This document consists of the four issues of the newsletter "Workforce Skills" published during 1994. This newsletter contains a variety of articles about Colorado's Community College and Occupational Education System (CCOES) and about work force skills training developed and delivered by community colleges. Each newsletter includes some or all of the following: articles about developing, implementing, and/or evaluating work force skills training programs; a review of a resource for or about workplace literacy/workplace education; profiles of CCOES board members; and announcements of upcoming events related to workplace education. Among the topics covered are the following: the workplace learning grant awarded to CCOES; using assessment results for individual goal setting; sharing curriculum across sites; teaching problem solving; how the CCOES workplace education program has influence on participants' lives, skills for self-directed teams; communication skills for teams; using interviews, observations, and surveys to measure impact; using interactive "cool-down" techniques to promote retention of material, foster interaction in the workplace, and provide instructors with feedback about what students are learning; issues that company advisory boards/teams face as workplace partners; and basic skills competencies. (MN)