2009-2010 LVQ Annual Survey – Results (10 surveys submitted)

Question 1: Professional development

Based on previous surveys, members would like to see professional

development in the following areas. Please indicate if you feel each
subject is still relevant to your needs.

Purple – PD topics of very high interest Orange – PD topics of high interest

Blue – PD topics of interest Green – PD topics of no interest

Subject Relevant Not Total %

relevant number that considered
answered relevant
Community partnerships
(exchange of ideas and examples 7 0 7 100
of past partnerships, events,
etc.)
Creating e-bulletins 3 1 4 75
Curriculum renewal/Adult literacy 5 1 6 83.3
curriculum in schools
Database creation 2 2 4 50
Essential Skills 6 0 6 100
Global approaches to recruitment 4 0 4 100
Health issues 5 2 7 71.4
ICT (Information and Computer 6 0 6 100
Technology)
Innovative approaches to literacy 6 1 7 85.7
service delivery
Management models 5 1 6 83.3
Marketing your centre 6 0 6 100
New adult learners - who are they 5 1 6 83.3
now?
Portfolios and e-portfolios 1 4 5 20
Reading & understanding 4 3 7 57.1
financial statements & reports
Speech pathology 5 1 6 83.3
Staff roundtable and sharing 7 0 7 100
Statistics gathering 6 0 6 100
Student retention/motivation 8 0 8 100
Volunteer participation in non- 5 1 6 83.3
tutoring activities
Writing effective funding 6 1 7 85.7
proposals
Question 2: Professional development –

Indicate any professional development subjects you would like to see

presented this year not already mentioned above.

answered question 7

skipped question 3

1.
Encouraging an active board of director
Policies and Procedures
Understanding the hierarchy of a non profit organization, ie, who give orders to whom
Human Resources - management, issues etc.
making the most of your meeting
Human Resources
HR

2.
Effective Boards and Committees
keeping the meeting on track
Updating Job descriptions
Training

3.
Contracts and Staff
Updating By-laws

4.
Budgets and Accounts - tracking over the year

5.
Programming - balance and continuity

Question 3: Priorities –Member organizations’ top three priorities for

2009-2010

answered question 9

skipped question 1
1
Recruitment - students and volunteers
Effectively matching students to tutors.
Volunteer Recruitment
train more tutors
Funding - increasing revenues
Increase students
Training
Outreach (urban part of our region)
health literacy

2.

Student and tutor support and retention

Supporting the volunteers and retaining young tutors
Student Recruitment
community awareness
Governance - bylaw revisions
Increase tutors
regional networking
Trainer training
increasing outreach, recruitment

3.

Train Tutor Trainers

Statistics and reporting - keeping better records
Distance tutoring via webcam and skype
Program development
Public awareness
Student-tutor support
marketing

Question 4: Priorities – Literacy Volunteers of Quebec

LVQ’s top three priorities for 2009-2010

answered question 7

skipped question 3

1.
Member professional development support
Adult Education in Quebec and the Councils
Communications
sharing more with councils
Professional Development
Support member organizations - professional develop
marketing

2.
Representation with MELS
Review the goals/effectiveness of Annual conference
Meeting members needs
training for board members
Publicity
professional development

3.
visibility
Tools for council's policies, procedures, by-law reviews
Professional development
Support member organizations - advice to Councils
partnerships with organizations

5. Additional comments, observations:

1. Council Sharing is very important as it allows issues to emerge and people to exchange
ideas and help.
2. Joani receives my suggestions via email as they occur to me - a great resource, since I
can't bring them to mind now. Thanks, Joani!
3. For some of the items in the first section, I didn't mark them because I didn’t
understand what they meant; depending on next Tuesday session, the curriculum reform
may or may not be pertinent.