Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id hA3IC7V03641; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 13:12:07 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 13:12:07 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <000001c3a235$2f458f00$0f60ba92@rack15> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Laura Beach" <lxb39@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:760] Re: Workplace Teachers Handbook X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 4693 Lines: 103 Dear Bill, The Pennsylvania Workforce Improvement Network (PA WIN) supports the expansion of adult basic education organizations' abilities to provide customized foundation skills training for employees in their workplace. Over forty-five Adult Basic Literacy Educators in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have been selected as PA WIN affiliates. Each affiliate has a designated PA WIN program developer who works to bridge the worlds of education and business. Affiliates and their program developers work with one-stops, Workforce Investment Boards, and employers, assisting them in assessing employers' and workers' foundation skills and designing high quality, customized foundation skills training programs to meet those needs. In Pennsylvania, foundation skills are defined as those skills that workers need to be effective and safe in their work environment. For a complete description of foundation skills and supporting resources for workplace training, go to: www.foundationskills.org. PA WIN has developed a guide for growth and a series of training modules that we offer to agencies affiliated with the network. PA WIN professional development opportunities incorporate the systematic use of the following quality model to ensure that the service provided meets the specific need(s) of each workplace and its workers. The following 5 steps briefly detail the model we use. Step 1: Build A Team Of Stakeholders PA WIN requires that all basic skills training bring together the various stakeholders to develop and advise the planning process. Who has a vested interest in the basic skills proficiency in the company/organization? Step 2: Conduct A Foundation Skills Needs Analysis PA WIN uses a variety of investigation tools to identify knowledge, skills and abilities employees need to perform on the job. It is important to identify current levels of performance and ability of workers before prescribing appropriate interventions. Step 3: Define Business Goal & Project Objectives PA WIN makes the point of connecting the business goal being affected by the lack of basic skills with measurable training objectives. The basic skills training must always focus on what the worker is supposed to do as a result of the training. The training must always connect with the larger business goal. Step 4: Design & Deliver Customized Curriculum The information from the needs analysis and involvement from workers and frontline supervisors is used to incorporate materials, resources, and examples from the workplace into the classroom. Adult learning theory and best practices also guide the process to ensure transfer of skills to the job. Step 5: Evaluate training Impact evaluation is critical. PA WIN requires that a variety of tools be used to determine if learning occurred in the classroom and whether it transferred to the workplace. In the evaluation process, PA WIN analyzes the impact of the training. Findings are reported to the various stakeholders. PA WIN has been funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE) since 1999. Over 110 workplace basic skills training projects have been funded. 49 of those projects have documented return fee-for-service contracts between the employers and the training providers. The PA WIN project is managed by the Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy at The Pennsylvania State University. If you would like to learn more about PA WIN, go to www.pawin.org. Best regards, Laura Beach PA WIN Co-Director Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy The Pennsylvania State University 814-865-6604 nifl-workplace@nifl.gov nifl-workplace@nifl.gov writes: >We're a volunteer organization with a growing workplace literacy program. > >As the number of our trained volunteers gets larger we're feeling the >need >for a "handbook" that we can give to our workplace teachers. Our concern >is >that we don't want our teacher corps "drifting' off because we failed to >provide some overall philosphical/administrative/ service oriented set of >guidelines they can review from time to time. Before we go off >re-inventing >the wheel---has anyone developed such a handbook for their workplace >teachers? it would certainly help to see what sorts of things others >have >included in their efforts before we tackle our first draft. > >Many thanks > >Bill Zaner >Adult Literacy League of Sonoma (CA) County > >_________________________________________________________________ >Want to check if your PC is virus-infected? Get a FREE computer virus >scan >online from McAfee. >http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 >
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