Private
Suppliers
Many
private suppliers specialize in providing you with professional
program development and delivery services. You may
want to hire them instead of undertaking basic skills training
using your company's internal resources.
You
can contact private suppliers through national organizations and
through state and regional operators.
National
Suppliers of
occupational literacy books and materials and their product
lines are accessible through the Literacy Volunteers of America
Catalog. Reading evaluation aids are also available.
URL: http://www.literacyvolunteers.org/catalog/default.html
For a test of basic English
language skills, see the Basic English Skills Test
(BEST). This is a unique measurement tool
designed for adult ESL learners at the survival and
pre-employment skills level. Developed by CAL language
testing professionals, the BEST consists of an Oral Interview
Section and a Literary Skills Section that are scored
separately.
URL: http://www.cal.org/best
The Test of
Adult Basic Education (TABE)
series offers an ideal way for adult educators to plan
instruction that helps build successful careers. Multiple
versions of TABE exist to serve the educational, business, and
industrial marketplaces.
URL: http://www.ctb.com
(Go to Products and Services, then to Adult Education)
Workforce Learning
Systems Training by CASAS provides businesses with
training tools and expertise through workshops that determine
employee skill levels and basic skill needs, identify training
requirements, develop worksite specific training materials and
identify instructional strategies to meet training objectives.
URL: http://www.casas.org/02TrainingProfDev/02WLSTrain.cfm
Find the resources on Tools
of the Trade that are of most use to you. Search
America's Learning Exchange for seminars, courses, resource
tools, training providers, consultants, research, and
certification information related to employee and staff
development.
URL: http://www.alx.org/tott/
Computer Curriculum
Corporation's Destinations Internet is a
comprehensive, online learning program that addresses national,
state and local standards in reading, writing, math and
life/learning skills. The online courses are designed to
stimulate interest in literacy and learning among adult learners
seeking to attain high school diplomas, pass GED exams, or
prepare for the workforce.
URL:
http://www.investlearning.com
The National
Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP)
is your source for reaching workforce development
professionals. NAWDP represents professionals in the
employment and training field. Its members work with
at-risk youth, older workers, individuals with barriers to
employment, welfare-to-work participants, students in
school-to-work, dislocated workers and more.
URL:
http://members.aol.com/nawdp/
LiteracyLink
offers professional development resources and training to
literacy educators of adult students. LitTeacher is a
technology-based continuing education resource center, offering
peer evaluation tools, practice guides and staff development
videoconferences.
URL: http://litlink5.pbs.org/litteacher.html
This
report, from the US Office of Educational Research and
Improvement, presents abstracts and evaluative reviews for 58
exemplary workplace education products. An
overview of the selection process and a guide to the content of
the documents is included.
http://ericir.syr.edu/plweb-cgi/fastweb?getdoc+ericdb2+ericdb+998839+0+wAAA+%28ED427190%29
The Learning for Life Program
develops and produces live, interactive basic education / adult
literacy courses disseminated nationwide via satellite and
cable. The
Program is uniquely designed to serve adult learners, and due to
the medium of instruction, is offered in all 50 states
URL:
http://stepstar.esd101.net/adulted/default.htm
The Learning Resources
Network provides information and consultation to programs
offering lifelong learning activities such as courses, classes,
seminars, conferences, meetings, and training.
URL: http://www.lern.org/
American
Institutes for Research provide the adult education
community with large-scale literacy assessment and support the
evaluation of adult education programs and of professional
development for adult educators.
URL: http://www.air.org/program_areas/adultlit/adultlit-set.htm
The World Learning and the
School for International Training provides language and
cross-cultural training to help participants work more
effectively in multicultural environments at the community level
or on a national scale.
URL: http://www.worldlearning.org/
This article offers questions
to ask vendors of learning management software. Asking these
questions can help you ensure the correct product is selected.
Finding out specifics about program content, security, costs,
and other issues may ease the selection process.
