AleWorkforceDevelopment
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Workforce Development (WfD) and ABE/ESOL
Definitions
Questions
- What is known about the effectiveness of job/work-readiness credentials/certificates?AleWorkReadinessCredential
- How many new employees in US companies need to learn to read, write and count, what companies are spending in the aggregate and in specific to solve this problem, and which companies are using Best Practices and getting the best results? AleWorkforceSkillsAndBestPractices
- What are some resources on Immigration and workforce development? AleImmigration
- Is the above definition of workforce development adequate? Why or why not?AleWfDDefinitionAdequate
- What is the difference between workforce development and workplace education?AleWfDDifferenceBtwWfD&WorkplaceEd
- What Is the best way to help Welfare recipients move into work: help them find jobs quickly, or enroll them in education or training programs before they look for jobs? AleWfDjobsortraining
- What ways do ABE/ASE/ESOL relate to WfD? AleWfDRelate
- How are WFD system and ABE system goals similar and different? AleWfDRelateShareDiffer
- What are key issues arising from ABE/OSCC interactions? AleWfDIssues
- What are barriers to ABE learners progressing in the WfD system? AleWfDBarriers
- What are examples of good ABE/WfD collaborations/projects? AleWfDProjects
- Are there example curriculum, teaching approaches, on-line resources for instruction that have evolved through these WFD/ABE collaborations? AleWfDProjectsResources
- What are some of the themes, content areas (and approaches) that ABE programs use when approaching job readiness and or skills training?AleWfDProjectsThemes
- What are some of the myths and realities about WfD? AleWfDMyths
- What are some examples of occupations that would lead to "sustainable livelihoods" for ABE/ESOL learners? AleWfDOccupations
- What is the ABE/ESOL program's role in helping students progress to readiness for these occupations? AleWfDOccupationsHelp
- What can be learned from the relationship between the culture of workforce development and the culture of ABE and ESOL? AleWfDCultures
- How do I help documented and undocumented workers navigate these systems? AleWfDImmigration
- Should we assess basic skills levels of Workforce clients before giving them job referrals? For example, should this include someone who just walks into a career center to get help finding a job? AleWfDWorkReadinessAssessment
Resources
Working with Value: Industry-specific Approaches to Workforce Development
National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium -- Workplace Education
Getting Connected: Strategies for Expanding the Employment Networks of Low-Income People
Engaging Employers to Benefit Low-Income Job Seekers: Lessons from the Jobs Initiative
Summary of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998
WorkforceUSA Training and Education / Basic education and ESOL page
Rutgers U.-Heldrich Center: Helping Job Seekers Who Have Limited Basic Skills
Getting to Work: A Report on how Workers with Limited English Skills Can Prepare for Good Jobs
Literacy in the Labor Force: Results from the National Adult Literacy Survey
Workforce Tools of the Trade -- Abbreviations (a helpful glossary of WfD terms/organizations)
Learning Disabilities and Work issues http://worklink.coe.utk.edu/ld_work_issues.htm
Fact Sheets on Family Economic Success from the Annie E. Casey Foundation
Research
CPAL's webpage on Workforce Development Research
Building Pathways to Success for Low-Skill Adult Students: Lessons for Community College
