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Massachusetts
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General
Resource Materials and
Providers
Labor Market Information
Learning Support
General
The Massachusetts
Department of Education has guidelines for
effective delivery of adult basic education programs.
The Workplace Education Program funds eligible
agencies that provide instructional services in basic
literacy, numeracy, and English as a second language.
Services are provided in partnership with businesses,
workers, labor organizations and adult education providers.
URL: http://www.doe.mass.edu/acls/
Resource
Materials and Providers
SABES,
the System for Adult Basic Education Support, is a
comprehensive training and technical assistance initiative
for educators and programs. SABES services are
delivered through five Regional Support Centers located at
community colleges across the state.
URL: http://www.sabes.org/
The New England
Literacy Resource Center strengthens adult literacy
services in New England through sharing and collaborative
special projects among State Literacy Resource Centers (SLRC)
or their equivalents, adult literacy practitioners and
policy-makers.
URL: http://www.nelrc.org
Massachusetts Tech
Prep of the Department of Education prepares students
for a highly skilled technical occupation that allows either
direct entry into the workplace as a qualified technician or
continuation with further education.
E-MAIL: info-stw@doe.mass.edu
MassExcellence provides
support services to organizations who want to enhance the
performance of their management systems. Services
include: organizational assessments, workshops, training and
coaching, award programs and networking opportunities.
URL: www.massexcellence.com
TrainingTheWorkforce.Com,
Inc. designs and delivers employment-related
training to individuals seeking to improve their
work-related skills. Customized training is
offered to employers and public education and training
agencies in addition to professional development programs
for instructors.
URL: http://www.trainingtheworkforce.com
A Guide to
Creating Worker-Centered Education Programs, from
the Massachusetts Worker Education Roundtable is for
teachers, program coordinators, union representatives and
others interested in creating worker-centered education
programs. It demonstrates the unique benefits, complexities
and challenges of labor-management workplace education (for
fee).
URL: www.umass.edu/roundtable
Labor
Market Information
The Fall River
Area Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Inc. encourages
the growth of existing businesses and industries while
giving assistance to new firms seeking to locate to the Fall
River area. Also, the Fall River Office of
Economic Development offers free services to employers
including employee recruitment and training.
URL: http://www.fallriverchamber.com
Learning
Support
The National
Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL)
works in the field of adult basic education to
define a comprehensive research agenda; pursues basic and
applied research under that agenda; builds partnerships
between researchers and practitioners; and disseminates
research and best practices to practitioners, scholars, and
policy makers.
URL: http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall
The Massachusetts
Board of Higher Education provides information on the
state's education programs, colleges and universities,
financial aid assistance programs, grants, and scholarships.
URL: http://www.mass.edu/
The Office of School
to Career of the Massachusetts Department of Education
provides vocational-technical education programs and
services to youth and adults.
URL: http://www.doe.mass.edu/stw/
Jobs for the Future
strengthens the transitions and linkages between work and
learning. Its workforce development system includes
post-secondary vocational education, adult basic education,
short-term job training programs, and on-the-job training.
URL: http://www.jff.org/
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Last updated: July 9, 2004. |