Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g2DMGsu28965; Wed, 13 Mar 2002 17:16:54 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 17:16:54 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3C902698@webmail.utk.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: akohring <akohring@utk.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2073] EFF and the workforce X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: WebMail (Hydra) SMTP v3.61.08 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Status: O Content-Length: 1492 Lines: 38 Greetings all: While I was taking a break from the EFF Field Research data collection process, I received an email notice about a survey from the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) called “The Skills Gap: 2001”. [You can obtain a copy of this document from: http://www.nam.org/Docs/CenterforWorkforceSuccess/23975_NAMSkillsGapforPress.pdf ] What caught my interest was that the top reported skill deficiencies for both current employees as well as potential employees in manufacturing were called basic employability skills: attendance, timeliness, work ethic, etc. Yet, my first thoughts were: don’t the EFF Worker Role Map and the 16 Standards address this? The Skills Gap report seems to miss the connection between what adult educators do -including what EFF brings to the adult education field- and how this addresses the variety of needs expressed by the report (beyond the employability skills mentioned above). Are policy makers, employers, or workplace programs in your states/regions making these connections? If not, how do we as a field communicate this message? In light of current economic trends, this seems like an important message for people to understand. Perhaps that's the big “gap” coming out of this report. Best to you all, Aaron Kohring Member of the EFF Assessment Consortium Team Aaron Kohring Research Associate University of Tennessee, Center for Literacy Studies Phone:(865)974-4109 Fax:(865)974-3857 e-mail: akohring@utk.edu
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