Solutions
and Providers
Both
public and private suppliers of workplace education information
can provide you with solutions to your employee skills needs.
You can find a range of
information on direct and indirect solutions to workplace
education including initiatives and priorities, grant
opportunities, offices, publications, research and statistics
from the website of
The
Federal Department of Education. The
Department's mandate is to ensure
equal access to education and promote educational excellence for
all Americans.
URL: http://ed.gov
If you would like to
request information for adult education and literacy related
issues, the Division of Adult Education and Literacy
Clearinghouse provides referral services, produces and
disseminates publications.
URL: http://ed.gov/offices/OVAE/AdultEd/InfoBoard/clearing.html
Access over 1,200
links to government information and services for jobs, learning,
and other issues on balancing work and family through the
FirstGov for Workers website, sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Labor.
URL: http://www.workers.gov
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/
LINCS is a gateway to
national and international literacy resources, providing access
to a broad scope of literacy-related information from state and
national policies to innovative classroom practices. All
users can join electronic discussions on its 50 discussion lists.
URL: http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/index.html
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/
The Workforce
Education LAB (Learning Activities Bank) is an free
interactive resource of work-related basic skills lessons for
use by instructors in the workplace or in traditional adult
education programs and by adult learnings. Instructors can
use learning activities developed by others or submit their own
to the LAB.
URL: http://slincs.coe.utk.edu/gtelab/default.html
Occupational
Literacy books and materials are available from the
Literacy Volunteers of America Catalog. Reading evaluation
aids are also available.
URL: http://www.literacyvolunteers.org/catalog/default.html
The Basic English
Skills Test (BEST), 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)
Search the Workforce
Development in New York State website for thousands of
educational programs, classroom courses, distance learning
opportunities, web-and computer-based training and
apprenticeship programs to find training opportunities and
providers that best suit your needs.
URL: http://www.wdsny.org/provider/
InSight Educational
Services of New Mexico 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
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/
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 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
Workplace
Literacy Solutions has a variety of training applications
for English speakers of other languages (ESOL). Through
the input of employers and training providers on the needs of
ESOL adult learners, training is offered to improve English
language skills.
URL: http://www.workplaceliteracysolutions.com/
The National Council for
Continuing Education and Training provides leadership for
continuing education, community service, workforce development
and training professionals.
E-MAIL: almeyer@mail.aacc.cc.md.us
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
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
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
The National
Adult Literacy Database Inc. (NALD), a Canadian
not-for-profit, provides an up-to-date and easily accessible
database of adult literacy programs, resources, services and
activities across Canada. It also links with other services and
databases in North America and overseas.
URL: http://www.nald.ca/
The Canadian
Adult Literacy Research Directory is a comprehensive
database containing Canadian research in adult literacy from
1994, as well as research in progress.
URL: http://www.nald.ca/crd/
workforceUSA.net is
designed for the day-to-day needs of workforce development
practitioners. It provides an extensive "virtual"
library of concrete tools and other kinds of materials to
support the various activities or "functions"
workforce development professionals perform.
URL:
http://www.workforceusa.net
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
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/
ALISON
is a free resource of high-quality interactive
certification-based learning. Courseware includes: ECDL/ICDL,
e-Citizen, BCS Unit E, Psychometric Testing and Financial
Literacy. ALISON's mission is to enable anyone, anywhere to
educate themselves for free.
URL:
http://www.alison.com
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/
The Online Navigator
of the United States Chamber of Commerce
provides access to resources for
hiring new employees or training and educating existing staff.
It helps employers connect to available resources at low or no
cost.
URL:
http://www.uschamber.com/cwp/navigator/default.htm
2GC is a specialist
consultancy focused on improving organizational strategic
management, strategic control and performance measurement. 2CG
consultants are thought-leaders and expert practitioners,
delivering improvements to clients using a range of tools and
techniques including the 3rd
Generation Balanced Scorecard.
URL:
www.2gc.co.uk
CareerOneStop's competency
models offer advice and tools on developing competency-based
curriculum, skill-based job descriptions, emerging industry
skill needs and career exploration and guidance.
URL:
http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/
The results of an economic
study, Renewing U.S. Manufacturing: Promoting a High-Road
Strategy calls for policies to create a highly productive,
high-wage economy that would contribute to other critical
national goals such as environmental sustainability, energy
independence and modernizing infrastructure.
