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Hemphill, David F. – 1992
Project EXCEL, a workplace literacy project involving four small business enterprises in San Francisco, is evaluated. The project focused on literacy and basic skills training for limited-English-proficient (LEP) workers. The businesses included the following: a communications and mass mailing firm; a dessert wholesale company; a Mexican…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communications, Curriculum, Employee Attitudes
Rosenfeld, Stuart A. – 1992
In the past, economic development in the rural United States, particularly in the rural South, relied principally on the attractiveness of a low-wage work force to mass-production manufacturing industries. Now however, the viability of the traditional mass-production economy's organizational structure and operating procedures has been eroded by…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education
Martz Nancy B.; Clasby, Miriam – 1995
This document is comprised of two separate publications relating to the Casco Bay Partnership for Workplace Education; the Final Performance Report and the Final Evaluation Report. The Casco Bay Partnership for Workplace Education, as described in the Final Performance Report, was a collaborative workplace literacy project involving the University…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Higher Education, Independent Study
Ma, Patricia; Proscio, Tony – 1998
In 1986, three neighborhood development organizations in Cleveland, Ohio, created the Westside Industrial Retention Network (WIRE-Net) to retain manufacturing jobs on the city's West Side. In 1989, WIRE-Net launched its Hire Locally program, which was designed to provide local business with candidates judged to be effective workers and help…
Descriptors: Community Development, Cooperative Planning, Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs
Rural Condition and Trends, 1996
This document consists of ten consecutive issues of the serial "Rural Trends and Conditions," extending from Spring 1995 through February 1999. Issues contain information and statistical data on rural economic and social conditions. Beginning with the Fall 1995 issue, issues exhibit repeating themes such as "Financial…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Banking, Census Figures, Counties
Enterprise State Junior Coll., AL. – 1997
This curriculum package on effective training skills for hourly textile employees has been developed by the Workforce 2000 Partnership, a network of industries and educational institutions that provides training in communication, computation, and creative thinking to employees and supervisors in textile, apparel, and carpet industries at 15 plants…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Behavioral Objectives
Nickles, Ann; And Others – 1990
This core curriculum is designed for use in helping employees participating in a workplace-specific basic skills program develop basic team-building skills while simultaneously developing basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills. Although many of the instructional materials and sample forms included are applicable to employees in most…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Calculators
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1991
This Ohio Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP), derived from a modified Developing a Curriculum (DACUM) process, is a current comprehensive and verified employer competency program list for machine trades. Each unit (with or without subunits) contains competencies and competency builders that identify the occupational, academic, and employability…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Business Administration, Competence, Competency Based Education
Lane, Martha A. – 1990
This bibliography contains annotated citations of primarily non-commercial instructional materials for adult literacy education in English as a Second Language (ESL). All are for learners at beginning to intermediate English language skill levels, and were selected for ease of use by volunteers, relevance to an urban area, overall applicability to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Citizenship Education, Coping
Portland Community Coll., OR. – 1991
This report describes a partnership between Portland Community College (Oregon), private industry, and public agencies to develop and implement a comprehensive program to recruit, train, and place women in apprenticeship and other nontraditional employment in the building trades. The Building Futures in Industry and Trades (B-FIT) program's final…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Community Colleges, Construction Industry
Department of External Affairs, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1980
This booklet, one of a series featuring the Canadian provinces, presents a brief overview of Manitoba and is suitable for teacher reference or student reading. Separate sections discuss agriculture, mining, energy, transportation and communication, fishing, forestry, fur trapping, health and social services, education, and political life. Specific…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Area Studies, Communications, Cultural Background
Northern Montana Coll., Havre. Montana Center for Vocational Education, Research, Curriculum and Personnel Development. – 1988
This skills inventory for forestry occupations was developed by a technical committee in Montana to assist in the development of model curricula and to address state labor market needs. The committee included employers from the forestry industry, members from trade and professional associations, and educators. The validated task list and defined…
Descriptors: Competence, Conservation (Environment), Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, New York, NY. – 1989
The writings included in this student-produced publication are those of students in the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union's (ILGWU's) Worker-Family Education Program technical and English-as-a-Second-Language classes at a Bronx (New York) local unit. The collection of writings consists of personal narratives, interviews, dialogues,…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Creative Writing, English (Second Language), Expository Writing
Browning, Terry – 1989
This competency-based module uses the Ocean County (New Jersey) Vocational-Technical Schools curriculum-infused model for infusing basic skills instruction into vocational education. The model demonstrates the relationship of vocational skills to communication, mathematics, and science. The document begins with a philosophy statement; preface; a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Building Trades, Communication Skills, Competency Based Education
Mahieu, Louis – 1989
This competency-based module uses the Ocean County (New Jersey) Vocational-Technical Schools curriculum-infused model for infusing basic skills instruction into vocational education. The model demonstrates the relationship of vocational skills to communication, mathematics, and science. The document begins with a philosophy statement; preface; a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Building Trades, Buildings, Communication Skills
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