ERIC Number: ED380703
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995-Mar
Pages: 135
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Skills Today for Advancement Tomorrow (STAT). A National Workplace Literacy Partnership. Final Performance Report.
Saint Louis Community Coll., MO.
The 18-month Skills Today for Advancement Tomorrow (STAT) program, a partnership among St. Louis Community College, the St. Louis Public Schools' Adult Basic Education Program, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri, had the following objectives: (1) provide counseling and training for 370 current Blue Cross and Blue Shield workers; (2) develop a training referral system for 60 unemployed disadvantaged adults; (3) develop model assessment and evaluation systems for health care benefits workers; (4) develop and validate competency-based basic skills curriculums; and (5) develop and implement innovative methods for involving workers in all aspects of STAT's program development. During the program, 515 participants were served with classes for the Blue Cross/Blue Shield workers; 60 clients were served through the partnership between the Adult Basic Education program and the STAT program; model assessment tools and model curricula were developed; and worker involvement was encouraged through one-to-one counseling, feedback questionnaires and focus group sessions. Participants from the insurance company improved their performance ratings and customer satisfaction ratings. (Project documents, including questionnaires, a sample curriculum and a list of dissemination activities, are included in the report.) (KC)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Focus Groups, Formative Evaluation, Institutional Cooperation, Job Performance, Labor Force Development, On the Job Training, Outcomes of Education, Partnerships in Education, Skill Development, Summative Evaluation, Two Year Colleges, Workplace Literacy
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. National Workplace Literacy Program.
Authoring Institution: Saint Louis Community Coll., MO.
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