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Consol, Colleen – 1994
This document is the instructor's edition of a learning module that is designed to be presented as an 8-hour workshop to help workers master the skills needed for effective writing in the workplace. It was developed by educators from the Emily Griffith Opportunity School. The workshop materials are designed to enable participants to do the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Business English, Learning Activities
Cleary, John J.; Gravely, Mary Liles – 1994
Developed by educators from the Emily Griffith Opportunity School, this teacher's guide was developed for a 4-hour workshop to teach employees how to read the charts and graphs they need in the workplace. The unit covers four types of graphs: pictographs, bar graphs, line graphs, and circle graphs. The guide is divided into four sections: reading…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Charts, Graphs, Health Services
Falagrady, Teresa – 1994
Developed by educators from the Emily Griffith Opportunity School, this teacher's guide presents a course in health care vocabulary for secretaries, medical records personnel, laboratory assistants, shipping personnel, and patient relations personnel in health care facilities. The course, which should require 10-14 hours of instruction, contains…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Definitions, Health Services, Hospital Personnel
Gravely, Mary Liles – 1994
Developed by educators from the Emily Griffith Opportunity School, this teacher's guide presents an 8-hour course in writing for police officers. The course is designed to help officers improve the accuracy and appearances of their reports and to help them take responsibility for becoming more independent writers. Each of the four lessons in the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Business Correspondence, Learning Activities, Learning Modules
Wignall, Louise – 1999
This kit explores Australia's National Training Framework, training packages, industry standards and assessment, and the implications of these changes for language, literacy, and numeracy practitioners. Four sections in Part 1 present a series of answers to four frequently asked questions about training packages posed by practitioners in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Job Skills
Ingram, Pam – 1994
This document is the teacher's edition of a learning module designed to help nonnative English speakers develop basic workplace reading and writing skills. It was developed by educators from the Emily Griffith Opportunity School. The curriculum presented in the module is job specific and intended to serve as an example of how reading and writing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Learning Activities, Learning Modules
Consol, Colleen; Falagrady, Teresa – 1993
This module is designed to enhance employees' problem-solving abilities by improving their communication skills. The module, which is designed to be presented by a single facilitator in six weekly sessions, focuses on three areas of communication: listening, discussing, and acting. Covered in the module sessions are the role of communication and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Communication Skills, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Snapp, Mary – 1993
This learning module is intended as a worksite-specific example of a curriculum that addresses the specific job-related language needs of nonnative speakers of English. The module, which is designed to be presented in three 10-week sessions, focuses on different parts of the work orders typically encountered by workers in two different departments…
Descriptors: Abbreviations, Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, English (Second Language)
Ingram, Pam – 1994
This document is the teacher's edition of a learning module designed to help nonnative English speakers develop basic workplace mathematics skills. This module was developed by educators from the Emily Griffith Opportunity School. The math curriculum presented in how math might be taught to nonnative English speakers at a manufacturing worksite.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Cultural Differences, Learning Activities
Fletcher, Karen – 1994
This document is the facilitator's edition of a curriculum designed to be presented as a four-session workshop for customer service and credit department employees of a manufacturing company. It was developed by educators from the Emily Griffith Opportunity School. The workshop is designed around a basic communication model incorporating the three…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution
Cleary, John – 1993
This learning module is intended to improve the writing and business communications skills of individuals working in health care occupations. The module, which is designed to be presented in a 6-week course of twice weekly 2-hour sessions, targets an audience with basic grammar and punctuation skills but no formal introduction to the process of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Business Communication, Health Occupations
Leidig, Julie; And Others – 1993
This instructor's guide to mathematics instruction is one of the five books developed during a 21-month cooperative project to develop instructional materials that enhance skills in a workplace context. Partners in the project included the University of Texas at Austin, consultants, the Austin/Travis County Private Industry Council, Hart Graphics,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Course Content, Education Work Relationship
Cleary, John; Sweeney, Dee – 1994
Developed by educators at the Emily Griffith Opportunity school, this teacher's guide presents a 2-hour workshop to introduce employees in entry-level positions to the concepts and vocabulary of Total Quality Management (TQM). The guide is divided into an instructor's section and a section of 24 handouts for the participants. (Handouts can also be…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Health Services, Hospital Personnel, Learning Activities
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. – 1998
This packet contains seven learning modules developed for use in Fieldcrest Cannon workplace literacy classes for dye tub operators. The modules cover the following topics: (1) communications 1; (2) communications 2; (3) general safety; (4) chemical safety; (5) calculator; (6) benefits; and (7) statistical process control. Modules consist of an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Calculators, Communication Skills, Course Content
Fletcher, Karen; Tripp, Connie – 1994
This module was developed by educators from the Emily Griffith Opportunity School. Designed for a broad spectrum of employees at a health care facility for the elderly, this three-session workplace literacy workshop is designed around a basic three-part communication model that includes listening, problem solving, and follow-up, along with a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Behavioral Objectives, Communication Skills