Indiana - Resources
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General
The Division of Adult
Education, in the Indiana Department of Education,
addresses the educational needs of adults whose skills range
from minimal or no literacy skills to GED preparation level. The
ABE program also offers basic skills, English Literacy, and life
skills instruction.
URL: http://www.doe.state.in.us/adulted/welcome.html
The Indiana Department of
Commerce offers employee training assistance, including the
Indiana's Skills Enhancement Fund which provides financial
assistance to new and expanding companies committed to training
their workers.
URL: http://www.indianaprogress.com/t2000.cfm
Resource
Materials and Providers
The Indiana Literacy
and Technical Education Resource Center houses a
collection of videos, audiocassettes, books, pamphlets, serials,
and newsletters focused on literacy, adult education, technical
education, and career/workplace information.
Materials for GED preparation and ESL are also available.
URL: http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/inrc/hp14.html
The Indiana Division of Adult
Education offers the Adult Secondary Credit (ASC),
which allows adults (16 to 21
years of age) who did not finish high school to return and earn
credits toward a high school diploma. Vocational training
is frequently provided as well.
URL: http://www.doe.state.in.us/adulted/welcome.html
The General
Educational Development (GED) program has become a
significant means for adults to acquire a state of Indiana GED
Diploma. The GED test covers writing skills, social studies,
science, mathematics, and literature and the arts.
Seventy-nine testing sites are located throughout the state.
URL: http://www.doe.state.in.us/adulted/welcome.html
Indiana public
television stations (PBS) and many cable systems carry Learn
at Home programming. The exciting new GED Connection
series includes 39 half-hour television programs that
cover the reading, writing, social studies, science, and math
skills adults need to brush up on to pass the GED high school
equivalency tests.
URL: http://www.gedontv.org/
In many areas,
Indiana public television stations (PBS) and many cable systems
carry Learn at Home programming. The new Workplace
Essential Skills series of 24 half-hour television programs
is for adults who want to increase their skills in the areas of
finding employment, work readiness basics, communication (both
written and verbal), and workplace reading and math.
URL:
http://www.gedontv.org/
The Lifelong
Learning Institute of the state Department of Workforce
Development provides training for individuals working in the
Indiana workforce development system. The Institute is funded by
the State of Indiana and by registration fees.
URL: http://www.in.gov/dwd/education/lli/index.html
Labor
Market Information
The Indiana Chamber
of Commerce provides links to Indiana population,
demographics, and business and industry statistics. You
can also find data by county on the size of the labor force,
major occupation groups, employment by industry, firms and
employment by size and average annual wages by industry or
commuting patterns.
URL: http://www.indianachamber.com
The Indiana Business
Research Center collects, organizes, analyzes,
interprets and disseminates economic and demographic information
for and about the state of Indiana. This
information is distributed throughout the state via the
Web and through print publications.
URL: http://www.ibrc.indiana.edu/
The Indiana Department of
Commerce assists organizations doing business in Indiana by
providing economic and demographic information including
population, gross state product, income and employment
statistics.
URL: http://www.state.in.us/doc/doingbiz/econAndWorkPro.html
Learning
Support
Indiana Literacy
Foundation is a non-profit
organization dedicated to strengthening basic skills among
children and adults by working with and through volunteer
literacy programs across Indiana. With companies,
individual and volunteer support, it encourages the value of
lifelong learning.
URL: http://www.indianaliteracy.org/
Vocational-Technical
Education Services of the Indiana Department of Workforce
Development provides vocational-technical education programs and
services to youth and adults.
URL: http://www.state.in.us/dwd/teched/
The Midwest Center
for Postsecondary Outreach promotes increased access to
and availability of postsecondary education for deaf and
hard-of-hearing persons in the Midwest.
URL: http://www.mcpo.org/
The Shifting Gears
initiative helps Midwest states address adult education,
workforce development and postsecondary education policy issues
in support of economic growth and expansion of job opportunities
for low-skilled workers.
URL:
http://www.shifting-gears.org
For
problems or questions regarding this web site contact info@lincs.ed.gov.
Last updated: May 29, 2009. |