Resources: Employment Literacy ![]() - JOB SEARCH ADULT EDUCATION REFERRALS - Chicago Workforce Professionals, do you wish to find adult education programs for your clients, including Adult Literacy, Adult Basic Education (ABE), GED, Math, or English as a Second Language (ESL)?
- EMPLOY LIT TRAININGS FOR WORKFORCE PROFESSIONALS Does your workforce program struggle to serve adults with low literacy skills? Literacy Works now offers its popular Employ Lit group trainings through the Chicago Jobs Council's Frontline Focus program. Employ Lit helps workforce professionals and job-readiness instructors more effectively serve adults with low literacy. Click here to learn more and register! CLASSROOM IDEAS & RESOURCES-- The Career Gateway (NEW resource from JVS)- Job Seekers Guide PDF (PDF version of the Career Gateway guide from JVS) Workforce Education Lab (Southern LINCS) Integrating Career Awareness into the ABE/ESOL Classroom (SABES) - Getting There: Employment Curriculum for People Moving into Employment - 2000 Families First Idea Book: Integrating Work Skills and Basic Skills - CALPRO Virtual Workroom - California Adult Literacy Professional Dev. Project - COMPUTER-TECH LEARNING FOR ADULT EDUCATION - Simple Language Computer Lessons - from CAAAELII Basic Computer Skills Curriculum - St. Paul Community Literacy Consortium *NEW* - Mouse Practice - for absolute beginners GCFLearnFree.org (Goodwill Community Foundation - free online learning) - Goodtyping (free online typing tutorials in English and Spanish) - PRACTICE ONLINE JOB APPLICATIONS - 1. Practice online job application - by Google - 2. Practice online job application - Hawaii Dept. of Labor - 3. Practice online job application - Experience Works - 4. Practice online job application - Stratford, CT, Library - CAREER EXPLORATION - The Career Gateway (a NEW resource from JVS) - Career Cluster Interest Quiz - online quiz from MATC Madison - CIS Quick Click - Shows 500+ occupations in 16 career areas - - Career Information for Individuals - IL Dept. of Employment Security/IDES Career Information for Workforce Partners - IL Dept of Employment Security/IDES - - O*Net OnLine - for career exploration - Career OneStop: Pathways to Career Success - from US Department of Labor National Retail Foundation - Retail Careers Center Salary WizardTRANSITIONS TO GED AND COLLEGE GED Profiles of Success - Videos of REAL PEOPLE who got their GED! TRiO Student Success Programs - funded by the U.S. Department of Education to help low-income, disabled or first-generation college students achieve a college education. Project Success Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) at Chicago State University: Counseling & info on college admissions to residents of Chicago & south suburbs, age 19+, who are low-income or first generation to attend college and not currently enrolled in college. Open to non-CSU students. Opportunity.gov - Info on financial aid for college Disability Access Centers (including Learning Disabilities) at Chicago City Colleges: Daley, Harold Washington, Kennedy-King, Malcolm X, Olive-Harvey, Truman, Wright BRIDGE PROGRAMS & CONTEXTUALIZED INSTRUCTION - Bridge Programs in Illinois - August 2010 - Summaries, Outcomes, and Cross-site Findings - - Jobs for the Future: A Tool for Helping Low-Skilled Adults Gain Postsecondary Certificates and Degrees - ABE Career Connections: A Manual for Integrating Adult Basic Education into Career Pathways - How to Build Bridge Programs That Fit into a Career Pathway - Instituto del Progreso Latino - Building a Higher Skilled Workforce: Results and Implications from the BridgeConnect National Workforce Strategy Center - Shifting Gears (Illinois): Skills for Worker Advancement & Economic Growth - Workforce Strategies Initiative (WSI) at the Aspen Institute - I-BEST: Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (Washington State) Improving Immigrants' Employment Prospects through Work-Focused Language Instruction - a paper from Migration Policy Institute - 2011 -- LOCAL RESOURCES FOR WORKFORCE PROFESSIONALS & CLIENTS Chicago Workforce Investment Council Jobs for Youth/Chicago Working in Illinois - multiple resources at State of Illinois website The WIRE - Workforce Info and Resource Exchange - CJC - INFORMATION ON RE-ENTRY Illinois Attorney General -- Expungement Brochure (May load slowly) Employment Information Handbook: Inmate Transition Branch (Fed Bureau of Prisons) WORKERS' RIGHTS - WORKPLACE FAIRNESS - ABOUT ADULT LITERACY AND EMPLOYABILITY - - Helping Job Seekers Who Have Limited Basic Skills Equipped for the Future Homepage Equipped for the Future Work Readiness Profile -
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