CCLB – Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks
Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks
Update from ATESL’s CCLB Representative
In October 2007 I was appointed to represent ATESL on the board of the Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks. I attended the CCLB AGM and my first CCLB board meeting in June in Ottawa.
With the coming in of a new executive director the Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks has experienced a busy year of transitions. The Alberta Government continues to be a strong supporter of the centre and to financially support multiple projects. One such project that we will see unfold over this coming year is the review of the CLB 2000. A national consultation will take place which will gather input from the ESL teaching field as well as other stakeholders that use the CLB 2000. A second project of great interest in Alberta and across the country is the long awaited release of the Workplace Language Assessment – an assessment tool intended for internationally-educated professionals with post-secondary education and work experience in fields such as engineering, accounting, information technology, finance and business. The tool has been developed, but the date of the release of the WLA has not yet been determined.
As a new board member I have signed up on a number of committees; one of them is the WLA committee, another is the CCLB teacher education and PD committee. There is a lot of exciting work going on at the CCLB - http://www.language.ca and across the country and I hope to be able to bring some vital information to the ATESL membership through my involvement on the board. I am delighted to be able to represent ATESL on the CCLB board and look forward to some challenging work in this area. I would also like to take the opportunity to thank my predecessor in this role, Tara Holmes, who made valuable contributions in her tenure in this position.
Anna De Luca