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Workforce Competitiveness

The Workforce Competitiveness Resource Collection includes resources applicable to workforce basic skills education, English language acquisition, and/or technology. Although these topics are separate, some of the selected resources will be useful across topics. For example, a resource listed under English Language Acquisition might also be appropriate for use under Workforce Education, or one listed under Technology might be useful with adults in the workforce.

English Language Literacy | Technology | Workforce Education

English Language Literacy
What works in helping adults who are English language learners develop and build English language skills?

Products/Materials

Title: Tennessee ESOL in the Workplace

This training manual was a collaborative project of the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the Center for Literacy Studies at The University of Tennessee, using a volunteer task force of Tennessee adult education supervisors and ESOL teachers working together with the authors.

Title: Vocational English as a Second Language: Courses A&B Curriculum Guide

The curriculum guide was designed to prepare intermediate level ELL adults for career-path employment and post-secondary education in advanced technology fields. It is composed of two courses (A and B) that run for 14 weeks, 12 hours per week.

Technology
How can I better integrate technology with my teaching to improve learning, teach computer skills, and develop technology-based resources? How can I use technology to participate in or provide professional development?

Products/Materials

Title: Under Construction - Building Web Sites as a Project-Based Learning Activity for ABE/ESOL Classes: Tips for Teachers

This book is designed to provide adult literacy and ESOL staff developers and teachers with some simple, user-friendly guidance on using project based instruction and technology to build a web site with students.

Workforce Education
What instructional and other resources can help me develop an effective work-related basic skills program?

Products/Materials

Title: Embedded Learning Portal (Curriculum Sample Reviewed: Production Process Module 2)

Practitioners frequently request job-related basic skills curricula and materials. The Embedded Learning Portal offers access to a variety of work-related basic skills curricula that are embedded in a functional context of job areas in specific industry clusters.

Title: GED Career Bridge to Hospitality Curriculum (All sections)

Many employers require at least a GED for new entrants into the workplace; however, many new entrants lack fundamental background information concerning the workplace and the world of work in order to stay with the job or move up in the field. This curriculum resource prepares students for the GED credential while providing important background information, skill instruction, and practice within a hospitality career context and career pathway model.

Research Papers/Articles

Title: America's Perfect Storm: Three Forces Changing our Nation's Future

Abstract: The authors review and synthesize existing research in three key "powerful forces" in the nation: 1) Wide disparity in literacy and numeracy skills among American school-aged and adult populations, with particular ethnic/racial groups especially at risk; 2) Profound restructuring of the U.S. workplace driven by globalization, technological change, and higher skill demands; and 3) Changing demographic trends (i.e., an aging and more diverse workforce).