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Workplace Literacy

Putting Research to Work: Essential Elements of Welfare-to-Work Curriculum - (This is a pdf document. If you don't have Adobe, you can download it by clicking here.) This research brief prepared by Ellen Kilgos brings the latest research findings related to workforce education and investigate their ramifications for Adult Literacy Instruction.

Charting a Course - Preliminary Needs Assessment Using Equipped by the Future - (This is a pdf document. If you don't have Adobe, you can download it by clicking here.) This document from the Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center includes model lessons which integrate the goals of Equipped by the Future.

Workplace Essential Skills - This worksite is for your students to "help them find a new job, train for a better job or be more successful on the job they already have". There are 24 free on-line lessons written at the pre-GED level.

Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center - Workplace Literacy - Loads of resources for you and your students. Please note: there are many dead links on this site, but the remaining links connect you to some great resources including classroom activities as well as on-line sites for your students.

The Workforce Education LAB - This "Learning Activities Bank is an interactive resource of work-related basic skills lessons for use by instructors in the workplace or in traditional adult education programs and by adult learners." Dozens of activities that you can use in your classroom.

Planning, Implementing and Evaluating Workplace ESL Programs - Tons of ideas for including workplace literacy in ESL instruction including suggestions for workplace curriculum topics, learner-centered instructional strategies, adapting curriculum materials.

Essential Skills - This Canadian Site provides many ideas for teaching workplace literacy. You can use this site to find: "Ways to tailor curricula to your learners' varied occupations or occupational interests, real work examples to integrate into your program and help for your learners in setting their skill development targets.

Focus on Basics - Special Workforce Education Edition - This issues include teachers' innovative strategies for math, communications and problem-solving as well as research conducted by literacy instructors.

Workforce Education Special Collection - Resources for Workforce Instructors - This site from the National Institute for Literacy and the Office of Vocational and Adult Education will connect you to many more resources - lesson plans, research briefs, and activities for your students.

Workplace Literacy Discussion List - This Discussion List is sponsored by the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL). You can subscribe to this list and receive regular email postings or you can view current and archived messages without subscribing.

Workforce Education - This site is provided by NIFL. It is includes the following sections: Characteristics of the Workforce, Corporate Concerns, Workforce Education Programs, Workforce Skill Requirement.

NIFL's Workforce Education Special Collection - " The National Institute for Literacy Workforce Education Special Collection demonstrates the value of workforce learning, fosters and promotes the development of high-quality workforce education programs, provides guidelines for planning and supporting these programs, and supports ongoing communication and collaboration among stakeholders."

Resource Center: Workplace Literacy - This website is provided by Virginia's Adult Learning Resource Center.  It connects you to articles, journals & research, grant information, facts & statistics, teacher/learner resources, technology and more links for workplace literacy.

Focus on Basics: Workplace Literacy Education: Definitions, Purposes and Approaches - This article is provided by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy.