Leonard,
 
Here are two things that may be useful to you:
 
1.    South Seattle Community Colleges has a very large and diverse array of
programs that support ESL, VESL (vocational English as a second language),
ABE and GED learners. They contend that what makes the program particularly
distinctive - and effective - is the extent to which they integrate career
training  - and people's development of soft skills (effective workplace
behaviors) into their academic (literacy) offerings to clients.
 
If you would like contact information at that school, I'd be pleased to
provide it.
 
2.    Are behavioral skills a matter of concern within Literacy Services and
this pilot? 
 
The best way and place to develop these behaviors is through their
integration into literacy or other academic or career courses. Learning
Resources is in the soft skills assessment business; our program that
focuses on the skills required by employers of people seeking entry-level or
first jobs are listed here: Workforce
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Skills.
 
Providing employers with people who have documented their literacy levels -
and their effective workplace behaviors - would provide your graduates with
a competitive advantage. 
 
Please let me know if you'd like additional information about either of the
above topics.
 
Al Lesure
 
Alan B. Lesure, President 
Learning Resources, Inc.
1117 E. Putnam Avenue, # 260
Riverside, CT 06878
 
Phone: 203-637-5047
Fax:     203-637-2786
E-Mail: alesure at learning-resources.com
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From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:workplace-bounces at nifl.gov] On
Behalf Of Battle, Leonard
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 4:52 PM
To: workplace at nifl.gov
Subject: [Workplace 501] Workplace Literacy



Hello to All List Members,

 

I am new to the list and have been charged with writing a pilot proposal to
begin offering Literacy Services, mainly ESL, on site with many of the
employers we currently work with here in NYC.  I am certainly glad to see
that this is a discussion that has been on the minds of many of you on the
list serve but, I would love to know if anyone on the list has a model that
is currently working that they would be willing to share with me as I begin
to work on this issue.  If there is such a document of even bulleted
pointers about implementation, service models, employer buy-in and
investment, curriculum development, etc that would be most appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

Leonard E. Battle

Regional Director

Strategic & Community Partnerships

Workforce Development Division

NYC Department of Small Business Services

 

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