Hello!
Please see the attached flyer, an information below, about an upcoming workshop: An Introduction to Workforce Development, Helping your ABE and ESOL Learners Successfully Enter the Workforce.
Have you been wondering how to help your ABE/ESOL students attain their goal of finding a new job or getting a higher paying one? Join us and learn about resources and information (federal, state, local, and private) available to you and your students. Discover how the workforce development system works, what first steps ABE/ESOL learners can take towards employment, and how ABE/ESOL programs and workforce development organizations can collaborate to help learners find decent jobs.
Following participation in this workshop, you will be able to:
1. Understand the basic elements of the workforce development system and its relevance for ABE learners and programs
2. Take first steps to integrate job- and career-related materials into the ABE classroom and curriculum
3. Assist ABE learners in first steps towards jobs and/or better jobs.
Date: Friday April 20, 2007
Time: 1:00 to 4:00pm
Place: Holyoke Community College, Kittredge Center, Room 302
Presenters: Laurie Sheridan, Workforce Development Coordinator, World Education, and Jackie Lozada, Career Counselor at Career Point, Holyoke
To Register: Visit http://calendar.sabes.org or contact Adrienne Morris at 413-552-2586 or amorris at hcc.mass.edu
For information: Contact Dori McCormack at 413-552-2393 or dmccormack at hcc.mass.edu
Hope to see you all there!
Dori McCormack
SABES West
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