Northeast Wisconsin Technical College's
Center for Business and Industry offers customized
employee training to business and industry in various
areas including basic skills, technical skills, and
interpersonal skills. Learning options are flexible,
with two-thirds of CBI's training being delivered in the
workplace.
URL: http://www.nwtconline.com
The National Center for Construction
Education and Research develops curricula, career
pathways, and research for craft, management, and safety
training.
URL: http://www.nccer.org/
This article looks at how to decide which training
medium to use, whether online, classroom, or blended.
Employers can learn from the experiences of others and see
how blended learning can save time and money.
URL: http://www.workforce.com/section/11/article/23/18/52.html
Companies that
build up internal training resources can reduce
their dependency on outside consultants and this lower
training costs. This article discusses combining the
training and design expertise of an outside organization
with internal experts prepped to teach the material.
URL:
http://www.workforce.com/archive/feature/23/31/26/index.php
Teaching
employees who are subject-matter experts to be
trainers can be a low-cost way to teach the rest of the
organization. This article explores the issues of
developing employees into trainers, including training
needs and assessment, design, delivery, and evaluation.
URL: http://www.workforce.com/archive/article/23/24/25.php
Sometimes managers
resist training for their departments. This article
illustrates how to work with reluctant managers and show
them the benefits of offering tailored training programs
to their staff.
URL: http://www.workforce.com/archive/article/22/13/89.php
Employees can learn
informally through a learning process called
taxonomies - a matrix that shows how employees learn.
This chart condenses
the four taxonomies of informal learning by content.
URL:
http://www.workforce.com/archive/feature/22/16/56/223792.php
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/
Creating a
training program that doesn’t alienate employees,
and actually works as well, is no easy task. These
training tips, including asking employees about their
work-related challenges, can help employers create
training programs that employees really like.
URL: http://www.workforce.com/archive/feature/23/35/28/233530.php
A recent report by the Government
Accountability Office investigates the performance of
apprenticeship programs. The report provides critical
information for the public workforce system, community
groups and pre-apprenticeship programs.
URL:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05886.pdf
Basic Computer Skills Curriculum -
a downloadable, comprehensive curriculum with Word, Excel
and PowerPoint activities for beginning, intermediate and
advanced ESL learners. Activities start from very basic
skills such as turning on the computer to higher level
word processing activities.
http://www.nzliteracyportal.org.nz/imsdirector.php?resid=2677&ruid=2182
English Language at Work: Work-based
English for Speakers of Other Languages is a
collection of informative case studies from different
sectors and industries in the U.K. The booklet was
produced by the Department for Innovation, Universities
and Skills.
URL:
http://www.tuc.org.uk/extras/esol.pdf
Programs in the Workplace: How to
Increase Employer Support is a new report from the
Canadian Council on Social Development. It examines
approaches to workplace literacy training in Canada that
have proven effective in engaging employers in workplace
literacy initiatives.
URL:
http://www.ccsd.ca/pubs/2007/literacy
Higher-level Vocational Education and
Training Qualifications is an Australian report on the
relevance of qualifications to individuals and employers
in several industry sectors.
URL:
http://www.ncver.edu.au/research/proj/nr06005.pdf
Noncredit college courses help to
meet shifting workforce demands and address employer
needs. This report identifies ways to ensure that
noncredit courses meet the needs of students and
employers.
URL:
http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ResourceCenter/AACC
Publications/Reports1/noncredit.pdf
All Signs Point to Yes is a new
Canadian report that explores the connections between
workplace literacy skills and occupational health and
safety results.
Free download:
report
Communicating at Work is a free web
resource for immigrant adults. Interactive features,
dialogues, scenarios and quizzes are designed to help
adult learners improve their communication skills with
supervisors, co-workers and customers.
URL:
http://aaca-boston.org/caw/
Invisible No Longer is a report
that explores a wide variety of workforce development
practices that address skills shortages in health care.
The report focuses on emerging lessons and investment
pay-offs of workforce development efforts aimed at
entry-level health care workers.
URL:
http://www.jobs2careers.org/pdf/Invisible.pdf