URL:
http://www.sharedprosperity.org/bp212/bp212.pdf
State
literacy resource centers assist adult education
practitioners in locating and accessing the most current
materials in their issue area:
Alabama Adult
Literacy Resource Center
State Department of Education
5343 Gordon Persons Building
50 North Ripley Street, P.O. Box 302101
Montgomery, AL 36130-2101
Tel: (334) 242-8181
Toll Free: (800) 392-8086 (Alabama only)
Fax: (334) 242-2236
E-mail: macaluso@sdenet.alsde.edu
Alaska
State Literacy Resource Center
Nine Star Enterprises
125 West Fifth Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
Tel: (907) 279-7827
E-mail: tommyeb@ninestar.com
URL: http:/literacynet.org/alaska/home.html
Arkansas
Adult Learning Resource Center
3905 West 81st, Suite D
Little Rock, AR 72209
Tel: (501) 907-2490
Toll Free: (800) 832-6242 (Arkansas only)
Fax: (501) 907-2492
E-mail: espurgin@aalrc.org
URL: http://www.aalrc.org/
State
Literacy Resource Center of California
California State Library
P.O. Box 942837
Sacramento, CA 94237-0001
Tel: (916) 653-8032
Fax: (916) 653-8443
E-mail: ctalan@library.ca.gov
URL: http://www.literacynet.org/slrc/slrchome.html
Colorado
State Literacy Resource Center
State Department of Education
201 East Colfax Avenue
Denver, CO 80203
Tel: (303) 866-6914
Fax: (303) 866-6947
E-mail: Fawcett_D@cde.state.co.us
URL: http://www.cde.state.co.us/
Connecticut
Literacy Resource Center
Division of Community Education and Employment Services
Capitol Region Education Council
111 Charter Oak Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
Tel: (860) 524-4043
Fax: (860) 246-3304
E-mail: atyskiewicz@crec.org
URL: http://www.crec.org/lc/index.shtml
New
England Literacy Resource Center/World Education
44 Farnsworth Street
Boston, MA 02210-1211
Tel: (617) 482-9485
Fax: (617) 482-0617
URL: http://www.nelrc.org
Delaware State
Literacy Resource Center
ACE Network
P.O. Box 639
Dover, DE 19903
Tel: (302) 739-5556
Fax: (302) 739-5565
E-mail: mwhelan@den.k12.de.us
District
of Columbia Literacy Resource Center
901 G Street, NW, Room 300
Washington, DC 20001
Tel: (202) 727-1616
TTY: (202) 727-2255
Fax: (202) 727-1129
E-mail: dclrc@yahoo.com
URL: http://dclibrary.org/mlk/literacy/
Georgia
Department of Technical and Adult Education
Office of Adult Literacy
1800 Century Place, NE, Suite 400
Atlanta, GA 30345-4304
Tel: (404) 679-1635
Fax: (404) 679-1630
E-mail: mdelaney@dtae.org
URL: http://www.dtae.org/
Hawaii
Literacy Office
465 South King Street, Room B-1
Honolulu, HI 96813
Tel: (808) 831-6878
Fax: (808) 831-7899
E-mail: sueberg@gte.net
URL: http://literacynet.org/hawaii.about.html
Northwest
Regional Literacy Center
2120 South Jackson Street
Seattle, WA 98144-2219
Tel: (206) 587-4988
Toll Free: (800) 238-1234 (ID, MT, OR, WA, WY only)
Fax: (206) 587-4900
E-mail: nwrlrc@literacynet.org
URL: http://literacynet.org/nwrlrc/
Secretary
of State Literacy Office/Resource Center (Illinois)
431 South Fourth Street
Springfield, IL 62701
Tel: (217) 785-6921
Toll Free: (800) 665-5576 (Illinois only)
TTY: (800) 528-0844
Fax: (217) 785-6927
E-mail: jrake@library.sos.state.il.us
URL: http://literacy.kent.edu/~illinois/
Indiana
Literacy and Technical Education Resource Center
Indiana State Library and Historical Building, Room 208
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Tel: (317) 233-5200
Toll Free: (800) 233-4572 (Indiana only)
Fax: (317) 233-3728
E-mail: ilterc@statelib.lib.in.us
URL: http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/inrc/hp14.html
Iowa
Literacy Resource Center
415 Commercial Street
Waterloo, IA 50701
Tel: (319) 233-1200
Toll Free: (800) 772-2023
Fax: (319) 233-1964
E-mail: sixta@www.neirls.org
URL: http://www.readiowa.org/
Kansas
State Literacy Resource Center
State Department of Education
120 South East 10th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66612
Tel: (785) 296-7159
TTY: (785) 296-8170
Fax: (785-296-7933
URL: http://www.ksbe.state.ks.us/commcoll/kslrc.html
Kentucky
Department for Adult Education and Literacy
Capital Plaza Tower, Third Floor
500 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
Tel: (502) 564-5114
Toll Free: (800) 928-7323
Fax: (502) 564-564-5436
E-mail: reecied.stagnolia@mail.state.ky.us
