Maine - Resources
General
Resource Materials and
Providers
Labor Market Information
Learning Support
General
Maine's Department of
Education holds the view that since education is a
lifelong process, the State will provide and encourage
the growth of educational opportunities for all adults.
Adult
High School completion, tests of General Educational
Development (GED), adult vocational education and professional
development services are available.
URL: http://www.state.me.us/education/aded/homepage.htm
Resource
Materials and Providers
The Center for Adult
Learning and Literacy (CALL) is the state literacy
resource center and staff development service provider for
the Maine Adult Education system. CALL provides staff
development activities, distributes adult education
resources to practitioners, and provides statewide
leadership for staff development.
URL: http://www.umaine.edu/call/staffdev/call.htm
The
New England Literacy Resource Center (NELRC)
strengthens adult literacy services in the area through
sharing and collaborative special projects among State
Literacy Resource Centers (SLRC), adult literacy
practitioners and policy-makers in Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
URL: http://www.nelrc.org
Maine's Department of
Education offers adult education programs throughout
the state. Employers can access a comprehensive directory
of programs to find one in their county or local community.
URL: http://www.umaine.edu/call/localdirectory/PROGRAMS.HTML
Employers
can find out more about the types of adult education
programs offered in Maine from the state Department of
Education. Areas covered include
grant information, corrections education, English as a
Second Language, general educational development (GED),
high school diplomas and
workplace education.
URL:
http://www.umaine.edu/call/programming/programming.htm
CareerCenter,
Maine's employment resource, assists employers with
candidate referrals, labor market research, wages and
licensing, customized job training, apprenticeships and
training funding.
URL: http://www.mainecareercenter.com/Employers.html
Labor
Market Information
Maine State Chamber
of Commerce members now have access to the HR Comply
Survival Guide, an encyclopedic volume of Maine and federal
employment law; electronic Turnkey Training for employment
compliance training; and other essential small business
services.
URL: http://www.mainechamber.org
The Division of Labor
Market Information Services of Maine's Department of
Labor develops and maintains state and area labor market and
occupational information programs. It provides
economic, management, and actuarial analyses for program
planning and delivery.
URL: http://www.maine.gov/labor/lmis
Learning
Support
The Maine Education
Assistance Division provides information on the state's
education programs, colleges and universities, financial aid
assistance programs, grants, scholarships, continuing
education programs, and career opportunities.
URL: http://www.famemaine.com/
Adult, Career, and
Technical Education of Maine's Department of Education
provides vocational-technical education programs and
services to youth and adults.
E-MAIL: yvonne.davis@state.me.us
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Last updated: January 8, 2003. |