General
Resource Materials and Providers
Labor Market Information
Learning Support

General

The Office of Adult and Community Education of the South Carolina Department of Education identifies community needs and resources in organizing school/community based educational programs designed to provide lifelong learning, health, and service opportunities for all, and to provide the necessary leadership and resources for the development of those programs.
    URL: http://www.sde.state.sc.us/offices/ace/

The Adult Basic Education (ABE) program provides the opportunity for adults with low literacy skills, (less than 8^th grade level), to work with materials and to be taught in an environment conducive for their level, to improve their reading, math and writing skills. Technical assistance is made available to adult education providers.
     URL: http://www.sde.state.sc.us/offices/ace/

Resource Materials and Providers

The South Carolina Workplace Resource Center is a network for the delivery of workplace educational resources, training and technical support to the adult education community, fostering employee competence and economic development.  Its delivery system works through the adult education program provider within each county.
    URL: http://www.scwrc.org

Continuing Education Programs from South Carolina Technical Colleges can offer you and your company: customized training, occupational upgrading, assessment of training needs, basic skills assessment/ testing, technical training, curriculum development to match job skills required by employees, supervisory training, leadership development, team building and computer literacy courses.
     URL: http://www.scteched.tec.sc.us/conted.htm

South Carolina 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: wosulliv@sde.state.sc.us

The GED Testing Program provides adults who have not graduated from high school a means by which they may earn a high school diploma, which may lead to entrance into higher education, increased opportunities for employment, or military enlistment.
     URL: http://www.sde.state.sc.us/offices/ace/

The South Carolina Literacy Resource Center serves as a site for training for adult literacy providers, as a reciprocal link with the National Institute for Literacy for information sharing and as a clearinghouse for state-of-the-art literacy materials and technology.
     URL: http://www.sclrc.org/

Labor Market Information

State labor market information is available from the South Carolina Employment Security Commission.  Current employment statistics, projections, layoff statistics, occupational wage statistics and other economic indicators can assist employers with planning.
     URL: http://www.sces.org/lmi/index.htm

The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce does research in areas such as standards for workplace experience, education finance, skills and competencies, as well as conducting pilot projects such as cost allocation and productivity studies.
    URL: http://www.sccc.org

Learning Support

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

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Last updated: July 12, 2002.