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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and the One-Stop Delivery System
This 47-page report provides details of WIOA Title I state formula program structure, services, allotment formulas, and performance accountability. Also provides a program overview for national grant programs, plus a brief overview of the Employment Service (ES), authorized by separate legislation but an integral part of the One-Stop system created by WIOA. Read More
Presenter Tips – English Language Learner Classes
Workforce partners may not have background in effective communication strategies with English language learners. These simple tips can be sent in advance of partners from workforce or other agencies coming to present information to an ELL class. Tips include “less is more,” write it down, use visuals and props, and several more useful ideas. Read More
Q&A on the MOU, OSO, and IFA for ABE Representatives on the LWDBs
Response to questions regarding the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), One-Stop Operator (OSO), and Infrastructure Agreement (IFA). Includes definition of key terms and clarification of various other potentially confusing aspects of these three aspects of the joint work between ABE and the workforce system. Read More
Minnesota Career Pathways Network – Core Elements
A concise 2-page document that outlines core elements of career pathway programming. Also includes the WIOA definition of career pathways and useful graphics on the “tipping point” and on ABE’s role in pathway work. Read More
Minnesota’s Workforce System
A useful 2-page overview WorkForce Centers, workforce development areas, roles of workforce development boards and elected officials, and functions of MWCA. Read More
MWCA Orientation Guide
A resource for Minnesota’s local workforce development boards, this 70-page guide provides an overview of the public workforce system, workforce development boards, information on legalities, and other useful reference material for ABE practitioners new to the workforce system and the role of regional and local workforce development boards. Read More
Minnesota ABE Comprehensive Career Pathways
A 13-slide PowerPoint with embedded audio that provides useful graphics and basic orientation to the what and why of adult career pathway programming and the role of ABE in these multi-partner efforts. Read More
Minnesota Adult Education Content Standards
Start here for information on the Minnesota Adult Education content standards: the College & Career Readiness Standards (CCRS), Transitions Integration Framework (TIF), and Northstar Digital Literacy Standards. These standards are the guide in setting learning objectives in any adult career pathway course. Read More
Integrated Education & Training: A Career Pathways Policy & Practice
Summarizes data from a national survey of adult education providers conducted to learn more about IET models, funding mechanisms, and partnerships across the country. Considers implications for the field of Adult Basic Education. Read More
Integrated Education & Training: Implementing Programs in Diverse Contexts
Profiles eight adult education programs around the country and their unique, context-specific approaches to integrating education and training. Read More