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
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:
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(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. |