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The John Howard Society of Newfoundland
Computer Based Integrated Learning Program
The Canadian Training Institute assisted the John Howard Society in
the initial planning and design of this program, and it is providing ongoing
consultation with regard to evaluation.
Goal
To raise the levels of basic literacy, academic upgrading and job skills
for inmates in Provincial Correctional Centers and ex-offenders in the
community.
Key Features
- Volunteers provide assistance to clients in basic literacy, academic
upgrading and job skills, in cooperation with existing teaching staff,
using donated computers and software.
- Clients trained in job skills by volunteers receive certification through
"challenge exams" administered by recognized educational institutions.
- Inmates use the computers for work on behalf of local voluntary agencies.
- The John Howard Society has established partnerships with Laubach Literacy
of Canada, Community Colleges, Mennonite Central Committee, Labrador Legal
Services, Canadian Training Institute, Fish Food and Allied Workers Union,
Provincial Departments of Justice and Social Services, Correctional Service
of Canada and the National Literacy Secretariat.
Achievements to Date
- Solicitation of more than $73,000 in donations from corporations and
foundations, as well as donations in kind of equipment, estimated at $25,000.
- Provision of hardware, educational software and volunteer support for
five Provincial Correctional Centers and three halfway houses.
- Sustained one hundred percent voluntary participation rate in educational
programming at all levels by inmates in the Stephenville Correctional Center
for Women (first pilot site).
- Increasing levels of participation in educational programming at all
other program sites.
- Estimated 10,000 hours of volunteer service per annum, delivered by
the John Howard Society, Laubach Literacy and the inmates themselves.
Major Donors
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