Horizon Education Alliance Provides Opportunity to Spanish-Speaking Workers with GOAL
An Indiana educational nonprofit puts Spanish-speaking workers on track to manufacturing jobs with Certified Production Technician training. GOAL! (Growing Opportunities in America for Latinos) is a bilingual English/ Spanish manufacturing bridge program for Limited English…
How to Develop an Effective Work-Based Learning Program
JFF has identified seven key principles for effective work-based learning models to ensure that work-based learning can fulfill its promise as a critical component of career pathways strategies designed to bolster education and employment outcomes.…
Work-Based Learning Glossary
A apprenticeship A workforce training model that combines paid on-the-job learning and formal classroom or online instruction to help a worker master the knowledge, skills, and competencies needed for career success. These programs generally vary…
Building Workers' Skills at Ralph H. Simpson Co.
An Illinois manufacturer uses the Industrial Manufacturing Technician apprenticeship program to build its workers’ skills. The Industrial Manufacturing Technician (IMT) apprenticeship program provides frontline manufacturing production workers with the knowledge and competencies needed in the…
The Business Case for Work-Based Learning
JFF can help JFF works with top companies like Lockheed Martin, John Deere, Nissan, Honda, and Best Buy to put work-based learning into action. We help companies assess their business drivers, evaluate talent needs, and…
Workforce Development Institute: Teamwork Makes the IMT Dream Work
This profile highlights how WDI, a Michigan intermediary, expands the IMT apprenticeship program through building and maintaining close relationships with employers. Intermediary Profile Workforce Development Institute (WDI) This workforce product was funded by a grant…
César Barrios: A Career With No Limits
A workforce training program helps a Venezuelan immigrant with an American dream get his motor running. Participant Profile Cesar Barrios A workforce training program helps a Venezuelan immigrant with an American dream get his motor…
Sarah Sanchez: New Skills, Innate Abilities
With GOAL, Sarah Sanchez combined her innate abilities with new training to further her career. Participant Profile Sarah Sanchez New Skills, Innate Abilities Sarah Sanchez has always worked to help others. When she was…
Self-Assessment and Planning Tool for Youth Apprenticeship Programs
This self-assessment and planning tool assists local, state, or regional lead entities and their partners in gauging their current capacity to establish a high-quality system for high school-based youth apprenticeships. This self-assessment and planning tool…