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Washington
State - Resources
General
Resource Materials and Providers
Labor Market Information
General
Through Education Services of
the Washington State Board for Community and Technical
Colleges, employers can find information on
academic/basic skills/vocational programs; economic development
and small business program assistance, continuing education,
community service offerings, libraries; GED certificates, as
well as links to online Community and Technical
Colleges.
URL: http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu
Workforce Education
is Washington's resource for workforce educators in community
and technical colleges, with links to federal and state laws
governing workforce education; links to related professional
organizations, agency partners and other resources; compilations
of best practices in workforce education and a link to the
Workforce Education Council.
URL: http://www.workforceed.com/
The Washington State
Skills Standards web site provides information about
Washington's Skill Standards projects, links industry partners
with schools and colleges, informs individuals about Skill
Standards, and links Washington with national efforts.
URL: http://www.wa-skills.com/
Resource
Materials and Providers
The ABE
Literacy Resource Center is a free
mail-order lending library for anyone in the northwest
region (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, Wyoming,
Montana) working in adult literacy and basic skills.
URL:
http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/college/_e-abepds_resourcectr.aspx
The Western/Pacific
Literacy Network is a premier Web-based resource for
the literacy community. It has established an on-line
interactive structure for increasing communication and sharing
information about adult literacy among the eighteen western
states and Pacific islands.
URL: http://www.literacynet.org/lincs/
Adult Basic Education (Washington) of the State Board for Community and
Technical Colleges provides adults with opportunities to develop
skills needed to qualify for further education, job training,
and better employment.
E-MAIL:
imendoza@sbctc.edu
The Workforce
Training and Education Coordinating Board works in
partnership with business, labor, local workforce development
councils, and other state agencies to address the workforce
development challenges facing the state's employers and workers.
URL: http://www.wtb.wa.gov/
Labor
Market Information
The Association of
Washington Business serves as Washington’s chamber of
commerce and advocates
policies that are responsive to the workforce needs of
Washington state's employer community. It also works to
increase the accountability of workforce training programs.
URL: http://www.awb.org
For
problems or questions regarding this web site contact campbell@conferenceboard.ca.
Last updated: September 8, 2007. |