Integration of Education and Training: Readying the student for Career Pathways and Skills
Probably the most comprehensive place to start is the NIFL (National Institute for Literacy) LINCS Resource Collections: especially Workforce Competitivenesshttp://www.nifl.gov/lincs/resourcecollections/RC_workforce.html Some of the following have been pulled from that long list:
Curricula Links:
Career pathways awareness and industry skills
i. CareerClusters.org
ii. Career Awareness curricula from NELRChttp://www.nifl.gov/lincs/resourcecollections/abstracts/workforce/RC_work_abs36.html
iii. A Guide to Placing Learners on Work Experiencehttp://www.nifl.gov/lincs/resourcecollections/abstracts/workforce/RC_work_abs47.html
iv. One Step Forward Initiative - Guide to Adult Education for Work: Transforming Adult Education to Build a Skilled Workforce (2009) http://www.jff.org/sites/default/files/AEW_Background.PDF v.Strategies for Success in Career Development: The Career Coach Curriculum Guide (2007)This thorough, concise, and well-organized career development curriculum is appropriate for instructors and other service providers who work with mid- to higher-level adult learners in the process of choosing a career, changing a career, or exploring education options that match their goals. http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/resourcecollections/abstracts/workforce/RC_work_abs20.html
vi. Bridges to Careers for Low-Skilled Adults: A Program Development Guide This resource, developed by Women Employed with Chicago Jobs Council and University of Illinois (UIC) Great Cities Institute, guides educators, administrators, and curriculum developers in creating a bridge program for adults needing to develop skills in order to enter the work force.http://www.womenemployed.org/docs/BridgeGuideFinal.pdf
Contextualized curricula (may need to be adapted for the NRS levels of a particular classroom)
i. Health Literacy curriculum, Quality Partners, RI http://www.rihlp.org/resources/index.cfm?id=44
ii. Title: Vocational English as a Second Language: Courses A&B Curriculum Guidehttp://www.nifl.gov/lincs/resourcecollections/abstracts/workforce/RC_work_abs02.html
iii. Embedded Learning Portal (Curriculum Sample Reviewed: Production Process Module 2)http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/resourcecollections/abstracts/workforce/RC_work_abs03.html
iv. GED Career Bridge to Hospitality Curriculum (All sections)http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/resourcecollections/abstracts/workforce/RC_work_abs06.html
v. Project Hotel T.E.A.C.H. Curriculum (2007) ESL for Hospitalityhttp://www.nifl.gov/lincs/resourcecollections/abstracts/workforce/RC_work_abs55.html
vi. Innovative Strategies: Ideas that Work! (from PA 2007) (many stories of practitioners developing curricula for specific industries and specific student populations- materials included)http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/resourcecollections/abstracts/workforce/RC_work_abs30.html
Current RI promising programs and practices:Department of Labor/ Industry Partners Skill Gap analyses http://www.rihric.com/ipartners.htm DLT/ RIDE contextualized programs (can we get links to these?)Workplace page of the Literacy Resources/ Rhode Islandhttp://swearercenter.brown.edu/Literacy_Resources/work.html
Research and Evaluation links:Jobs for the Future publicationshttp://www.jff.org/publications/workforce Benefits to sector-based education, Commonwealth Corporation, MA www.commcorp.org Washington’s IBest research and resources. Googling IBEST will bring up many links, but this is one collection of curricula and resources:http://flightline.highline.edu/ibest/
Workplace Instruction and Workforce Preparation for Adult Immigrantshttp://www.nifl.gov/lincs/resourcecollections/abstracts/workforce/RC_work_abs24.html Expanding Horizons: Pacesetters in Adult Education for Work (2009)http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/resourcecollections/abstracts/workforce/RC_work_abs48.html
Policy links: RI Governor’s Workforce Board Strategic Plan http://www.rihric.com/splan.htmNational Adult Education Professional Development Consortiumhttp://naepdc.org/professional_development/professional_development_home.html