Workplace and Workforce Education

Career Voyages. A collaboration between the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education. It is designed to provide information on high growth, high demand occupations along with the skills and education needed to attain those jobs.

CASAS Workforce Learning System, Employability Skills

Center on Education and Work

Department of Labor - Employment & Training Administration

Iowa Workforce Information Network

• Iowa Labor Market Information
• Iowa Wage Survey 2004
• Making Connections - searchable database of school-to-work connecting activities offered by employers to students and educators.
• Iowa Trends
• Iowa Statistical Information

Manufacturing Extension Partnership

Manufacturing Skill Standards Council, Tools for Workforce Excellence

Michael Bloom presentations at the Fields of Opportunities Conference, Apr. 3, 2001

• Literacy and the Bottom Line: The Economic Benefits of Improving Employee’s Basic Skills..Part I
• Literacy and the Bottom Line: The Economic Benefits of Improving Employee’s Basic Skills..Part 2
• Strategies for Turning Skills into Profit:..How Employers, Colleges, and Trainers Can Collaborate for Success Through Better Basic Skills
• Fields of Opportunities Flyer This brochure requires Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing

PBS -- Digital Divide at Work

SCANS-Related, Project-Based Instruction and Learning in Adult Education -- A Professional Development Packet. This is a pdf document.

State-Level Policy for Workplace Basic Education

Union Sponsored Workplace ESL Instruction, ERIC^® Digest Feb. 1996

Workforce Preparation for the Homeless

WorkplaceBasicSkills.com