Assessment & Learning Tools
PTP has produced many popular resources to help adult literacy learners develop the skills they need to connect with meaningful employment. We offer professional development on these resources to support workforce education delivery. Central to our resource offerings is the Communications and Math Employment Readiness Assessment (CAMERA) System. Practitioners across Canada use the associated assessment tools and training resources as they develop Skills for Success programming.
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Communications and Math Employment Readiness Assessment (CAMERA) System
PTP’s proprietary system of testing allows trained assessors to determine and develop a learner’s abilities to manage workplace communications and numeracy tasks. CAMERA tests are the heart of the CAMERA System, a set of standardized, integrated resources that can be used to support learners engaged in upgrading. You must be a trained assessor to administer the tests.
CAMERA Assessor Training
Interested in becoming a certified CAMERA 2021 assessor? We offer both online and face-to-face training.
- Online offers the opportunity to complete CAMERA Assessor training online, via Zoom, with a CAMERA Trainer. The training consists of four, 3-hour modules. Upon completion of these modules, participants are able to administer and score CAMERA. You are granted certification as a CAMERA assessor upon successful completion of the course.
- In face-to-face training, assessors attend a 2-day, in-person course. The course provides an opportunity to score learner-generated writing samples, in person, with other participants, and with CAMERA trainer guidance. You are granted certification as a CAMERA assessor upon successful completion of the course
CAMERA Refresher Course
The CAMERA Refresher is designed for previously certified assessors to become familiar with the updates made to CAMERA 2021 and revisit best practices for administering and scoring the CAMERA tests.
Pre-requisite: Certified CAMERA Assessor
20% discount on CAMERA 2021 Training
If you are enrolling 3 or more participants, use the discount code 20%Training at checkout for 20% off CAMERA 2021 Training.
Contact Heather Paterson at camera@ptp.ca or 905-622-9208 to learn more about CAMERA training and becoming a certified CAMERA assessor.
Skills for Success Instructional Guide and Training
Signposts is a curriculum guide for instructors working with adult literacy learners who are preparing to enter the workforce. It is part of the CAMERA system.
Designed to support low-skilled learners, Signposts shows instructors how they can use content and materials to help learners prepare for work. It draws from more than 800 Essential Skills examples to describe key workplace skills and provide ideas, guidance and materials for instruction and informal assessment of learners as they develop their skills.
Workforce Literacy and Skills for Success Workshop
This Workforce Literacy and Skills for Success workshop offers an opportunity to increase your knowledge of a workforce skills for success approach. During the workshop you will become familiar with the use of the CAMERA system resources. You will leave understanding the purpose of Signposts (Instructional Guide), build familiarity with the workwrite workbooks, and make the connections between Signposts, workwrite and workforce SfS programming.
20% Discount on CAMERA 2021 Training
If you are enrolling 3 or more participants, use the discount code 20%Training at checkout for 20% off CAMERA 2021 Training.
Contact Heather Paterson at camera@ptp.ca or 905-622-9208 to learn more about CAMERA training and becoming a certified CAMERA assessor.
Skills for Success Instructional Resources
Workwrite
The Workwrite series is a collection of instructional workbooks focusing on the functions and features of workplace documents. Aimed at engaging adults in understanding and using documents they will encounter in entry-level positions in most workplaces, the series contains over 100 different activities offering practice at all levels. Reproducible lesson plans and ample practice are based on a wide array of authentic workplace documents such as lists, notices, work schedules, job postings, office memos, agendas, meeting minutes, brochures and much more.
The Workwrite workbooks can be used with small or large groups, or in one-to-one tutoring. They are designed to help instructors identify learning content and improve skills acquisition based on the results of a learner’s initial CAMERA assessment. They can also be used independently of CAMERA, to support adult upgrading curricula, create lesson plans and design targeted program models.
The workbooks
- Book 1: Organizing Information discusses the uses and features of labels, codes, abbreviations, lists, and directories
- Book 2: Schedules explains time management tools including daily, weekly, and monthly schedules.
- Book 3: Information Forms demonstrates document formats and their uses, including questionnaires, checklists, agreements, claims, invoices, reports, inspections, and notices.
Volume 1: The three textbooks listed above are compiled into one comprehensive volume titled “Volume 1” to provide a convenient and cohesive resource. Download sample activity - Book 4: Workplace Communications contains a broad range of original workplace document types and styles and discusses the use of notices, postings, memoranda, agenda, meeting minutes, fax cover sheets, email work orders, job postings and letters. Download sample activity
- Book 5: Policies and Procedures provides exposure to longer texts and discusses their purpose, who reads them, and their connection to legislation. Real-life documents in this resource include policies, procedures, rules, regulations and guidelines. Documents and activities are most appropriate for Ontario’s literacy and basic skills levels 3 to 5 (intermediate to advanced literacy upgrading) but can be adjusted for use at a variety of levels. Download sample activity
- Book 6: Graphs and Charts offers an opportunity to interact with an array of visual information displays. It explores everything from bar and line graphs to Gantt charts and pictographs and can be effectively used in both communications and numeracy instruction. Download sample activity
- Book 7: Numeracy explores questions about who uses math on the job, how math-related tasks are performed and why. Activities include workplace-related numeracy tasks such as working with money, measurement and numerical analysis. Download sample activity
Digital WorkWrite is the subscription-based online delivery of the instructional workbooks.
