Economic conditions require a workforce of lifelong learners. Regional Occupational Programs (ROP) provide career technical education that engage every student in high-quality, rigorous and relevant education to help students become career and college ready. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to gather both quantitative and qualitative…

Adult non-formal education and training (NFET) in South Africa was adopted in 1990 to address the problem of unemployment of non-educated and unskilled adults. Public and private NFET centres aim to meet the training needs of adults who were deprived of formal education that would foster access to opportunities for employment. The paper reports on…

WorkAdvance is a sectoral workforce development program designed to meet the needs of workers and employers alike. For unemployed and low-wage working adults, the program provides skills training in targeted sectors that have good-quality job openings with room for advancement within established career pathways. For employers in those sectors,…

Basic principles for the establishment of a comprehensive youth education and employment system are offered in this guide, with particular focus on those youth who are at greatest risk of becoming or remaining chronically unemployed. Drawing on the knowledge generated by research and operational experience over the past decade, the guide proposes…

AN ORIENTATION PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO ASSIST PUPILS IN DEVELOPING ATTITUDES, SKILLS, HABITS, AND UNDERSTANDING IN WORK EXPERIENCE, AND TO PROVIDE ACTUAL JOB EXPERIENCE. OBJECTIVES WERE TO OFFER A PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS 15 YEARS OF AGE WHO HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIAL EARLY SCHOOL LEAVERS. SOME OF THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES WERE ESTABLISHMENT OF A…

THE JEWISH EMPLOYMENT AND VOCATIONAL SERVICE (JEVS), A NONSECTARIAN, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, CONDUCTED TWO PROJECTS WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE AND THE PHILADELPHIA COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT. THE FIRST PROJECT DEALT WITH 79 TEENAGERS CONSIDERED TO BE HOSTILE, AGGRESSIVE, DEFIANT AND UNMOTIVATED. EACH STUDENT WAS…

Traditional employment often excludes those individuals with severe and moderate mental retardation. This paper describes three strategies that can be used by employment specialists and one strategy that can be used by job coaches in obtaining and maintaining employment for mentally retarded adults, using the supported competitive employment…

This article describes two employment and training programs for older people funded by the government of the United States and carried out by a variety of agencies: the Senior Community Services Employment Program and the Job Training Partnership Act. The examples demonstrate the ability of older adults to learn new skills and perform new jobs.…

This document reports the text and analysis of the proposed Job Training and Basic Skills Act of 1992. The purpose of the act is to provide improved job training and education services to economically disadvantaged persons most in need of assistance. The act would maintain the federal-state-local partnership of the Job Training Partnership Act,…

Summarizes recommendations of a study exploring issues of job preparation, program quality, and job market accessibility for disadvantaged youths. Discusses the role of the secondary school, job training and skill development programs, and cooperative education and work experience programs. Provides suggestions for delivery of counseling services.…

This collection of 16 case studies is intended to illustrate how the public and private sectors have managed to collaborate in helping workers adapt to changing employment circumstances. The case studies are grouped into three categories. The first six case studies are examples of programs that have been developed to assist in training for new…

Occupational transferability is an aspect of human performance that enables individuals to move successfully from one occupation to another. Insights about occupational transferability were gained from site visits to programs currently operating in fourteen organizations in business, industry, and education. These programs were selected because of…

This article describes a comprehensive transition program for students with mild disabilities. The program revolves around a classroom-based employability skills curriculum taught over a semester's duration. Four program components are addressed: employability skills training, family involvement, adult agency referral, and on-the-job support. (CR)

A study was conducted to determine what was happening in literacy programs as a result of the major welfare reform law passed in 1996, and whether basic skills instruction was part of the solution. A nationwide search for exemplary programs that are using basic skills instruction as a fundamental component of assisting welfare recipients in moving…

A 38-member Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) advisory committee was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Labor to review the country's employment and training policy, especially as focused in the JTPA, and to make recommendations for improvement. The committee found that two interdependent problems face the United States: a widening gap…