Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC)

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Teaching Resources

The ECSD LINC Program - 2019 Curriculum Guidelines have been revised for CLB classes and they now include information on Literacy classes making these guidelines applicable for both streams. This resource is open to the public and tailored to fit the ECSD LINC context. 

For further inquiries or to give feedback, please contact diana.agudelocruz@ecsd.net

The literacy stream has been in existence since September 2014 at ECSD LINC. It started at Sacred Heart, then expanded to St. Francis Women's Program and lately to St. Basil. This stream uses ESL for ALL in addition to PBLA, and our own resources which can be found through LINC Literacy @ ECSD.

The Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks hosts LINC core resources for CLB and Foundations classes in its publications web page; the resources we use are accessible below,

Core Resources

Other resources

• ATESL Resource Library

Requirements

Teaching positions require the completion of the CLB Bootcamp prior to hiring. It is a self-directed course that provides an orientation to the various sections of the CLB document and how they are used for planning and assessment. The online bootcamp can be accessed as follows:

• Go to http://learning.language.ca
• Create a user account
• Click "login" at the top right corner of the page
• Enter your username/password which you created for your account and click "login"
• On the home page, click "CLB Bootcamp"
• The course homepage will appear. You will receive a welcome notice and be automatically enrolled in this course. 
• ECSD LINC Teacher Job Description.pdf

To teach at ECSD LINC we require that teaching staff have an advanced level of English in all language skills. If you have completed any part of your education in a country where the official language is not English, you will need to submit results from an acceptable language proficiency test before we are able to offer you employment.

Accepted language proficiency tests are as follows:

Volunteering

If you are interested in volunteering opportunities at ECSD LINC, please send your resume to Diana Agudelo at diana.agudelocruz@ecsd.net or call 780-473-2600.

Employment opportunities at ECSD LINC will be advertised on Indeed.

ECSD LINC's collaborative approach has allowed for the following partnerships throughout the years. For partnerships inquiries please see Contact Us.

Edmonton Region LINC Advisory Committee - ERLAC

In 2000, the CLB/LINC Projects Office was funded under the ECSD LINC in order to support projects to benefit LINC learners and the LINC Service Provider Edmonton community. ERLAC was then formed in order to plan such projects and to eventually oversee the Professional Opportunity Project (POP).  ERLAC is comprised of the Managers of all LINC programs and Language Assessment, Referral and Counselling Centre (LARCC ) in Edmonton, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), and, eventually, the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) Consultant.

Some of the many projects that ERLAC planned over the years were:

• LINC Assistants – University summer students were hired for 4 months to gain experience in a LINC classroom and to aid the teacher.
• POP – this provided opportunities to individual LINC staff to obtain professional development with all costs covered.
• Development of and distribution of LINC Activities’ Books.
• Payment of registration/travel costs for LINC staff at the ATESL conferences.
• A Learners Conference in Jasper for LINC students only.
• A LINC conference in Banff for all LINC staff in Alberta.
• Hiring of a CLB Consultant to encourage and promote the Edmonton LINC community’s involvement in the understanding, acceptance and incorporation of the Canadian Language Benchmarks into their curriculum.
• LINC Learners were able to participate in many events for free, such as, Galaxyland and World Waterpark, West Edmonton Mall and Capital EX.

In 2017, the CLB LINC Projects Office was then no longer funded by IRCC but the ERLAC Committee continues to meet to this date in order to continue its collaboration and information sharing in the LINC Edmonton and, now, Red Deer community.

Other partnerships are,

• Catholic Social Services
• Action for Healthy Communities – Adult Literacy and Skills Development Program
• Action for Healthy Communities – Settlement Integration Program
• Action for Healthy Communities – Mental Health and Counselling Program
• Edmonton Police Community Outreach Program
• Basically Babies
• The Today Centre

For general inquiries please contact Alex Mendoza, Lead Admin. Support at Alex.MendozaOrantes@ecsd.net 

LINC Administrative Team - LAT