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The Center for Women and Work  |  The Center for Literacy Studies  |  R&D Media Solutions - SF
 

Present a Webinar on

 


 

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BuildingSkills4Work

June 16th, 2009 3PM EST


 

 

The excellent (if alarming) report of the National Commission on Adult Literacy, “Reach Higher, America,” as well as other research shows that nearly half of American adults lack the skills to hold 21st Century jobs. In response, three organizations – the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers University (which has extensive experience working with states to implement Internet learning for low-skill workers), the Center for Literacy Studies (CLS) at the University of Tennessee (which manages Equipped for the Future (EFF)), and R&D Media Solutions - SF (a San Francisco design and digital media agency) – have developed a web application to meet the work readiness needs of low-skill adults. The website will be launched in June 2009. Once launched, it will be available at no cost to learners, adult education teachers, workforce skills trainers, and the general literacy community. The purpose of BuildingSkills4Work is to equip out-of-school adults and youth with the work readiness skills that will prepare them to qualify for and be successful in better paying entry-level jobs. This project was first demonstrated at the Sloan Center On Innovative Training and Workforce Development Conference in December 2007.

 

 


 


Richard Appelbaum, President, R&D Media Solutions – SF
Diane Gardner, Associate Director Equipped for the Future, Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee
Heather McKay, Director, Sloan Center on Innovative Training and Workforce Development, Center for Women and Work, Rutgers University

 

 

Please join us for this online demonstration
to learn about and try BuildingSkills4Work!

 


 


 


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If you have any questions please contact Heather McKay  <mailto:hmckay at rci.rutgers.edu> hmckay at rci.rutgers.edu or at (732) 932.0052


 

 

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