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Iowa -
Resources
General
Resource
Materials and Providers
Labor Market Information
Learning Support
General
Iowa Department of
Education’s three primary divisions are responsible
for PreK-12 education, community colleges and workforce
preparation, as well as the financial and information services
that support these areas.
URL: http://www.state.ia.us/educate/
Resource
Materials and Providers
The Iowa Literacy
Resource Center provides a link to resource materials
in Iowa and at a regional and national level for adult literacy
practitioners and students. These resources are available in
many formats; including print, audio, video and online.
URL: http://www.readiowa.org/
Regional Workforce
Investment Boards, in partnership with Iowa
Workforce Development,
identify and certify training providers whose performance
qualifies them to receive Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funds
to train Adults and Dislocated Workers.
URL: http://www3.iwd.state.ia.us/wia/trainingproviders.nsf/
Iowa 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.
URL: http://www.state.ia.us/educate/ccwp/cc/index.html
The Bureau of Career and
Technical Education of the Department of Education has
identified content standards and competency benchmarks
for several areas, including Business and Technology, Marketing,
Agriculture, Consumer and Family Studies, Industrial Technology
and Health Occupations.
URL: http://www.state.ia.us/educate/ccwp/ct/sb.html
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/
Labor
Market Information
Iowa
Workforce Development provides
information on Iowa's labor market, current employee
training opportunities and employee skills assessment services
for employers.
URL: http://www.iowaworkforce.org
You can find a list of local Iowa
Workforce Development Centers through the Iowa
Workforce Development web site. The Centers assist
employers and the labor force with various types of labor market
information and many other services.
URL: http://www.iowaworkforce.org/centers/files/offices.htm
The HR Solutions Center of
the Iowa Association of Business and Industry has
a wealth of resources and information for employers on
compliance, payroll, hiring, training, insurance, seminars,
surveys and more.
URL: http://www.iowaabi.org
Learning
Support
The Bureau of Community
Colleges of the Department of Education has published an Adult
Basic Skills Certification Manual to provide
practitioners with guidelines for
providing Adult Literacy education.
URL: http://www.state.ia.us/educate/ccwp/cc/abe.html
The
Department of Education provides a document on the Legal
Aspects of Work-Place Learning for students. This is a
handy reference of the many legal aspects of concern for the
educator.
URL:
http://www.state.ia.us/educate/ccwp/ct/learning/index.html
The Iowa Association
for Lifelong Learning (IALL) is committed to
professional development and support of a diverse membership
which is, in turn, devoted to providing and promoting lifelong
opportunities in Iowa. IALL provides connections with
a diverse network of organizations and individuals.
URL: http://www.iowall.org
The Iowa Distance
Learning Association brings together professionals in
distance learning areas from education, corporate training,
government and military organizations to share experience,
knowledge, and expertise to better serve lifelong
learners. Some activities include conferences and awards on
distance learning.
URL: http://www.idla.org
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/
This report, published by the
Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy, compares
selected adult basic education program characteristics of community
college and non-community college programs in five
states. The comparison is based on comparable data collected by
CASAS (Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System).
ABE
in Community Colleges (pdf, 436 KB)
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Last updated: Aug. 20, 2004. |