Forming Partnerships

Forming Partnerships with government departments & agencies, community colleges, high schools or educational institutions are a helpful way to access expertise and resources that you may not have on your own.

National 

The 21st Century Community Learning Centers help students meet State and local student academic achievement standards in core subjects, such as reading and mathematics. In addition, they offer literacy and related learning opportunities to students' families.
     URL: http://www.ed.gov/21stcclc/index.html

The American Association for Adult and Continuing Education provides leadership by expanding opportunities for adult growth and development; unifying adult educators; fostering research and best practices; and promoting identity and standards for the profession.
     URL: http://www.aaace.org/

The Adult Workforce Development Division of The Association for Career and Technical Education provides leadership in developing an adult competitive workforce through developing partnerships with other ACTE divisions, agencies and educational and training institutions.
     URL: http://www.acteonline.org/

The National Center for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE) is a national information center focusing on the language and literacy education of adults and out-of-school youth learning English. NCLE  provides information on adult ESL literacy education to teachers, program directors, researchers, and policymakers. 
     URL: http://www.cal.org/ncle/

The National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium manages professional development programs for state adult education staff and provides information on adult education.
     URL: http://www.naepdc.org

The American Association for Career Education works to connect careers, education, and work for all ages by promoting basic employability and academic skills; supports workforce preparation, training, collaboration, partnerships and education-work relationships.
2900 Amby Place
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254-2216
Tel: (310) 376-7378

The National Council of State Directors of Adult Education provides for the sharing of adult education information, ideas, and goals across the states and territories.
     E-MAIL: chine@board.tec.wi.us

The National Council for Continuing Education and Training provides leadership for continuing education, community service, workforce development and training professionals.
     E-MAIL: almeyer@mail.aacc.cc.md.us

Partnering with a college to design training courses can earn your workers college credits that relate directly to your business. Training costs are lowered while your employees' work-related skills and your company's productivity are enhanced. 
     URL: http://www.workforce.com/archive/feature/22/18/88/index.php

As an employer, you can create your own in-house certificate program by partnering with an educational institution. It offers a flexible but results-oriented system for directing employees toward the long-term growth and development  needed for a dynamic workplace.
     URL: http://www.workforce.com/archive/feature/22/16/52/index.php

An article from the Pennsylvania ABLE handbook gives workplace literacy program managers ideas for how to develop and deliver an effective workplace literacy program.
     URL: http://www.able.state.pa.us/able/lib/able/workhow.pdf

A report from the Task Force on Workforce Development, Learning Partnerships: Strengthening American Jobs in the Global Economy, proposes "bottom-up partnerships" of government, educators, labor leaders, and employers to analyze job opportunities and workforce needs, and to develop effective training. The study offers recommendations on improving workforce preparation and retraining, including adjusting provisions in the Workforce Investment Act.
     URL: http://www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/ovaereview/orev052804.html#aepaf

A new report from The Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy, Forging New Partnerships: Adult and Developmental Education in Community Colleges, looks at the relationship between developmental and adult education in community college settings. A major finding of the report is that adult education service in the nation can be substantially improved through new partnerships between them.
     LINK: ../../pdfs/boylanpaper.pdf (PDF file, 193 KB)

Education Online Search is a career education portal with more than 400 career and education articles including career descriptions, financial aid tips, advice for adult learners, info on standardized college tests, and more. The site also provides detailed information on hundreds of open admission schools.
     URL: http://www.education-online-search.com/

This research study shows how strategic marketing initiatives for workplace education programs can yield successful results. The model used can be replicated by other Literacy centers and agencies.
   StrategicMarketing.pdf  (PDF: 125 KB)

Working it Out is a recent study that examines how community colleges across the country successfully deployed the resources of the Workforce Investment Act to benefit their students, local employers and their communities. Challenges met and solved are featured within.
     URL: http://www.mprinc.com/pubs/pdf/Working_It_Out.pdf

Making the Connections is a guidebook designed to help employer associations serve their members in workforce development needs. This guidebook focuses on workforce development for entry-level positions.
     URL: http://www.jff.org/Documents/MakingConnect.pdf


State

Many state education systems provide employers with advice about basic skills development resources and educational partner organizations who can help them.  

Through these state programs, employers can contact many local and regional experts and service providers for advice about program options for content and for program delivery to their employees - in the workplace or outside. 

Colorado

Exemplary workplace education programs from the 7th Workplace Learning Conference are featured on this site. One example is a partnership between a business, the Colorado state government and a community college ( # 7 slide set: Colorado's Workplace...).  
    URL: http://www.amerisys.org/kc/main/kc_frame2.asp?kc_ident=kc0002&intID=32

Iowa

Iowa's principal state-wide websites for adult education are:
    URL: http://www.readiowa.org;
    URL: http://www.state.ia.us

Missouri

Employers seeking information and contacts about worker skills development resources, recruiting, training, outplacement assistance throughout Missouri, see:
      URL: http://www.ecodev.state.mo.us/wfd

Access detailed information and local contacts for Missouri's One-Stop Career Center System on the Division of Workforce Development's website:  
    URL: http://www.ecodev.state.mo.us/wfd/locations/contacts.htm

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Department of Employment and Training offers information on jobs, training opportunities and links to "one-stop" providers:
    URL: http://www.dlt.state.ri.us/

Employers interested in workplace literacy can access information about adult education and literacy programs, and funding availability, at the Rhode Island Department of Education's website:
    URL: http://www.ridoe.net

Texas

The state's principal literacy resource website is at the Texas Center For Adult Literacy and Learning:
    URL: http://www-tcall.tamu.edu

For problems or questions regarding this web site contact campbell@conferenceboard.ca.
Last updated: March 14, 2008.