URL: http://www.workforce.com/archive/article/22/12/97.php
These tips for
hiring an effective trainer can help HR people to
thoroughly evaluate vendors and avoid wasting money on gimmicky
training efforts.
URL:
http://www.workforce.com/archive/feature/22/26/14/223471.php
TrainingConsortium is
a searchable database of training consultants, speakers and
vendors. Detailed listings include industry experience, area of
expertise, geography and target audiences. Employers can search
for trainers who match their needs and specific criteria.
URL: http://www.trainingconsortium.com
WorkKeys®,
ACT's system for identifying gaps between job requirements and
workforce skills can help improve the workforce. Employers
can also use it to identify and develop workers for a wide range
of skilled jobs.
URL: http://www.workkeys.com/
Advance
Learning
provides interactive multimedia, IT literacy training
courseware, systems and solutions to academia, government and
for-profit corporations worldwide. The International Computer
Driving Licence is designed for those who wish to gain or
improve basic qualification in computing; no prior knowledge of
IT or desktop skills is required.
URL:
http://www.advancelearning.com
Language Solutions is
a language training company specializing in training people who
speak English as a Second Language (ESL) to improve their
English literacy skills for Speaking, Listening and Reading. The
training offered is specifically geared for Life
Skills (Survival English) and Occupational
English.
URL: http://www.languagesolutionsllc.com
WorkSource Partners is
a workforce development firm that designs and implements career
development and education programs for entry-level workers.
Their programs have helped to fill nursing vacancies by bringing
pre-college and college education to the workplace.
URL:
http://www.jff.org/Documents/Entrylevel_NEHRAarticle.pdf
State and
Regional
California
The Education
Training Institute delivers quality and
customer-focused consulting, training and economic development
services to San Diego individuals, businesses, and government
agencies in order to address the needs of a diverse workforce.
ETI is a full-service training organization specializing in
assessing your training needs and developing solutions that
increase productivity, quality, and the ability to adapt to
rapid changes in the workplace.
URL: http://www.workplace-eti.com/workplace/
Brandon Hall provides
information, trends, best practices, tools and vendors about
using technology for learning to help employers make the right
decisions for their organization.
URL: http://www.brandon-hall.com/
Connecticut
If your employees need to develop skills in reading, writing,
math, computers, English as a Second Language, and
communications, ADULT ED AT WORK is a network
of Connecticut adult education programs that offer on-site
educational consultation and instruction to businesses:
URL: http://www.crec.org/atdn/adultedatwork.shtml
Illinois
The Curriculum Publications Clearinghouse distributes
state-developed curriculum materials in adult, vocational, and
technical education on a cost-recovery basis.
URL: http://www.wiu.edu/users/micpc/
Kansas
Information for adults in the Kansas City area to gain access to
free, confidential one-on-one reading help through Literacy
Kansas City:
URL: http://www.literacykc.org
New
Mexico
InSight Educational Services specializes
in reasonably priced evaluations of employee basic skills that
can be easily accessed and are non-threatening.
Evaluations give the employers and employee usable information
regarding reading and writing levels, mathematics capabilities
and learning styles.
URL: http://www.correctionseducation.com/WBSE
New
York
The Literacy Volunteers library is a resource
with over 3,600 items to help tutors and students in the
Rochester, NY area:
URL:
http://www.literacyrochester.org/resources.htm
The
New York City Employment and Training Coalition (NYCETC),
an association of workforce development practitioners, provides
high quality education, training and employment services to
unemployed and underemployed New Yorkers. The Coalition provides
staff development, research and technical assistance to member
organizations.
URL: http://www.nycetc.org
Wisconsin
The Racine Literacy Council provides free
one-on-one tutoring in basic reading and writing skills for
adults in the Racine Area of Wisconsin. The Council will
also provide a customized workplace education to increase
employees’ basic skills for a fee:
URL:
http://www.racineliteracy.com
For
problems or questions regarding this web site contact info@lincs.ed.gov.
Last updated: Feb. 27, 2009. |