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Download full textDade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. Lindsey Hopkins Technical Education Center. – 1989
Project Learning T.I.P. (To Improve Productivity) was conducted at three hospitals by the Dade County Public Schools to increase the literacy skills of the approximately 4,000 lower-level hospital employees who were deemed by their supervisors to be limited English proficient or to lack basic skills. Because of recruiting efforts limited by lack…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Entry Workers
Isbell, Kellie; Trutko, John W.; Barnow, Burt S.; Nightengale, Demetra; Pindus, Nancy – 1997
A review of the literature on employer-based training (EBT) and case studies of 17 exemplary EBT programs (9 of which were Job Training Partnership Act [JTPA] programs) were used to determine best practices in EBT and make recommendations for effective strategies for implementing EBT programs. Some of these strategies included the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Nagy, Mark C.; Gregory, Lynn W. – 1984
This report contains findings from a study to examine the impact of Pennsylvania's Customized Job Training (CJT) program upon clients (trainees), business/industry, local education agencies (LEAs), and local communities and the commonwealth. Chapter 1 details study purposes, design, and procedures. Chapter 2 presents a summary description of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Entry Workers, Improvement Programs, Inplant Programs
Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1996
The Job Skills Program (JSP) in Washington State provides job training customized to meet the needs of employers through partnerships of employers and training institutions. The JSP funds up to one-half the cost of training, with employers providing a match. Training can be provided for new employees, for upgrading employees receiving promotions,…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Cooperative Programs, Dislocated Workers, Education Work Relationship
Rosow, Jerome M.; Zager, Robert – 1991
This volume, Interim Report No. 1 in a 3-year study, recommends that employers who want to enlarge the pool of applicants for entry-level career-oriented jobs give serious attention to "vestibule training." The volume is divided into two parts: report and case studies. The report suggests that vestibule training programs can provide job candidates…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Case Studies
Yakima Valley Opportunities Industrialization Center, WA. – 1998
This document consists of an evaluation report and a curriculum guide from a National Workplace Literacy project designed to demonstrate the process and effects of literacy classes held in work environments through the Yakima Valley (Washington) Opportunities Industrialization Center. The report notes the following results: (1) of 1,976 workers…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Cooperative Programs
Peters, Robert H., Ed. – 2002
These eight papers are intended to help prepare trainers of mine safety for an expected influx of younger workers as experienced miners retire and acquaint the trainers with strategies they can use to enhance their training effectiveness. "Principles of Adult Learning: Application for Mine Trainers" (Kathleen M. Kowalski, Charles Vaught)…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Age Differences
