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Illinois State Board of Education, 2021
23 IAC 226.75 defines a qualified interpreter as a school staff member or other personnel who is bilingual and demonstrably qualified and competent to interpret between English and another language, trained in providing the interpretations requested and sufficiently knowledgeable in both languages of any specialized terminology needed, and trained…
Descriptors: Guidance, Qualifications, Translation, Job Training
Vilsack, Rachel – National Skills Coalition, 2021
Jobs and the labor market have changed dramatically. The COVID-19 pandemic put millions of people, across all industries, out of work and disproportionately impacted workers of color, women, and workers without a college degree. This toolkit provides a map for how states that are looking to improve credential quality and transparency can use the…
Descriptors: Credentials, State Policy, Educational Quality, Labor Market
Learning and Work Institute, 2020
There is a growing need for people to upskill and retrain throughout their working lives in response to technological and economic changes. Employees need to adapt and take on board new information and ways of working, but may lack confidence in their skills to be able to keep pace with their employer's business. Addressing literacy, numeracy and…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Job Training, Retraining, Foreign Countries
Pouliakas, Konstantinos, Ed. – Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2021
The world of work is being impacted by a fourth industrial revolution, transformed by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. With forecasts suggesting large shares of workers, displaced by automation, in need of upskilling/reskilling, the design of active skills policies is necessary. Conventional methods used to anticipate…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Employment Qualifications
Pouliakas, Konstantinos, Ed. – Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2021
The world of work is being impacted by a fourth industrial revolution, transformed by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. With forecasts suggesting large shares of workers, displaced by automation, in need of upskilling/reskilling, the design of active skills policies is necessary. Conventional methods used to anticipate…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Employment Qualifications
Pouliakas, Konstantinos, Ed. – Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2021
The world of work is being impacted by a fourth industrial revolution, transformed by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. With forecasts suggesting large shares of workers, displaced by automation, in need of upskilling/reskilling, the design of active skills policies is necessary. Conventional methods used to anticipate…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Employment Qualifications
Ash, Katherine; Rahn, Madelyn – National Governors Association, 2020
Research conducted by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center), Fab Foundation and FHI 360, in partnership with more than 150 national and international experts and leaders from 28 states, found that to prepare their future workforces, governors and state leaders must develop a comprehensive agenda made up of three…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Government Role, Educational Policy, Leadership Responsibility
Rowe, Dawn A.; Allison, Ruth; Hyatt, Jacque; Owens-Johnson, Laura – National Technical Assistance Center on Transition, 2016
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by Title IV of the Workforce Investment Opportunities Act (WIOA) of 2014, defines Competitive Integrated Employment as, "work that is performed on a full-time or part-time basis for which an individuals is: (a) compensated at or above minimum wage or commensurate with individuals without disabilities…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Labor Force Development, Labor Legislation
Laxton, Amber; Berlin, Mike; Constantakis, Patti – Digital Promise, 2017
Many previous reports demonstrate that there is a significant need to drive innovation in adult learning and that there can be advantages to entering the market. There are 36 million low-skilled adults in the U.S. who can benefit from new approaches to learning. The effects of low rates of literacy, numeracy, and basic skills are widespread.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Entrepreneurship