Pathway to Work Framework
The P2W Framework reflects the P2W vision of designing and delivering training that is centred in partnership and mutual learning. the framework is a supportive conceptual structure with enough openness to foster training that is responsive to participant, community and employer needs.
Work Readiness Programming
Work Readiness is a limited-duration, sector-based training program that helps Indigenous job seekers develop the skills to get and keep employment. It is not necessary for participants to have a high school diploma or previous work experience; what is important is that participants demonstrate the following interests and abilities:
- Interest in accessing employment in the target occupation(s)
- Ability to commit to full-time training and employment
- Ability to manage personal health and family obligations
- Willingness to develop the skills needed to get and maintain employment
If you have ever tried to implement a program but didn’t know where to start, tools have been created to support you.
Skills for Success Instructor Guides and Learner Resources
P2W Skills for Success helps participants develop the skills they need to manage the reading, writing, numeracy and digital skill demands of entry-level jobs. Organized into 24 units, each of which is made up of an activity set for participants, and corresponding pages in the Instructor Guide. Instructors can pick and choose activities from the activity sets or facilitate all the activities in the order they are listed.
Facilitation techniques showcases an experienced Work Readiness facilitator, these short videos touch on effective techniques for fostering an inclusive and respectful learning environment.
The P2W Reflection Cards help Work Readiness participants explore the Skill for Success of
adaptability, and in particular the attitudes and behaviours that help individuals manage change. The 25 activity cards include a brief description of an attitude, behaviour or strategy, followed by a reflection activity.
Skills for Success: Adaptability and Collaboration were designed during our Women First: Building Skills for Success project. The curriculum is intended to bring a more explicit focus on the specific skills of adaptability and collaboration. Each 15-hour skill curriculum is designed to be modular and adaptable and contains three units centred around employment themes:
- Getting ready for employment
- Onboarding and probationary period, and
- Thriving in the job.
Pre-apprenticeship Resources
Building for the Future
Building for the Future (BFF) is designed as a career exploration resource for adults or youth interested in exploring skilled trades. BFF guides readers through the apprenticeship system in Ontario by engaging them in reflection and research activities. The resource can be used as a part of goal-setting, career exploration or skills upgrading programming. Download sample activity.
Communications and Math Employment Readiness Assessment (CAMERA) System
PTP’s proprietary system of testing allows trained assessors to determine and develop a learner’s abilities to manage workplace communications and numeracy tasks. CAMERA tests are the heart of the CAMERA System, a set of standardized, integrated resources that can be used to support learners engaged in upgrading. You must be a trained assessor to administer the tests.
CAMERA Assessor Training
Interested in becoming a certified CAMERA 2021 assessor? We offer both online and face-to-face training.
- Online offers the opportunity to complete CAMERA Assessor training online, via Zoom, with a CAMERA Trainer. The training consists of four, 3-hour modules. Upon completion of these modules, participants are able to administer and score CAMERA. You are granted certification as a CAMERA assessor upon successful completion of the course.
- In face-to-face training, assessors attend a 2-day, in-person course. The course provides an opportunity to score learner-generated writing samples, in person, with other participants, and with CAMERA trainer guidance. You are granted certification as a CAMERA assessor upon successful completion of the course
CAMERA Refresher Course
The CAMERA Refresher is designed for previously certified assessors to become familiar with the updates made to CAMERA 2021 and revisit best practices for administering and scoring the CAMERA tests.
Pre-requisite: Certified CAMERA Assessor
20% discount on CAMERA 2021 Training
If you are enrolling 3 or more participants, use the discount code 20%Training at checkout for 20% off CAMERA 2021 Training.
Contact Heather Paterson at camera@ptp.ca or 905-622-9208 to learn more about CAMERA training and becoming a certified CAMERA assessor.
Skills for Success Instructional Guide and Training
Signposts is a curriculum guide for instructors working with adult literacy learners who are preparing to enter the workforce. It is part of the CAMERA system.
Designed to support low-skilled learners, Signposts shows instructors how they can use content and materials to help learners prepare for work. It draws from more than 800 Essential Skills examples to describe key workplace skills and provide ideas, guidance and materials for instruction and informal assessment of learners as they develop their skills.
Workforce Literacy and Skills for Success Workshop
This Workforce Literacy and Skills for Success workshop offers an opportunity to increase your knowledge of a workforce skills for success approach. During the workshop you will become familiar with the use of the CAMERA system resources. You will leave understanding the purpose of Signposts (Instructional Guide), build familiarity with the workwrite workbooks, and make the connections between Signposts, workwrite and workforce SfS programming.
