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Gasden Adult and Community Education Program, Quincy, FL. – 1993
A cooperative effort was made by the Chamber of Commerce and the Adult and Community Education Program to encourage and facilitate work force literacy in small and medium-sized businesses, industries, and government agencies in Gadsden County, Florida. Businesses that could benefit were identified through a business/industry questionnaire. Six…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Industrial Education, Literacy Education
Goebel, Stephen D.; Sanchez, Kathryn S. – 1988
The Houston Independent School District (Texas) began its alternative certification program (ACP) in the summer of 1985. The original proposal provided for a 1-year internship training program. Combining on-the-job training with supplemental, district-developed training modules, interns who are successful in the program would be recommended to the…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Internship Programs
Download full textMurphy, Brian P.; Swanson, Richard A. – 1987
Although there are many reasons to evaluate training and development (T & D) programs, it is often time-consuming and expensive to do so. However, evaluations can be conducted by an auditing approach. The auditing approach to evaluating T & D offers three advantages. Auditing is quicker and less expensive than traditional methods, and it uses a…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Freedman, Stephen; And Others – 1988
A study analyzed the implementation, impact, and cost-effectiveness of an on-the-job training (OJT) program for recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in New Jersey, operated as part of the state's Work Incentive (WIN) Demonstration system. Enrollees in the program, mostly female single heads of household, were placed with…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Mothers, On the Job Training
Higgs, M. J. – Training Officer, 1972
Paper is continuation of an article on training within insurance and attempts to show the value of a systematic approach to on-the-job training and to prove that the methods discussed in this paper enable training to a high degree of accuracy to be effected in a short time. (Author)
Descriptors: Insurance Occupations, Job Analysis, Job Training, Labor Force Development
Crovella, Janiece A. – 1992
Because hospitalization is often a frightening and traumatic experience for children and their families, a practicum designed a system of inservice training experiences for hospital personnel. These experiences were intended to enhance or develop skills that would assist them in addressing the needs and concerns of hospitalized children and their…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Communication Skills, Hospital Personnel, Medical Services
1998
This document contains three papers from a symposium on on-the-job learning. "Effectiveness of On-the-Job Learning" (Marcel R. van der Klink) presents the results of an empirical investigation demonstrating that on-the-job learning caused only a modest improvement in trainee's sales behavior but this improvement was maintained over a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Experiential Learning, Females, Human Resources
Custer, Max – Agricultural Education, 1976
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Associate Degrees, On the Job Training
Carpenter-Huffman, Polly – 1980
Cost effectiveness of on-the-job training (OJT) can be determined by measures of effectiveness and by cost assessing the relationship between output and input. Defining effectiveness to be a measure of what an activity produces leaves two main groups of problems unresolved: hierarchies of effectiveness and multiple outcomes. The most significant…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment, Input Output Analysis, On the Job Training
Johnson, Johnny M. – Agricultural Education, 1977
Presents the four components that must exist before any on-the-job training program can be successful and discusses twelve specific problems of cooperative training (at the secondary level) that present the greatest problems to on-the-job training coordinators. (SH)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Mehaffy, Robert; Warloe, Constance – Technical Writing Teacher, 1989
Describes the process of designing professional writing courses in the community college curriculum. Discusses the incorporation of computer-assisted composition, reader-centered writing, adult learning styles, interviewing for information, project management, and team design into the curriculum. (MM)
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Business Communication, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1995
This interview guide can be used to determine whether a workplace literacy provider has the skills to develop and deliver a successful workplace literacy program that will meet the needs of a business and build the productive capacity of its employees. It can be used to assess the capabilities of a wide variety of literacy providers, including…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines
Mathews, David, Ed. – 1985
This report contains four case studies on "skill ownership" demonstration projects that were conducted in Great Britain as part of the Youth Training Scheme (YTS) initiative. The aim of YTS is to develop a work force that is competent, flexible, and capable of adapting its skills to new and changing types of employment. The case studies…
Descriptors: Competence, Demonstration Programs, Foreign Countries, Job Skills
Orfield, Gary; Slessarev, Helene – 1986
This book-length report, prepared for the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities of the House Committee on Education and Labor, describes the first comprehensive state-wide assessment of training programs--specifically the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)--in Illinois. The introduction assesses the JTPA in Illinois, a State with high…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1984
This is a congressional hearing to evaluate the administration and effectiveness of Public Law 98-77, the Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act of 1983. (The purpose of the program established by Public Law 98-77 is to create new on-the-job training opportunities for Vietnam-era and Korean conflict veterans by providing incentives for employers to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Employer Attitudes, Employers
