The Education Sector is made up of the First Nations Skills Development & Training Program (FNSDTP), Literacy Basic Skills, Academic Upgrading Program and Special projects like Carpentry Pre-Apprenticeship.
The First Nations Skills Development & Training Program (FNSDTP)
FNSDTP has been offered in our Centre since 1994, is currently staff by a three full-time positions funded by Miziwe Biik Aboriginal Employment & Training.
The program has evolved from its original mandate of providing basic computer skills and office procedures to one that currently offers Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) program training and certification. MOS includes Microsoft Word; Excel, PowerPoint; Outlook and Access training. Training is offered to anyone who is interested in improving their professional skills, preparing them for entrance into the workplace or as career advancement. The program also offers workshops, cultural teachings & outings; referrals and access to other internal/external programs, capacity building and works in partnership with the LBS/AU satellite services.
Between the months of June 2009 to May 2010, the FNSTDP has provided services to 1,826 persons.
The Literacy Basic Skills (LBS) and
Academic Upgrading (AU)
The Literacy program is one of the first programs offered by Council Fire to assist learners with reading, writing and math skills as well to learn basic computer training skills.
Like the FNSDTP, the LBS program has evolved over the years and now offers Academic Upgrading through a partnership with George Brown College. The AU program affords individuals an opportunity to go through a 16-week ACE course which qualifies them for admission to any college in Ontario.
In recent years, Council Fire has entered into a contractual arrangement with Miziwe Biik to provide Business Math and Communications courses to 25 adult learners through an 8-week Carpentry Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program. Following the training at Council Fire, the learners go on to complete their course at George Brown. A total of 25 participants graduated.
Between the months of June 2009 and May 2010, the Literacy and Academic Upgrading programs have offered programming to 8,518 persons.
MOS /AU
Computer Classroom