20% Discount on CAMERA 2021 Training
If you are enrolling 3 or more participants, use the discount code 20%Training at checkout for 20% off CAMERA 2021 Training.
Contact Heather Paterson at camera@ptp.ca or 905-622-9208 to learn more about CAMERA training and becoming a certified CAMERA assessor.
Skills for Success Instructional Resources
Workwrite
The Workwrite series is a collection of instructional workbooks focusing on the functions and features of workplace documents. Aimed at engaging adults in understanding and using documents they will encounter in entry-level positions in most workplaces, the series contains over 100 different activities offering practice at all levels. Reproducible lesson plans and ample practice are based on a wide array of authentic workplace documents such as lists, notices, work schedules, job postings, office memos, agendas, meeting minutes, brochures and much more.
The Workwrite workbooks can be used with small or large groups, or in one-to-one tutoring. They are designed to help instructors identify learning content and improve skills acquisition based on the results of a learner’s initial CAMERA assessment. They can also be used independently of CAMERA, to support adult upgrading curricula, create lesson plans and design targeted program models.
The workbooks
- Book 1: Organizing Information discusses the uses and features of labels, codes, abbreviations, lists, and directories
- Book 2: Schedules explains time management tools including daily, weekly, and monthly schedules.
- Book 3: Information Forms demonstrates document formats and their uses, including questionnaires, checklists, agreements, claims, invoices, reports, inspections, and notices.
Volume 1: The three textbooks listed above are compiled into one comprehensive volume titled “Volume 1” to provide a convenient and cohesive resource. Download sample activity - Book 4: Workplace Communications contains a broad range of original workplace document types and styles and discusses the use of notices, postings, memoranda, agenda, meeting minutes, fax cover sheets, email work orders, job postings and letters. Download sample activity
- Book 5: Policies and Procedures provides exposure to longer texts and discusses their purpose, who reads them, and their connection to legislation. Real-life documents in this resource include policies, procedures, rules, regulations and guidelines. Documents and activities are most appropriate for Ontario’s literacy and basic skills levels 3 to 5 (intermediate to advanced literacy upgrading) but can be adjusted for use at a variety of levels. Download sample activity
- Book 6: Graphs and Charts offers an opportunity to interact with an array of visual information displays. It explores everything from bar and line graphs to Gantt charts and pictographs and can be effectively used in both communications and numeracy instruction. Download sample activity
- Book 7: Numeracy explores questions about who uses math on the job, how math-related tasks are performed and why. Activities include workplace-related numeracy tasks such as working with money, measurement and numerical analysis. Download sample activity
Digital WorkWrite is the subscription-based online delivery of the instructional workbooks.
Pathway to Work Framework
The P2W Framework reflects the P2W vision of designing and delivering training that is centred in partnership and mutual learning. the framework is a supportive conceptual structure with enough openness to foster training that is responsive to participant, community and employer needs.
Work Readiness Programming
Work Readiness is a limited-duration, sector-based training program that helps Indigenous job seekers develop the skills to get and keep employment. It is not necessary for participants to have a high school diploma or previous work experience; what is important is that participants demonstrate the following interests and abilities:
- Interest in accessing employment in the target occupation(s)
- Ability to commit to full-time training and employment
- Ability to manage personal health and family obligations
- Willingness to develop the skills needed to get and maintain employment
If you have ever tried to implement a program but didn’t know where to start, tools have been created to support you.
Skills for Success Instructor Guides and Learner Resources
P2W Skills for Success helps participants develop the skills they need to manage the reading, writing, numeracy and digital skill demands of entry-level jobs. Organized into 24 units, each of which is made up of an activity set for participants, and corresponding pages in the Instructor Guide. Instructors can pick and choose activities from the activity sets or facilitate all the activities in the order they are listed.
Facilitation techniques showcases an experienced Work Readiness facilitator, these short videos touch on effective techniques for fostering an inclusive and respectful learning environment.
The P2W Reflection Cards help Work Readiness participants explore the Skill for Success of
adaptability, and in particular the attitudes and behaviours that help individuals manage change. The 25 activity cards include a brief description of an attitude, behaviour or strategy, followed by a reflection activity.
Skills for Success: Adaptability and Collaboration were designed during our Women First: Building Skills for Success project. The curriculum is intended to bring a more explicit focus on the specific skills of adaptability and collaboration. Each 15-hour skill curriculum is designed to be modular and adaptable and contains three units centred around employment themes:
- Getting ready for employment
- Onboarding and probationary period, and
- Thriving in the job.
Pre-apprenticeship Resources
Building for the Future
Building for the Future (BFF) is designed as a career exploration resource for adults or youth interested in exploring skilled trades. BFF guides readers through the apprenticeship system in Ontario by engaging them in reflection and research activities. The resource can be used as a part of goal-setting, career exploration or skills upgrading programming. Download sample activity.