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FOR RELEASE Contact: Ivette Rodriguez October 28, 1996 (202) 401-1576
The grants will provide workers with literacy, English as a second language, computation, problem solving and other skills needed to perform job tasks effectively.
"We must ensure that every adult possesses the knowledge and literacy skills needed to succeed in the 21st century," Riley said. "These grants promote continuous learning through local partnerships that enable workers to acquire the job literacy skills that result in new employment, job retention, career advancement and increased productivity."
The grants, for example, have enabled First Chicago Corp., the city's largest employer, to provide some 4,000 employees with basic skills training programs to support quality initiatives and enhance employee performance, service accuracy, timeliness, reliability and customer satisfaction. Employees including clerks in remittance, payroll, research and adjustment, accounts payable and mail distribution have received training to enable them to work in teams and handle more responsibility in response to major technological changes in cash management, administrative functions and bank card processes. Grant funds also will be used to instruct tellers and customer personnel in the basic reading and math skills needed to handle increasingly complex financial services.
Another grant recipient, the Colorado Community College and Occupational Education System, is providing customized instruction leading to new employment and training opportunities and improved job performance for more than 2,000 workers in manufacturing, health care and electronics employed by 15 of the system's business partners. In addition, the consortium has published source books for workplace learning and a newsletter for workplace learning professionals, produced workplace learning videos and made presentations at conferences attended by workplace education professionals.
The National Workplace Literacy Program awards, authorized by the Adult Education Act, provide funding to partnerships involving at least one educational institution and one business or labor organization. Awards have been made to a variety of partnerships involving state education agencies, local schools, universities, community colleges, businesses, community based organizations, industries, labor unions and private industry councils.
The current awards are for the last year of a three year project period. Originally 18 months in duration, the National Workplace Literacy Program grant awards were lengthened to a three year period to develop and demonstrate work based curriculum and teaching methods, such as simulations and team learning approaches.
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NOTE TO EDITORS: A list of projects and grant amounts is attached. Individual project descriptions are available upon request.
Montgomery
Alabama Department of Education
348,128
Contact: Randel F. Walker
(205) 734-2933
Denver
State Board for Community Colleges Occupational Education (CCCOES)
676,532
Contact: Mary C. Gershwin/Patty Tank
(303) 620-4000
Pueblo
University of Southern Colorado
222,896
Contact: Mel Otero, Jr.
(719) 583-8677
Honolulu
University of Hawaii
251,367
Contact: Noelani Ching
(808) 956-7834
Chicago
First Chicago Corporation
156,970
Contact: Tamara Baloun
(312) 407-5195
Chicago
College of Lake County
223,686
Contact: Mary Kay Gee
(847) 223-6601 x 2726
Baltimore
Maryland Department of Education
300,562
Contact: Cathy Hampton
(410) 767-0516
Westminster
Carroll Community College
90,826
Contact: Hermine Sanders
(410) 840-7017
Needham
Continuing Education Institute
262,567
Contact: Lloyd David
(617) 449-4802
Springfield
Massachusetts Career Development Institute, Inc.
162,692
Contact: Norman Halls
(413) 781-5640
Detroit
Wayne State University
349,124
Contact: Dale Brandenburg
(313) 577-6674
Albany
SUNY Research Foundation
213,262
Contact: Christine Katchmar
(518) 442-5709
Bronx
Bronx Community College
224,173
Contact: Claude Grant
(718) 289-5174
Dix Hills
BOCES III
121,991
Contact: Debra Tenenbaum
(516) 261-5071
New York
CASE/CUNY Graduate School
238,233
Contact: Verna Denny or Dolores Perin
(212) 642-2937
New York
Chinatown Manpower Project, Inc.
252,685
Contact: Ivy Au Tse
(212) 571-1694 x 122
Orangeburg
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College
159,291
Contact: Chris Walsh
(803) 535-1237
Yakima
Yakima Valley OIC
304,598
Contact: Amelia Garza
(509) 839-2717
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