Workforce - Workplace Literacy
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What's New with LINCS
and the National Institute for Literacy?
Workforce Education Resources
NIFL’s LINCS – Literacy Information aNd Communication
System – offers two extraordinarily rich resources in the area
of Workforce/Workplace Education. Both resources described below are
projects of the National Institute for Literacy and the U.S. Department
of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, working in
collaboration with the Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
Workforce Education Special Collection
The National Institute for Literacy’s Special Collections are
one-stop electronic gateways to specialized information on high-quality
literacy practices and materials for use in adult education and literacy
programs. The Workforce Education Special Collection demonstrates the
value of workforce learning, fosters and promotes the development of
high-quality workforce education programs, provides guidelines for
planning and supporting these programs, and supports ongoing communication
and collaboration among stakeholders. Workforce Education is defined
as work-related learning experiences which:
- can include foundation skills, technical knowledge and computer
skills;
- serve either employed or unemployed workers;
- are provided either inside or outside the workplace;
- focus on the skills and knowledge workers need to:
--get and keep good jobs and
--meet demands for productivity, safety, and advancement
Resources in the Collection can be browsed by topic or by “stakeholder”:
Workforce Instructors; Workers/Learners; Program Administrators; Employers;
Counselors/Case Managers; and Unions.
Visit the Workforce Education Special Collection online at http://worklink.coe.utk.edu/ or click on the red Collections button on TCALL’s home page
to find this and eleven other LINCS Special Collections.
Workplace Literacy Discussion List
This national email discussion list is a formally moderated list where
adult educators working or interested in workplace literacy and workforce
education can discuss issues such as marketing, funding, program
design, instruction, curricula, assessment, evaluation, staff training,
research, and policy. The list and the Workforce Education Special
Collection are intended to work together with materials in the Special
Collection serving as a springboard for discussion and the list discussion
suggesting resources or the need for resources in the area of Workforce
Education.
The NIFL-Workplace Discussion List has three primary purposes:
- to provide a forum for professionals and volunteers in the field
to discuss issues and share information relevant to workplace literacy
and workforce education;
- to provide the field with information and resources that can be
used to develop, expand, and improve workplace literacy and workforce
education programs and practices; this forum should ideally be the first
place that people turn when they have a question or need a solution in
the area of workplace literacy or workforce education; and
- to enrich and improve public policies related to workplace literacy
or workforce education by providing an open forum for the exchange of
relevant policy ideas; these discussions can and should improve policy,
practice, and research.
To subscribe or to read archived postings to the Workplace Literacy
Discussion List, visit the list website at http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/nifl-workplace/workplace.html — or
click on the red Discussions button on TCALL’s home page to find
this and fifteen other LINCS Discussion Lists.
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