URL: http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/wforce/dael/index.htm
Louisiana
State Literacy Resource Center
State Department of Education
Office of School and Community Support
Division of Adult Education and Training
P.O. Box 94064
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9064
Tel: (225) 342-9442
Fax: (225) 219-4439
E-mail: PDWall@aol.com
URL: http://www.leeric.lsu.edu/slrc/
Centre for Adult
Learning and Literacy (Maine)
University of Maine
5766 Shibles Hall
Orono, ME 04469-5766
Tel: (207) 581-2498
Fax: (207) 581-2423
E-mail: evelyn.beaulieu@umit.main.edu
Maryland
State Adult Literacy Resource Center
UMBC, Education Department
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
Tel: (410) 455-6725
Toll Free: (800) 358-3010
Fax: (410) 255-1139
E-mail: ira@umbc.edu
URL: http://www.research.umbc.edu/~ira/
Massachusetts
State Literacy Resource Center
System for Adult Basic Education Support
44 Farnsworth Street
Boston, MA 02210
Tel: (617) 482-9485
Toll Free: (800) 447-8844
TTY: (800) 447-8844
Fax: (617) 482-0617
E-mail: swaldron@worlded.org
URL: http://www.sabes.org/
Michigan
Adult Learning and Technology Center
Central Michigan University
219 Ronan Hall
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
Tel: (517) 774-7690
Fax: (517) 774-2181
E-mail: virginia.watson@cmich.edu
URL: http://www.malt.cmich.edu/
Literacy Training
Network Resource Center (Minnesota)
University of St. Thomas
Mail #MOH217
1000 LaSalle Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Tel: (615) 962-4440
Fax: (615) 962-4169
E-mail: dasimmons@stthomas.edu
Mississippi
State Literacy Resource Center
Governor's Office of Literacy
3825 Ridgewood Road
Jackson, MS 39211
Tel: (601) 432-6591
Toll Free: (800) 325-7323
Fax: (601) 432-6449
E-mail: williams@ihl.state.ms.us
URL: http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/gol
Literacy
Investment for Tomorrow (Missouri)
500 Northwest Plaza, Suite 601
Saint Ann, MO 63074
Tel: (314) 291-4443
Toll Free: (800) 729-4443
Fax: (314) 291-7385
E-mail: lift@icon-stl.net
URL: http://literacy.kent.edu/~missouri/
Nebraska
Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy
University of Nebraska
Department of Vocational and Adult Education
222 Bancroft Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0345
Tel: (402) 472-8331
Toll Free: (800) 332-0265
Fax: (402) 472-8319
E-mail: bsparks1@unl.edu
URL: http://literacy.kent.edu/~nebraska/
Nevada
Literacy Coalition
Nevada State Library and Archives
100 North Stewart Street
Carson City, NV 89701-4285
Tel: (775) 683-3340
Toll Free: (800) 445-9673 (Nevada only)
TTY: (702) 687-8338
Fax: (775) 683-3311
E-mail: ebell@clan.lib.nv.us
URL: http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla/literacy/
Adult
Learning Center (New Hampshire)
4 Lake Street
Nashua, NH 03060
Tel: (603) 882-9080
Fax: (603) 882-0069
E-mail: Dowen@adultlearningcenter.org
URL: http://www.adultlearningcenter.org/
Adult
Literacy Enhancement Center (New Jersey)
Professional Development Office
1090 King George Post Road, Suite 1001
Edison, NJ 08837
Tel: (732) 225-8508
Fax: (732) 225-0235
E-mail: jbuongio@doe.state.nj.us
URL:
http://www.state.nj.us/education/
New
Mexico Coalition for Literacy / New Mexico Literacy Resource
Center
P.O. Box 6085
Santa Fe, NM 87502-6085
Tel: (505) 982-3997
Toll Free: (800) 233-7587 (New Mexico only)
Fax: (505) 982-4095
E-mail: nmcl@newmexico.com
URL: http://www.nmcl.org/
New
York State Literacy Hotline
Husted 208
135 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
Tel: (518) 442-5372
Toll Free: (800) 331-0931
Fax: (518) 442-5021
E-mail: mrv@cnsunix.albany.edu
URL: http://www.albany.edu/twoyear/hotline.html
North
Carolina Literacy Resource Center
Caswell Building, Fifth Floor
200 West Jones Street
5025 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-5025
Tel: (919) 733-7051
Toll Free: (800) 553-9759 (North Carolina only)
Fax: (919) 715-5796
E-mail: nclrc@ncccs.cc.nc.us
URL: http://www.nclrc.state.nc.us/home/
North
Dakota Adult Education and Literacy Resource Center
NDAELRC
1121 North 13th Street, Suite 3
Bismarck, ND 58501-4291
Tel: (701) 224-1969
Fax: (701) 224-1989
E-mail:
laljets@tic.bisman.com
URL: http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/adulted/index.shtm
