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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Clarify purpose for involvement
   • Identify the goals of the community program through consultation with relevant personnel
   • Clarify purpose for and role of adult language, literacy and numeracy practitioner involvement with community program personnel
   • Identify funding source and note parameters of program focus
   • Identify evaluation and reporting requirements
2. Analyse language, literacy and numeracy requirements of community program
   • Identify intended target group in consultation with program managers
   • Analyse the program goals to identify areas where language, literacy and numeracy issues may prevent the achievement of program goals
3. Provide leadership in designing language, literacy and numeracy support for the program
   • Design the most appropriate strategy for addressing the required language, literacy and numeracy issues based on theoretical understandings, the profile of the target group and the program goals
   • Recommend the most appropriate strategy, given the profile of the target group and the program goals, and confirm support from community program personnel
   • Develop an evaluation strategy to enable ongoing monitoring of the language, literacy and numeracy component
4. Implement support for the program
   • Work with community program personnel to implement the LLN component of the program
   • Identify and source resources to support LLN components of the program
   • Meet reporting requirements of stakeholder groups
5. Develop and implement a communication strategy
   • Analyse possible barriers to communication with the target group
   • Identify communication methods and approaches, at an appropriate language and literacy level, that are suitable for use with the target group
   • Monitor communication processes used throughout the program to ensure consistency of communication with the target group
6. Review the language, literacy and numeracy component of the program
   • Implement the evaluation strategy
   • Periodically review the implementation of the language, literacy and numeracy support for the community program and make modifications when required
   • Review program outcomes for target group

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

consult with relevant stakeholders to identify goals for community program and purpose for adult language, literacy and numeracy practitioner involvement

identify program funding source, focus and associated evaluation and reporting requirements

analyse English language, literacy and numeracy requirements of a community program and identify intended participants in consultation with relevant personnel

lead the design and development of strategies to provide language, literacy and numeracy support for a community program based on the identified program goals and participant needs

develop and implement a communication strategy that is appropriate for the needs of intended participants

lead implementation of language, literacy and numeracy support for a community program in collaboration with community program personnel and relevant stakeholders

identify and source resources to support implementation of the strategy to provide language, literacy and numeracy support for a community program

develop and use an evaluation strategy to review language, literacy and numeracy support provided to a community program and make modifications where required.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

identify various ways in which language, literacy and numeracy practitioners can support community programs

describe how population levels of English language, literacy and numeracy in Australia as a whole and within specific population cohorts contribute to the language, literacy and numeracy demands of community and personal activities

explain how adult learning principles and adult language, literacy and numeracy pedagogies inform community education program design, and the design and implementation of support strategies and communication approaches.

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