1. Nelda Schulte
SustainAbilities Project
phone: 780-920-6478 email: neldas@shaw.ca
SustainAbiliites 2013- 2014
Overview
Directedfull lifecycle educational projectmanagementinEssentialSkillsLiteracyProject forthe Alberta
Oil SandsRegion(AOSR).
LedDevelopmentof acore 30 hour curriculumandoperationsmanual forSustainAbilitiesessentialskills
traininginfourfundamental areas:
1. Prose
2. Numeracy
3. DocumentUse
4. Oral Communication
Deliverables
 Tailoredprogramto the needsof the clientsbasedonNOC(National Occupational
Classifications)
 Achievedafinal goal of raisingparticipantscoresfromlevels1-2to a level 3competencyonthe
International AdultLiteracySurvey(IALS) scale
 Tailoredcurriculumtoinclude relevantworkplace documentsinprose,numeracyanddocument
use
 Administeredorganizational needsassessments
 Administeredparticipantsneedsassessments
 AdministeredROI,Organizationalpostsurvey(six –12 monthsfollowingcommencementof
training)
 AdministeredROI,Participantpostsurvey(six–12 monthsfollowingcommencementof
training)
 AdministeredentryandexitTOWESbasedFocusassessments(pre andposttraining),
participantneedsassessments
 Providedmetrics - aggregate results providedtoemployeespre andposttraining
 Providedmetrics - individualsreceivedindividual assessmentscorespre andposttraining

2.  Partneredwithdatastorage companyto store scoresin centralisedCanadianproject
managementinformationsystem(PMIS)
 PartneredwithBowValleyCollege (BVC) FocusTOWESadministrator
 PartneredwithSkillPlan,Essential SkillsexpertstodeliverTrainthe Trainer
Direct Reports
1. 1 metatrainer/curriculumwriter
2. Train the trainerworkshopswithSkillPlan(basedinVictoria) for twice ayearinstructortraining
and as-neededcoaching
3. 6-8 essential skillsinstructors
4. 1 data administrator
5. 3-4 invigilators
Project Outcome
 Approximately100participantsfromthree separate organizationscompletedpre andpost
assessments, andapproximately30hoursof training
 Resultsshowedparticipantscoresraisedbyapproximatelyone level insome of four
foundational essential skillsareas
 Typicallyresultscontinue toimprove overthe course of ayear throughparticipantpractice and
skill integration
Project budget: 2.2 million