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Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1990
Examples of successful, innovative business-education partnerships are described. Contents include historical background, state-level studies, initiation and implementation, model Oregon programs, and future trends of partnerships. A conclusion is that partnerships are necessary to meet the challenges presented by rapid social change, demands for…
Descriptors: Awards, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Cooperation
Yap, Kim O.; Owens, Thomas R. – 1995
To do a comprehensive assessment of Oregon's professional technical education and work force programs, project evaluators identified, obtained, and extracted relevant data from documents and other related materials that pertained to key program concerns. Fieldwork consisted of four major activities: interviews with key players, written surveys…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Change, Educational Research
Taylor, Marjorie; And Others – 1992
Oregon-Washington Carpenters/Employers Apprenticeship and Training Trust, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Local 247, and Associated General Contractors cooperated with Mt. Hood Community College (Oregon) in a workplace literacy program. A drop-in learning center was operated at the Carpenter Training Center to provide support in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Carpentry
Building Better Human Service Systems: Integrating Services for Income Support and Related Programs.
Ragan, Mark – 2003
Service integration attempts to provide coordinated service delivery systems for the uncoordinated mix of programs such as income support programs (food stamps, Medicaid, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) and employment, child care, child welfare, and training programs that exist at the local level throughout the United States by…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems, Employment Programs
Portland Community Coll., OR. – 1992
The Columbia-Willamette Skill Builders Consortium was formed in early 1988 in response to a growing awareness of the need for improved workplace literacy training and coordinated service delivery in Northwest Oregon. In June 1990, the consortium received a National Workplace Literacy Program grant to develop and demonstrate such training. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, Computer Literacy
Copeland, Scott – 1992
Workplace literacy projects were established at Warn Industries, a winch and hubcap maker, and Oregon Cutting Systems (OCS), a producer of cutting edges supplying the timber industry by Clackamas Community College (Oregon). At Warn, project staff developed functional context materials, delivered instruction to a math class, and implemented a basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, Computer Literacy
Burwell, D'Anne; And Others – 1991
Leupold & Stevens, Inc. and Portland Community College (Oregon) cooperated in offering special math instruction as part of a workplace literacy project. A needs assessment indicated a problem in basic math skills such as simple calculations on a calculator and decimals, which were used on blueprints. Operators, set-up workers, and lead workers…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Blueprints
Schneider, Ann L. – 1991
Interviews with managers and other staff were used to assess the communication and language development needs of limited-English-proficient (LEP) workers at Lattice Works of Oregon (LWO) Corporation. Task analysis was used by Portland Community College (Portland) to develop a curriculum for twice-weekly classes held before or after shift changes.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs