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Lantos, Hannah; Habteselasse, Sham; Moore, Kristin Anderson – Child Trends, 2021
Young adults' individual needs often differ from those of their peers in both minor and significant ways, and no single workforce training program model will meet the needs of all participants. While the workforce training system can best meet young people's various employment training needs through a vibrant network of partners and services, many…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Labor Force Development, Partnerships in Education, Staff Development
Lantos, Hannah; Hanft, Sam; DeMand, Alex; Redd, Zakia; Moore, Kristin A. – Child Trends, 2021
The majority of youth and young adults in the United States who are out of work are youth of color. To better reach and support all participants, many workforce development programs are increasingly embedding a racial and ethnic equity and inclusion (REEI) approach into job skills training initiatives. Launched by the Annie E. Casey Foundation in…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Job Training, Labor Force Development, Adult Education
Lantos, Hannah; Beckwith, Sam; Moore, Kristin Anderson – Child Trends, 2020
Employment training organizations vary widely in how they approach supporting young people as they enter the workforce: Some organizations provide young people with basic skills instruction (e.g., math, literacy, or computer skills), some emphasize specific occupational skills (e.g., project management or mechanical skills), and some help young…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Labor Force Development, Partnerships in Education, Staff Development
Surr, Claire A.; Gates, Cara; Irving, Donna; Oyebode, Jan; Smith, Sarah Jane; Parveen, Sahdia; Drury, Michelle; Dennison, Alison – Review of Educational Research, 2017
Ensuring an informed and effective dementia workforce is of international concern; however, there remains limited understanding of how this can be achieved. This review aimed to identify features of effective dementia educational programs. Critical interpretive synthesis underpinned by Kirkpatrick's return on investment model was applied. One…
Descriptors: Dementia, Program Effectiveness, Guidelines, Health Services
Cook, Jeannette – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The applied dissertation project focused on the development of a comprehensive onboarding program and Trainer's Guide specifically developed for charter school management employees. Charter school education has grown significantly in the last several decades with over 6,100 charter schools that are currently serving students nationwide. Formal or…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Human Resources, Trainers, Teaching Guides
2000
This packet contains three papers from a symposium on assessing the learning organization. The first paper, "Relationship between Learning Organization Strategies and Performance Driver Outcomes" (Elwood F. Holton III, Sandra M. Kaiser), reports on a study of a new learning organization assessment instrument that was administered to 440…
Descriptors: Adults, Business Administration, Educational Needs, Human Resources
Payne, John; And Others – 1993
A study evaluated the extent to which Employee Development (ED) projects provided increased opportunities for continuing general education and training for employees in Britain. A questionnaire that sought to relate employer involvement in ED to wider issues of workplace culture, personnel, and training policies was sent to 70 firms; 50 percent…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Corporate Education, Educational Opportunities, Employer Employee Relationship
Bone, John – 1988
A study examined training and staff development initiatives in Australian industrial and commercial organizations. It was carried out using a questionnaire and structured interview technique with 24 organizations. Larger organizations had their own facilities and trained in-house whereas smaller organizations made more use of Technical and Further…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Industrial Training, Inplant Programs
1997
This document contains three papers from a symposium on human resource development (HRD) and performance outcomes. "Going to the Next Level of Growth: Employing Systems Thinking to Make Effective Interventions" (Carol Ann Zulauf, Joseph A. Ilacqua) shows how a systems view enables organizations to find the most effective point for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Educational Needs, Human Resources
Jurmo, Paul – 1993
Basic issues in workplace education evaluation can be structured into five discussion questions. The first is who wants to know what information for what purpose. The "who" constitutes the program's stakeholders both at and beyond the program level. Further inquiry is then needed to determine what kind of information these stakeholders typically…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
2000
This packet contains three papers from a symposium on feedback systems held at a conference on human resource development (HRD). The first paper, "The Role of Feedback in Management Development Training" (K. Peter Kuchinke), reports on a survey-based study that investigated the role of feedback in nine management development training…
Descriptors: Adults, Business Administration, Educational Needs, Evaluation Methods
Prince George's County Public Schools, Upper Marlboro, MD. – 1992
The Prince George's County (Maryland) Public Schools and Prince George's Private Industry Council worked together to provide workplace literacy classes at worksites for employees of 10 different employers. Over 300 employees participated in classes in English as a second language or basic skills. Businesses in need of literacy and basic skills…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship, Employee Attitudes
Forlizzi, Lori; And Others – 1992
This user's guide for professionals using Project Lifelong Learning staff development modules is designed to accompany the documentary on lifelong learning in the workplace, one of three half-hour television documentary programs intended for broadcast and for general public discussion activities. It introduces the project, the purpose of which is…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Educational Resources
Crowell, Mayme; Rudolph, Marva – 1982
A study compared the tuition-aid programs of the Department of Energy (DOE) contractors with U.S. private industry education-assistance programs. In order to complete their comparative analysis, researchers mailed questionnaires to 51 DOE contractors. Particular emphasis was placed on requirements for tuition aid, allowable expenses, level of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Continuing Education, Fringe Benefits, Labor Force Development

COMBASE, Stockton, CA. – 1996
Research sought the perspectives of Iowa employers and deans and directors of continuing education regarding training and retraining needs of business and how Iowa community colleges' continuing education divisions could best meet those needs. A survey was mailed to Iowa employers and the deans and directors wrote summaries that described an…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Educational Needs