Center for Learning, Education, and Employment

February 2014

Archives for February 2014

CLEE Self-Advocacy Curriculum Helps Nashville Students

Making a seamless transition from high school to post-secondary education, employment, vocational training, or independent living can be difficult for students with disabilities.

CLEE’s Self-Advocacy Curriculum and support services can assist students in making a successful transition from high school to career or college.

Ms. Jones-Sanders, teacher, Hunter Lane High School, Nashville; Melvin Jackson, CLEE

Recently, Ms. Jones-Sanders and her students at Hunter’s Lane High School in Nashville have been working with CLEE staff Melvin Jackson using CLEE’s Self-Advocacy Curriculum.

Ms. Jones-Sanders took advantage of CLEE’s intensive coaching to prepare all her students for a successful transition. Mock interviews, resume writing, and job application activities, in particular, really helped two of her students prepare for jobs they have arranged at exit this May.

For more about the Curriculum check out the  CLEE Self-Advocacy Flyer
or contact the Center’s  School and Family Team.

Time for the U.S. to Reskill? CLEE Hosts PIAAC Engagement Session

“…the basic skills of adults in the United States are relatively weak. Unlike many other countries, there has been little sign of improvement in recent decades.”

In November 20, 2013 the U.S. Department of Education Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) launched a national engagement effort to explore ways to increase our capacity to improve the foundation skills of adults in the United States – based on the OECD’s PIAAC findings (see Background below.) OVAE is soliciting input from across the country to contribute to a national plan of action to address the skills deficit of U.S. adults.

As part of this effort, the Center for Literacy, Education and Employment is hosting a local engagement session on  March 6th, from 8-9:30am at the University of Tennessee.  This session provides local stakeholders the opportunity to learn about the issues, share ideas and be part of the national solution.

If you are interested in attending contributing to this effort, please contact cleeinfo@utk.edu for registration information.

 

Time to reskillBackground

On October 8, 2013, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released the results of the Survey of Adult Skills, an international survey that is part of the Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). This direct assessment was conducted in 23 countries with nationally representative samples of adults ages 16 through 65.

In an effort to examine the economic and social case for reskilling adults in the United States, the OECD, at the request of the U.S. Department of Education, analyzed the findings using U.S. data from the Survey and prepared a report entitled, Time for the U.S. to Reskill? What the Survey of Adult Skills Says.

The report found that while other countries have been showing improvements in equipping its adult populations with the skills needed to be productive in their society, the United States has remained relatively unchanged in the decade since the last report, thus falling further behind their international counterparts. The findings, in particular, shine a spotlight on a part of our population that has historically been overlooked and under served: the large number of adults with low basic skills. 

For more information on this initiative visit:   http://www.timetoreskill.org/

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Feb 2014 TIE That Binds – Tennessee Disability Resource

tennflagFebruary 2014 TIE that Binds
a Publication for Tennessee community rehabilitation service providers.

In this issue:

What’s Hot, What’s Not: In 2009, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicted declining and rising industries through 2018. Half way through the prediction cycle,  where are we?

Staffing Services: As job developers we need to establish connections with staffing services.

99% Pure: Making 1 per cent changes in everything you do – the “aggregation of marginal gains”.

Important Websites: curriculum on job readiness; labor market information; ideas on job developing;  and networking

Creating a world where all individuals thrive by transforming education and workforce development.

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