Occupational Training

How Career Lattices Help Solve Nursing and Other Workforce Shortages in Healthcare. A Guide for Workforce Investment Boards, One-Stop Career Centers, Healthcare Employers, Industry Alliances, and Higher Education Providers
Coalition for Adult Experiential Education, June 2005

How-to guide and descriptions of several career lattice projects. Training approaches discussed include apprenticeship models and distance learning.

Web Sites

Workforce USA
www.workforceusa.net

Extensive library of articles in workforce development.

Workforce Strategy
www.workforcestrategy.org

Case studies, best practices, policy briefs related to career ladder program development. Includes planning and implementation toolkit with tools for gaps analyses, partnership agreements, needs assessment, etc.

Work-Based Learning
www.work-basedlearning.org

Developed by the U.S. Department of Education, this website includes practice briefs, tools, discussion of the latest trends in workplace education.

Coalition of Adult Experiential Learning
www.cael.org

Includes reports and publications on issues related to improving success for adult learners.

Outreach and Technical Assistance Network for Adult Educators
www.otan.us

OTAN offers many resources for adult educators and adult learners, including specific tools, lists of technology and curriculum resources, and library resources. In addition there are lists of vendors, software and hardware, that can be searched by category such as ABE, and include detailed descriptions of the products and contact information for the companies.