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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
Testimony in this hearing covers how the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) is working in the state of Massachusetts, how the business community perceives and receives the JTPA program, and how Congress may improve the program to better serve and reach the intended population. The hearing was held in Massachusetts, a state leading in forging…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Employment Opportunities, Federal Programs, Financial Support
Kolberg, William H. – Career Training, 1985
This article examines how proprietary schools can better meet the needs of business and industry and what the future holds for industrial training. Various types of partnerships are also covered. (CT)
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Industrial Training, Job Skills, Job Training
Lee, Chris – Training, 1986
Takes a look at the first two and one-half years of the Job Training Partnership Act: its purpose, how it compares to past job training programs funded by the Federal Government, service delivery areas, private industry councils, intended audience of the project, and project success stories. (CT)
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Government, Job Skills, Job Training
Peer reviewedThomas, Dorothy – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1985
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.…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Skills
Wisconsin State Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education, Madison. – 1990
Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) 8 Percent Education and Coordination Grant Funds were intended by Congress to bring education as a full partner into the employment and training system. In Wisconsin, these funds were split equally between the Wisconsin Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (WBVTAE) and the Department of Public…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Annual Reports
Isbell, Kellie; Trutko, John W.; Barnow, Burt S.; Nightengale, Demetra; Pindus, Nancy – 1997
This document contains in-depth descriptions and assessments of 17 exemplary employer-based training (EBT) programs that were studied as part of an examination of EBT programs. The case studies are based on site visits to each firm, during which interviews were conducted with company management, supervisors of workers in training, individuals…
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Mugerauer, Cynthia – 1984
This guide is designed to assist Texas Job Training Partnership Act program staff and Private Industry Council (PIC) members in developing quality local youth competency systems that reach beyond the state-established minimum criteria. Section I discusses background, purposes, and limitations of the document and cites additional sources of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competence, Competency Based Education, Employment Programs
Saumweber, Judy; And Others – 1991
A JTPA/FEL (Job Training Partnership Act/Family English Literacy) demonstration project is reported that involves a partnership between the Lao Family Community (LFC) of Minnesota, the City of St. Paul, and St. Paul Public Schools/Adult Basic Education. The goal is to provide workplace literacy instruction to refugees with limited English…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Bass, Randall V.; Bass, Jo Ann F. – 1991
Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU), a program operating on funds from the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), was initiated at Arkansas State University in 1989. The 60-day program is targeted to economically disadvantaged 14- and 15-year-olds who are on grade level and have been identified as being likely to drop out of high school, but are not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Federal Programs, High Risk Students, High Schools
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
Alabama State Dept. of Postsecondary Education, Montgomery. – 1988
This guide is a training plan for the electrical skills cluster of the Skills Training and Education Program (STEP), an open-entry, open-exit program funded by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). In the STEP training plan, each task has its own lesson plan guide. This manual contains the following information: definitions, instructions for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Course Content, Course Organization
Mavis, Brian – 1988
The goal of the second year of the Family Employability Development Plan (FEDP) was to increase the number of sites participating in the project implementation. FEDP was developed as part of the Job Training and Partnership Act (JTPA) 8% State Plan. Its major focus was to provide a coordinated service effort for families in Michigan who were…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
Thompson, Lawrence H. – 1988
The U.S. General Accounting Office studied the characteristics of individual participants in training provided by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), the kinds and intensity of services they received, and the occupations in which they were employed after leaving the program. Visits to 63 randomly selected service delivery areas provided…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Vocational Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Assessment
Morris, Robin; And Others – 1988
This paper was developed to help Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) administrators make informed decisions when selecting employability assessment tools. The paper focuses on one aspect of participant assessment: assessing the level of basic education skills of economically disadvantaged youth. The paper provides the following: (1) comparative…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Employment Potential
Mote, Leona L.; And Others – 1986
A career training program funded by the Job Training Partnership Act was developed in Loudon County, Tennessee, to alleviate the stresses that are described in the hypothesis that occupational aspirations and expectations are lower for rural, female, economically disadvantaged, and handicapped youth than they are for other youth. To participate,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Guidance, Disabilities, Economically Disadvantaged
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