Improving Adult Education - Survey for Adult Learning Centres and Manitoba Adult Literacy Programs

The department of Advanced Education and Training is conducting a review of the adult education system to strengthen outcomes for learners.

This survey is designed to gather information and feedback from those working within the adult education system – teachers, instructors, education directors, literacy coordinators, and authorized representatives.

We would like to hear about how we can improve the system to better support learners and also support the educators and administrators providing this important service.

For teachers, instructors, and authorized representatives, the survey should take about 10 minutes to complete. For Education Directors and Literacy Coordinators, who will be asked additional questions about centre/program operations, the survey will take approximately 15 minutes. The survey is confidential and voluntary.

Submissions will be accepted until June 27, 2025. If you have questions or suggestions, or need this survey in an alternative format, please email AdultEdModernization@gov.mb.ca.

Your participation is important and greatly appreciated.

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How are you currently involved with Adult Education programming?

Select ONE.

If you act as both an Adult Learning Centre (ALC) Education Director and a Teacher, please select ALC Education Director.

If you act as both Literacy Coordinator and Literacy Instructor, please select Literacy Coordinator.

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ALC Education Director

Literacy Coordinator

ALC Teacher

Literacy Instructor

Authorized Representative

If you wish to provide additional clarity about your role, please do so in the box provided:

Learner Engagement and Success

What support can Adult Learning Centres/Adult Literacy Programs provide to learners to help them enroll in and complete their programs?

Please select up to THREE from the following. You can also select “other” to add your own response.

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Co-location of Adult Literacy Programs and Adult Learning Centres

Academic supports (e.g. academic counselling, tutoring, study skills)

Supports to address learning difficulties

Access to computers and internet

Flexible intake so that learners can start when they are ready (e.g. continuous throughout the year, flexible start dates)

Flexible course schedules (e.g. daytime, evening)

Classroom-based (in-person), teacher-led program delivery

Online programming

Child minding

Programming or courses available in French

Courses and material in Indigenous languages

Other (please specify)

What supports, beyond what an ALC/ALP can offer, can help learners enroll in and complete their programs?

Please select up to THREE from the following. You can also select “Other” to add your own response.

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Basic needs programs (e.g. food banks, shelters)

Government services (e.g. Employment and Income Assistance, housing, social services)

Accessible, affordable child care

Accessible, affordable mental health and addictions services

Affordable transportation options (e.g. low cost or free bus fares)

Coordinated referral pathways with organizations connected to potential learners (e.g. school divisions, Employment and Income Assistance, family resource centres, newcomer agencies, Manitoba Corrections)

Advertising and information sharing to raise public awareness and perceptions about adult education

Supports for learners new to Canada (e.g. language skills, culture shock/adjustment)

Supports for learners relocating from remote Canadian communities (e.g. culture shock/adjustment, community connections, access to resources)

Other (please specify)

Reflecting on the learners you have taught, how has adult education positively impacted their lives and the lives of those close to them?

What aspects of the adult education system are working well?

We have heard from employers that many job applicants and new hires lack essential skills. We know that essential skills are embedded throughout K-12 and adult education curricula.

Why might there be a gap? How can we better support learners to transition to the workforce?

Advancing Truth and Reconciliation

Nearly 50 per cent of all adult learners in Manitoba are Indigenous, and up to 95 percent in the north. Additional supports and new approaches are needed to narrow the education gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous learners.

From the following list, please identify what you consider to be the most effective ways to support INDIGENOUS LEARNERS.

Please select up to THREE from the following. You can also select “Other” to add your own response.

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Staff that proportionately reflect Indigenous learners

Incorporating Indigenous mentors and role models into classroom learning and centre activities (e.g. volunteers, peer supports, motivational speakers)

Integrating Elders and Knowledge Keepers into classrooms and centre activities

Programs recognizing and celebrating Indigeneity

Land-based education and Indigenous knowledge/teachings

Offering physical space(s) that reflect, celebrate, and support Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing (e.g. Indigenous artwork, circular design, space to smudge)

Incorporating Mamàhtawisiwin: The Wonder We Are Born With – An Indigenous Education Policy Framework throughout programming

Readily accessible resources for learners and educators that are culturally relevant and/or support Indigenous languages

Other (please specify)

What are the key activities that ALCs/ALPs and/or EDUCATORS could engage in to support Indigenous learners?

Please select up to TWO from the following. You can also select “Other” to add your own response.

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Professional development and access to resources for educators

Program(s) to support the recruitment and retention of Indigenous educators

Partner with Indigenous organizations and Band Councils to support education and career pathways

Incorporate Indigenous languages and culture into programming (e.g. signs, resources, curriculum)

Establish and maintain communication pathways with Indigenous communities to support meaningful collaboration

Other (please specify)