Workforce Education
Prepare students for success in the workplace.
Combine academic and essential skills instruction within workplace contexts to guide adult learners on a path to a living wage and a sustainable career path. Aligned with WIOA requirements, our workforce solutions promote best practices for integrating academic and occupational skills to prepare students for postsecondary education and training, and, ultimately, success throughout their careers.
Resources:
- Workforce Education Brochure
- Workforce Education Sampler
- WIOA Guidebook
- Solutions Implementation Guide
- Curriculum Crosswalks
New! Workplace Skills Practice Workbooks
Nine-title series provides adult learners practice for the workplace skills they need for today’s workforce.
Workforce Skill Development: Instruction
CAREER READINESS PREPARATION SERIES
Basic Skills for the Workplace
Introduces contextualized, low-level basic academic skills that build the foundation for Applied Mathematics, Reading for Information, and Location Information.
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Locating Information
Provides vital skills instruction for retrieving and using information communicated in the workplace through graphical sources, such as diagrams, workplace signs, and flow charts.
Reading for Information
Develops skills to read and effectively use workplace documents including business letters, memos, directions, bulletins, regulations, and policies.
Applied Mathematics
Provides instruction and application of mathematical reasoning, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
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ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR THE WORKPLACE
Writing for Work
Provides applied workplace writing activities designed to help students develop their written communication skills within real-world situations, including critical skills such as responding to workplace issues and effectively relaying workplace information.
Tools for Workplace Success
Provides essential “soft” skill instruction through scenario-based modeling and application of workplace decision-making processes. Instruction focuses on skills employers most commonly require from their employee as defined by the Department of Labor workplace competency models.
Workforce Skill Development: Practice
Workplace Skills Practice Workbooks
NEW!
Provides extra practice of core workplace skills to supplement any College and Career Readiness Standards-aligned, workplace-contextualized academic and essential skills instruction or can serve as stand-alone materials for practicing these skills.
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Career Companions Series
Career exploration and industry-specific contextualized skills practice based on 16 career clusters.
Workforce Skill Development: Integration
Workforce Access
Online pre-bridge courses develop the academic and technical skills needed for postsecondary success in high-growth industries.
Learn More
Resources:
- Bridge to Careers in Business, Management, and Administration Course Overview
- Bridge to Careers in Health Science Course Overview
- Bridge to Careers in Hospitality and Tourism Course Overview
- Bridge to Careers in Industrial Maintenance Course Overview
- Bridge to Careers in IT Computer Fundamentals Course Overview