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Texas -
Resources
General
Resource
Materials and Providers
Labor Market
Information
Learning
Support
General
The Texas Division of
Adult and Community Education provides out-of-school youth
and adults with opportunities to acquire basic academic skills,
life survival skills and a secondary school equivalency
credential necessary for employment or post-secondary education.
URL: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/adult/index.html
The Texas Center for
Adult Literacy and Learning helps reduce the incidence
of adult illiteracy in Texas. The Center works through a
variety of externally-funded projects including the Adult
Literacy Clearinghouse, the Directory
of Adult Literacy Providers and various other Workplace Literacy
projects.
URL: http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/
Resource
Materials and Providers
The Texas Workforce
Commission (TWC) oversees and provides workforce development
services to employers and job seekers in Texas. For employers,
TWC offers recruiting, retention, training and retraining, and
outplacement services.
URL: http://www.twc.state.tx.us/customers/bemp/bempsub6.html
The Office of
Vocational-Technical Education (Texas) provides
vocational-technical education programs and services to youth
and adults.
URL: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/Cate/
The Office of Workforce
Adult Literacy at the Texas Workforce Commission is a
resource for employers, workforce development personnel, adult
educators and learners who seek basic education services
integrated with an employment-readiness or employment-enrichment
focus.
URL: http://www.twc.state.tx.us/svcs/adultlit/adultlit_hp.html
The Texas Workforce
Commission is part of a local/state network dedicated to
developing the workforce of Texas. The network gives
customers access to local workforce solutions and statewide
services in a single location — Texas Workforce Centers.
URL: http://www.twc.state.tx.us/dirs/wdas/wdamap.html
A publication of the
Texas Workforce Commission assists employers by providing local
workforce development boards with an Integrated Planning
Guide.
URL: http://www.twc.state.tx.us/boards/board_plan/integratedplan.html
The Texas Center for Adult
Literacy and Learning provides links to other local
and national web sites with information on workplace
literacy and learning issues.
URL:
http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/roadmaps/wwlmap.htm
The Texas Center for Adult
Literacy and Learning offers definitions of workplace
literacy versus workforce literacy as well as workplace training
and workplace education.
URL: http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/wpdefinition.htm
Labor
Market Information
The Texas Association
of Business works to improve
the state's public education system by helping develop a
workforce capable of competing in an increasingly complex and
technologically advanced workplace. The
Association holds informative workshops and seminars for
small and large employers.
URL: http://www.tabcc.org/
Learning
Support
The Workplace Literacy
Training and Technical Assistance Project (WLTTAP) is funded
by the Texas Education Agency Division of Adult and Community
Education. Its resource catalogue serves as an excellent
bibliography of materials on Workforce Development.
URL: http://rgfn3.epcc.edu/~wlttap
The Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board 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.thecb.state.tx.us/
For
problems or questions regarding this web site contact campbell@conferenceboard.ca.
Last updated: September 20, 2002. |