The QA Commons works with postsecondary institutions to improve integration of employability skills across programs using their Essential Employability Qualities framework.
Credential Finder is a search engine tool for exploring and comparing credentialing opportunities that are published to the Credential Registry.
CareerLabsVR offers interactive and immersive virtual reality experiences for career exploration with instructor guidance and accompanying curriculum materials.
Job Ready Career Skills is a comprehensive software or online workplace success skills development resource with video lessons, practical work-ready content, and assessments.
First Step Act: Best Practices for Academic and Vocational Education for Offenders, a report from the National Institute of Justice, examines the best practices and outcomes in correctional settings when skill-enhancing initiatives, such as remedial academics and vocational programming, are implemented. A key component of successful re-entry for ex-offenders is the acquisition of new personal, academic, and employability skills through participation in skill-enhancing programs while still incarcerated. Best practices include participation in an ESOL program until reaching a minimum English proficiency level of eighth grade, classes to build foundational literacy skills, high school equivalency programs for inmates lacking a high school diploma, and occupational education courses to prepare inmates for reentry after release. An innovative life skills and behavioral/cognitive change program called Breaking Barriers is specifically highlighted and could serve as a model for future correctional program design. Other findings show that when drug and alcohol intervention programs and therapeutic communities are implemented, there are positive outcomes in the effort to reduce recidivism.
The Change Agent is a social justice-themed, biannual online magazine written by and for adult learners and educators.
LinkedIn Learning is an online educational platform that provides training through video presentations from experts on how to develop business, technology, and creative skills.
The International Youth Foundation (IYF) offers its Passport to Success life skills curricula worldwide in three formats, including in-person, blended learning, and mobile-friendly game-based platforms.
ISTE Standards are competencies for learning, teaching, and leadership in effective use of technology in education.
YouScience offers game-based aptitude and interest tests to help users discover their natural talents and identify promising careers, as well as offering industry-recognized certification exams.
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