Charting a Course: Responding to the Industry-Related
Adult Basic Education Needs of the Texas Workforce
Handbook One: Planning and Implementation Tips
for Program Planners and Administrators

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References and Resources

ABLE/PAWERC: Exploring Work-Based Foundation Skills in the ABLE Classroom (Instructional Activities and Resources for Use with Adult Learners)
www.pawerc.org/foundationskills/lib/foundationskills/2004_Activity_Guide_2.2.pdf [PDF:1.58MB, Download Adobe® Acrobat® Reader]

America’s Perfect Storm: Three Forces Changing Our Nation’s Future (2007). A report from the Educational Testing Service Policy Evaluation and Research Center looks at the convergence of three power socioeconomic forces changing our nation’s future. http://www.ets.org/Media/Education_Topics/pdf/AmericasPerfectStorm.pdf [PDF:2.26MB, Download Adobe® Acrobat® Reader]

Auerbach and Wallerstein, (2005). Problem Posing at Work: English for Action and Popular Educator’s Guide. Grassroots Press. Student book contains 30 lessons that focus on workplace themes and issues related to the working lives of immigrants and refugees; based on Paulo Freire’s approaches to adult education. www.literacyservices.com

Aztec Software. Occupational Foundations Learning Series addresses the requirements for O*NET job clusters, including specific entry-level and academic skills vital to many of today’s occupations. http://www.aztecsoftware.com/aztec/Workforce

Burt, M. (1995). Selling Workplace ESL Instructional Programs. ERIC Digest. Washington, D.C. National Center for ESL Literacy Education, Center for Applied Linguistics. (ED)-LE-96-01)

CareerOneStop connects users to relevant links, resources, and community services offered over the internet; everything from a job bank to employment training info, and access to O*NET – the occupational information network and its comprehensive descriptions and skills sets for specific occupations. Source of graphic competency model included in this handbook. www.CareerOneStop.org

Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA). Washington, D.C. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education / Vocational and Adult Education. Practitioner Toolkit: Working with Adult English Language Learners. A new resource available online from the Center for Adult English Language Acquisition. http://www.cal.org/caela (go to ESL Resources, click on Tools).

Center for Public Policy Priorities (2003). Workforce Development: The Key to Creating Opportunity and Building Prosperity in Texas. Austin, Texas.

Conference Board: A website designed to assist business and industry in understanding direct and indirect benefits of workplace education; provides information on accessing services and identifying suitable providers; offers free tools and advice on starting workplace programs www.work-basedlearning.org. and www.workplacebasicskills.com.

Council for the Advancement of Adult Literacy: (2004). Adult Education and Literacy in Community Colleges in Massachusetts: A Case Study. Liebowitz. New York, N.Y.

Cunningham Florez, Mary Ann (2001). Beginning ESOL Learners’ Advice to Their Teachers. http://www.ncsall.net/?id=279.

Davis, D. (1997). Adult Education at Work. Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Office of Adult Education. Nashville, TN.

EASY, the ESL Series. A new series of ESL videos, DVDs, CD-ROMs, and online learning capabilities for distance learning. EASY demo can be viewed at http://www.easyeld.com

Employee Training Institute (ETI) Workforce Training and Development. Workplace Instructor Training (WIT) CD-ROM and Workbook (1999). Excellent teacher preparation. San Diego Community College District. San Diego, CA. To purchase, go to http://www.trainwitheti.com.

English for All Video Series http://www.myefa.org. Sets of videos available for loan from TCALL at tcall@tamu.edu; a free multi-media resource for adult ESOL; can be freely copied for use in educational programs; over 400 pages of print materials downloadable from website.

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) is now a collection of online resources by noted authors and experts in adult education that includes valuable foundation materials for ABE, ESL and Workforce Education. http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal

Focus on the Basics, November 2004 issue focuses on workplace basic education. Go to http://www.ncsall.net and click on Workplace Education.

Friedenberg, Joan (2002). Workplace ESL: A Simple Guide to Program Planning and Implementation. Delta Publishing Company, www.delta-systems.com. Has not been reprinted; limited copies available for Texas adult educators from Texas LEARNS. Copies also available for loan from TCALL.

Gardner, D. (2002). Workplace Education: Job Task Analysis Training. Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Office of Adult Education Nashville, TN and University of Tennessee, Center for Literacy Studies, Knoxville, TN

Garofalo, Hall, and Janes (2002). Simply Better! Business Services – Introduction to Workforce Marketing Concepts and Techniques. Workforce Excellence Network (WEN), funded by U.S. Department of Labor / Employment and Training Agency, Washington, D.C. Section one of three publications designed to improve workforce services for businesses. Available online: www.workforce-excellence.net/pdf.pubs.

Getting to Work: A Report on How Workers with Limited English Skills Can Prepare for New Jobs (2004). Working for America Institute. http://www.workingforamerica.org/documents/PDF/GTW50704.pdf [Download Adobe® Acrobat® Reader]

Grognet, A. (1996). Q & A Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Workplace ESL Programs. ERIC Digest, National Center for ESL Literacy Education, Washington, D.C.

Hammond & Associates Inc. (2002). Skills Development Initiative Needs Assessment Report. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. http://www.afpa.com/hr/SDIReport.pdf [306.54KB, Download Adobe® Acrobat® Reader]

Helping Job Seekers Who Have Limited Basic Skills. 84 page guide encouraging collaboration between career centers and local adult education providershttp://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu/.

Literacy Toolkit. U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Workforce Preparation, in collaboration with the National Institute for Literacy and Verizon Superpages.com, developed this handbook for distribution to local chambers, which includes tips on improving their communities’ literacy skills. http://www.uschamber.com/icw/tools/literacytool.htm

National Workforce Assistance Alliance distributes the following publications: Workplace Literacy Best Practices; Workplace Literacy Interview Guide (to help employers interview providers); Looking at Training in a Business Context. http://www.ed.psu.edu/nwac

National Work Readiness Council (2006). National Work Readiness Credential. Washington, D.C. http://www.workreadiness.com.

O*NET OnLine is the Occupational Information Network providing information on high growth industries, occupation descriptions, job families, skill requirements, etc. http://online.onetcenter.org

Price-Machado, Donna (2006, 3rd printing). Skills for Success: Working and Studying in English. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY. ISBN# 0-521-657-423.

Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab. A website with many topics for listening, along with questions and exercises at 3 levels. Pre- and post-listening activities included. http://www.esl-lab.com.

Rey-Alicea and Scott (2007). A Survey of Selected Work Readiness Certificates. Jobs for the Future. Boston, MA. http://www.jff.org and click on Knowledge Center Publications.

Sawyer and Tondre (2003). Tennessee ESOL in the Workplace. A training manual for ESOL supervisors and instructors. A collaborative project of the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Office of Adult Education, Nashville, Tennessee, and the University of Tennessee Center for Literacy Studies, Knoxville, Tennessee. Downloadable from website: http://www.cls.utk.edu/esol_workplace.html

Sed de Saber. Retention Education presents an innovative and affordable English as a Second Language program to improve adult employee workplace English skills. Technology-based, this distance learning initiative was piloted in 2007 by fourteen of Texas’ adult basic education programs in ten cities selected by SER Jobs for Progress National, Inc. Programs for food services and hospitality and construction; additional industry-related programs under development. http://www.RetentionEd.com [Webmaster note: when you visit this site, the "back" button on your browser will not let you go back to the previous document]

SCANS. Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (1990). Skills and competencies needed for the workforce. http://wdr.doleta.gov/SCANS/

Southern LINCS Workforce Education Lab. Current trends and issues in workforce education; learning activities bank) http://slincs.coe.utk.edu/gtelab.

Steps to Employment (2005). A series developed for ESL programs in Canada. The series includes English for construction workers, call centers, electrical trades and occupations, automotive service trades, computers, home healthcare, logistics, sales occupations, food services, industrial trades, financial clerks, and more. http://209.121.217.200/main.html

Taylor, Marcia (1992). The Language Experience Approach and Adult Learners. Website: http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/digests/LEA.html

Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning (TCALL). A state leadership initiative funded through Texas LEARNS, TCALL maintains adult education’s website, numerous listservs, and links to discussion groups such as the WorkforceLitTex email discussion list. TCALL also maintains a lending library for Texas’ adult and family literacy educators and publishes Literacy Links, a quarterly newsletter. The December 2004 issue (volume 9, no. 1) was devoted to promising practices in the area of workforce / workplace literacy across Texas and may be accessed electronically at http://www-tcall.tamu.edu.

Texas Workforce Commission. Skills Development Fund. Self-Sufficiency Fund Job Training for TANF Recipients. Austin, TX. http://www.twc.state.tx.us/svcs/funds/sdfintro.html and http://www.twc.state.tx.us/svcs/funds/ssfintro.html

Tondre, Barbara (2006). Charting A Course: Responding to the Industry-Related Needs of the Limited English Proficient. http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/docs/charting06/cover.html

Tondre, Barbara (2001). Planning Literacy and Language Services for Texas’ Limited English Proficient Workers: The Devil is in the Details. A guide for program design: planning, implementing, and sustaining workforce-related education programs. Funded by the Texas Workforce Commission, Austin, Texas. Downloadable from http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/workforce/cover.html

Tondre, Barbara (2006-2007). SHOP TALK is a series of informative releases from Texas LEARNS developed to address issues and questions raised by adult educators, employers, and local workforce development personnel; and to build awareness and expertise in addressing the needs of Texas’ emerging, incumbent, and displaced workers. Go to http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/texaslearns/st/sttoc.htm.

Tondre, Barbara (2005). When the World Comes to Your Classroom. A resource guide for Career and Technology Educators: Helping English Language Learners Bridge the Gap Between Academic and Workforce Success. Developed for Region 10 Education Service Center, Career and Technical Education.

Tools for ESL Lesson Planning (2004 rev.). Los Angeles Unified School District, Division of Adult and Career Education. http://www.adultinstruction.org (click on teachers and then instructional materials).

Voice of America Special English. News Radio for English Language Learners. Current news of interest to learners. http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/

Women Employed Illinois Career Pathways Initiative (2004). The Bridge Program: An Effective Educational Approach to Meeting Employers’ Critical Skills Shortages. Chicago, Illinois. www.womenemployed.org.

Workforce Education Research Center, Pennsylvania Workforce Improvement Network (2003). Foundation Skills Framework for Workforce Development. An adaptation of Equipped for the Future’s Standards Framework, with assistance from the National Institute for Literacy, focusing on workforce-related skills. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. www.pawerc.org. and http://www.pawerc.org/foundationskills/cwp/view.asp?Q=92970

Workforce Excellence Network (2002). Simply Better! Business Services. National Workforce Development Boards, Washington, D.C.

Workplace Essential Skills A video series designed around the SCANS Foundation Skills. downloaded from the PBS site listed above). Information on workbooks, teacher’s guide, and online materials available at www.pbs.org/literacy.

Wurr, Adrian (2002). The Language Experience Approach Revisited: The Use of Personal Narrative in adult L2 Literacy Instruction. http://www.readingmatrix.com/articles/wurr/

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