VERNON REGIONAL ADULT EDUCATION WORKPLACE EDUCATION

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VERNON REGIONAL ADULT EDUCATIONWORKPLACE
EDUCATION

• 2008

A Unique Partnership Working For You
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Vernon Regional Adult Basic EducationServing 19
Towns

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Workplace Education Overview

• Trends
• The CT Workforce Education Model
• Customized Services
• Employee Benefits/Employer Benefits
• Why Companies Choose Vernon Regional Adult Basic
  Education
• Questions

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Trends in Workforce Education
Connecticut Data from the 2000 Census

• More than half a million adult residents lack
  basic skills in reading, writing and computation.
• 235,000 adults speak English less than very
  well.
• Technology has increased the need for employees
  who can continually retrain and integrate new
  learning.
• Global competition requires better workplace
  skills to maintain international standards.
• Employers are being forced to develop rather
  than hire job ready employees.
  

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We are living in a world where what you can earn
is a function of what you can learn.
- William J. Clinton
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Employer Benefits

• Increased Productivity
• Enhanced Employee Retention
• Improved Team Performance
• Improved Health and Safety Record
• Higher Success Rate in Transferring Employee
  within the Company

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CT Workforce Education Model

• Initial contact with company
• Conduct a needs assessment
• Analyze and present assessment findings
• Develop customized curriculum and goals
• Deliver training at your worksite
• Evaluate worksite program

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Snapshot of VRABEs Workplace Services

• Skills Appraisal
• Basic Skills Instruction in Reading, Writing,
  and Mathematics
• High School Completion Programs
• English as a Second Language
• Introduction to Computers
• Word and Excel Training

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Education for the 21st Century

• Adult Basic Education (ABE)
• Focuses on basic literacy and math skills.
• Designed for students who do not meet the
  minimum requirements
• for the GED (General Education
  Development) classes.
• General Education Development (GED)
• Alternative route to a high school
  diploma.
• Classroom based courses in English,
  Writing Skills, Social Studies,
• Literature, Math, Science and the Arts.
  Prepares students to take the
• Connecticut GED exam.
• The External Diploma Program (NEDP)
• Alternative path to achieve a high school
  diploma for adults in the
• workforce. Offers no classroom instruction
  but is a series of
• assessments. An adult who completes the
  portfolio assessment is
• awarded a Vernon Regional Adult High School
  Diploma
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Education for the 21st Century

• The Credit Diploma Program
• Offers students an avenue to successfully
  complete the State of Connecticuts requirements
  for high school completion.
• Academic classes are structured to meet the
  graduation requirements. Students may be awarded
  credit for a variety of life experiences. Vernon
  Regional Adult High School Diploma is granted
  upon completion.
• English as a Second Language
• Instruction is designed for adults who have
  limited proficiency in the
• English Language. Program is customized
  to meet employer and
• employee needs.
• Certified Nursing Assistant
• This program offers the opportunity to enter
  the healthcare field. This
• program provides 125 hours of classroom
  instruction and clinical
• training in skilled nursing facilities

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Customized Training Solutions

• Small classes offer individualized attention
• Outcome oriented services
• Needs Analysis
• Training is held at your site
• Offering a wide range of programs
• Affordable programs made possible through grants

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Why Choose Vernon Region Adult Education?

• Our expertise
• Understanding the basic skill needs of workers
• Analyzing basic skills imbedded in job tasks
• Using workplace-based assessments
• Creating instruction that links basic skills with
  on-the-job applications
• Working with adults in a workplace setting
• Our teachers are experienced working with adult
  learners.

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Return on Investment

• Improved communication
• Improved productivity and quality of work
• Improved ability to understand and apply new
  information
• Improved team performance
• Improved ability to use new technology
• Improved safety record

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Questions
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For More Information
Vernon Regional Adult Education 30 Park
Street Vernon, CT 06066

• Richard Welk 870-6060 ext. 22
• richard.welk_at_vernonct.org Coordinator
• Carl Mandell, Ed. D. 870-6000
  ext.139
• carl.mandell_at_vernon-ct.gov Adult
  Ed. Director
• www.vrabe.org