Ohio
Literacy Resource Center (The)
Kent State University
Research 1--1100 Summit Street
P.O. Box 5190
Kent, OH 44242-0001
Tel: (330) 672-2007
Toll Free: (800) 765-2897 (Ohio only)
Fax: (330) 672-4841
E-mail: olrc@literacy.kent.edu
URL:
http://literacy.kent.edu/
Oklahoma
Literacy Resource Center
Oklahoma Department of Libraries
200 Northeast 18th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105-3298
Tel: (405) 522-3205
Toll Free: (800) 522-8116
Fax: (800) 397-8116
E-mail: lgelders@oltn.odl.state.ok.us
URL: http://www.odl.state.ok.us/literacy/
Northwest
Regional Literacy Resource Center
2120 South Jackson Street
Seattle, WA 98144-2219
Tel: (206) 587-4988
Toll Free: (800) 238-1234 (ID, MT, OR, WA, WY only)
Fax: (206) 587-4900
E-mail: nwrlrc@literacynet.org
URL: http://www.literacynet.org/nwrlrc/
Advance
State Literacy Resource Center (Pennsylvania)
Pennsylvania Department of Education
333 Market Street, 11th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333
Tel: (717) 783-9192
Toll Free: (800) 992-2283
TTY: (717) 783-8445
Fax: (717) 783-5420
E-mail: lstasiulat@state.pa.us
URL: http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/pde/able/slrc.html
Literacy
Resources (Rhode Island)
Brown University
P.O. Box 1974
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: (401) 863-2839
Fax: (401) 863-3094
E-mail: janet_isserlis@brown.edu
URL: http://www.brown.edu/Department/Swearer_Center/Literacy_Resources
South Carolina
Literacy Resource Center
1722 Main Street, Suite 104
Columbia, SC 29201
Tel: (803) 929-2563
Toll Free: (800) 277-READ (7323) (South Carolina only)
Fax: (803) 929-2571
E-mail: SCLRC@aol.com
South
Dakota Literacy Resource Center
State Library
800 Governor's Drive
Pierre, SD 57501
Tel: (605) 773-3131
Toll Free: (800) 423-6665 (South Dakota only)
Fax: (605) 773-6962
E-mail: dan.boyd@state.sd.us
URL: http://www.state.sd.us/deca/literacy/
Center for Literacy
Studies (Tennessee)
University of Tennessee--Knoxville
600 Henley Street, Suite 312
Knoxville, TN 37996-4135
Tel: (423) 974-4109
Fax: (423) 974-3857
E-mail: mziegler@utk.edu
Texas
Center for Adult Literacy and Learning
Texas A&M University
College of Education, EAHRD Department
TAMU-3256
College Station, TX 77843-3256
Tel: (409) 845-6615
Toll Free: (800) 441-7323 (Texas only)
Fax: (409) 845-0952
E-mail: hsmith@coe.tamu.edu
URL: http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/
Utah
Literacy and Adult Education Resource Center
Utah State Office of Education
250 East 500 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-3204
Tel: (801) 538-7824
Toll Free: (800) 451-9500 (Utah only)
Fax: (801) 538-7882
E-mail: dsteele@usoe.k12.ut.us
URL: http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/adulted/home.htm
Vermont
Literacy Resource Center
Vermont Department of Education
120 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05620
Tel: (802) 828-5148
Fax: (802) 828-3146
E-mail: wross@doe.state.vt.us
URL: http://www.state.vt.us/educ/vlrc
Adult
Learning and Resource Center (Virginia)
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 842020
1015 West Main Street
Richmond, VA 23284-2020
Tel: (804) 828-6521
Toll Free: (800) 237-0178
Fax: (804) 828-7539
E-mail: vdesk@vcu.edu
URL: http://www.vcu.edu/aelweb/
Northwest
Regional Literacy Resource Center
2120 South Jackson Street
Seattle, WA 98144-2219
Tel: (206) 587-4988
Toll Free: (800) 238-1234 (ID, MT, OR, WA, WY only)
Fax: (206) 587-4900
E-mail: nwrlrc@literacynet.org
URL: http://www.literacynet.org/nwrlrc/
Division
of Technical and Adult Education Services (West Virginia)
State Department of Education
Building 6, Room 230
Capitol Complex
Charleston, WV 25305
Tel: (304) 558-6318
Fax: (304) 558-3946
E-mail: lbmiller@access.k12.wv.us
URL: http://wvabe.state.k12.wv.us/
Wisconsin
Literacy Resource Network
P.O. Box 7874
310 Price Place
Madison, WI 53707-7874
Tel: (608) 266-3497
TTY: (608) 267-2483
Fax: (608) 266-1690
E-mail: muellej@board.tec.wi.us
URL: http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/
Wyoming Literacy
Resource Center
ALT/College of Education
P.O. Box 3374
Laramie, WY 82071
Tel: (307) 766-3970
Fax: (307) 766-6668
E-mail: amstutz@uwyo.edu
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