The Cafeteria Workers' Skills Enhancement Training Program. Performance Report.

Autor/in	Burt, Miriam
Institution	Food and Beverage Workers Union, Local 32, Washington, DC.
Titel	The Cafeteria Workers' Skills Enhancement Training Program. Performance Report.
Quelle	(1994), (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Basic Education; Adult Literacy; Federal Government; Food Service; Government Employees; High School Equivalency Programs; Labor Education; Literacy Education; Outcomes of Education; Program Effectiveness; Program Implementation; Unions; Workplace Literacy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Bundesregierung; Labour education; Arbeitserziehung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	A program was conducted by the Food and Beverage Workers Union in Washington, D.C., to provide workplace literacy classes for food service workers in the city's government agencies, universities, and museums. A curriculum for workplace literacy skills was developed, sites were selected, and students were recruited. From a target audience of approximately 3,000 workers, 209 workers enrolled in the series of classes during the 22 months of the project. A total of 27 classes were offered on a flexible schedule, with at least 60 hours offered for each session. Most classes were scheduled twice a week for 4 hours weekly. Classes were offered in basic skills, pre-General Educational Development (GED) Test, GED test preparation, workplace communications, English as a second language, and a sampler of communications, mathematics, and writing. A total of 215 students attended at least 8 hours in each class, and 73 received certificates for completing at least 80 percent of 2 classes. At the end of the program, the program director recommended that a method be established to encourage employers to help workers to use their new skills on the job and that computers be incorporated into the program. Information about the program was disseminated at 32 conferences. (KC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC