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Physical Description: electronic
remote
1 online resource
Edition: Revised edition.
Publisher: Edmonton : Community Learning Network, [2022].
Copyright: ©2022.

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General Note:	"The revised edition Opening Doors: A Literacy Audit Tool Kit by Community Learning Network (2022) has been edited and new content added to focus on literacy and community-based organizations." --Tp verso. This work has been funded The Office of Literacy and Essential Skills (OLES), Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC). Includes glossary and appendices.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographic references (pp. 58-59).
Formatted Contents Note:	Acknowledgements --Introduction --Literacy audit tool --Service delivery --Clear verbal communications --Clear print or digital materials --Advertising --Staff and volunteer training --Client feedback --Action planning --Facilitating the audit --Literacy awareness --Plain language guidelines --Appendix A: literacy awareness walkabout worksheet --Appendix B: Gaining conscious template --Glossary --Bibliography.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Also published in print.
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction information.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet