This seems like a great suggestion and it brings up a subject I've
wondered about.  Have list members worked with OneStops?  I understand
there are some very good ones out there and some that aren't as good.
If you have worked with or are currently working with a OneStop, what
has been your experience?  How might the bonds between adult educators
and OneStop personnel be strengthened?  

Donna

 

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From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:workplace-bounces at nifl.gov] On
Behalf Of Terri Bickford
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 7:29 AM
To: The Workplace Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [Workplace 1267] Re: workplace literacy and high school
students

 

Hi Maggie!  A suggestion I might give is to take a field trip - if you
are allowed to do so - to the local one-stop center.  A few years ago
the U.S. passed the Workforce Investment Act - which forced many
agencies to work together and form a central spot where clients could
get information on employment and other needs in just one spot.  Many of
the people at the center would be willing to speak to your group, esp.
if you cannot take the field trip.  The field trip would be good,
however, so the high school students are aware of where the one-stop is
located and how to get information on jobs when they are out of school.

 

I commend you on trying to teach the high school students on the
importance of learning basic skills (literacy, communication, etc.) in
order to survive in today's world.  About 15 years ago I was working in
a Human Resources Department at a major corporation and I promoted a GED
course for employees.  At that time, my research showed that only about
5% of major companies in the U.S. will hire someone without a high
school diploma or GED.  The corporation I worked for has since changed
it's standards to require everyone to have a GED and I'm sure that 5%
figure is much smaller now.

 

Terri Lynn Bickford 
Director, Literacy Volunteers of Chenango County 
Opportunities for Chenango, Inc. 
44 West Main Street  P.O. Box 470 
Norwich, New York 13815 
(607) 334-7114  x 273 
tbickford at ofcinc.org 

 

 

 

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From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:workplace-bounces at nifl.gov] On
Behalf Of moram87 at oneonta.edu
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 2:07 PM
To: workplace at nifl.gov
Subject: [Workplace 1263] Re: workplace literacy and high school
students

I have been working with 12th graders, most of whom are not planning to
go to college.  We do a big unit on workplace literacy.  Many of them
believe that they will not need literacy skills for their chosen
careers, especially the ones who plan to go into manual labor.  In the
area where I teach, the economy is very depressed, having been the
victim of major outsourcing about 10 years ago.  I would love to find
ideas about how to convince them that literacy skills are important for
any job, and that perhaps they might like to change careers somewhere
down the road and need a different skill set.  I have used the Bureau of
Labor website to teach them about the job market (they have some great
slideshows), and we have used the Internet to research different careers
and the skills needed for them.  If anyone has any ideas on how to
engage high school students in workplace literacy, I would love to hear
them.

Thank you,

Maggie Moran

Maggie Moran
Moram87 at oneonta.edu
SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, NY 

  

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