LINCS Employability Skills Framework Webinar Added to YouTube!

Want strategies for teaching employability skills to your adult learners? We’ve got you covered!

LINCS’ latest archived webinar: Implementing the Employability Skills Framework in the Adult Basic Education (ABE) Classroom is now available on the LINCS YouTube Channel! Find out what your students need to know to be college and career ready, see how employability skills connect with academic and technical skills, learn what employers are seeking and more! Featured speakers Heidi Silver-Pacuilla (OCTAE), Laura Rasmussen (RTI International), Meredith Liben (Student Achievement Partners), Kaye Forgione (Achieve, Inc.), and Dr. Robert Witchger and Frank Scuiletti (North Carolina Community College System) share why employability skills matter for adults, and present strategies for incorporating them into the ABE classroom. The webinar has been archived in four parts:

  • Part I: Introduction to the Employability Skills Framework (Heidi Silver-Pacuilla and Laura Rasmussen)
  • Part II: Employability Skills, CCR Standards, and Literacy (Meredith Liben)
  • Part III: Employability Skills, CCR Standards, and Mathematics (Kaye Forgione)
  • Part IV: North Carolina's Employability Skills Toolkit (Dr. Robert Witchger and Frank Scuiletti)

To access the full playlist, visit: http://bit.ly/13rLerm. Following the webinar, the pre- and post-webinar discussion thread was updated with responses from the guest presenters to questions raised throughout the presentation. Read the responses here: https://community.lincs.ed.gov/discussion/implementing-employability-skills-framework-adult-basic-education-classroom.

View the archive and be sure to share these resources with your adult education program staff, interested colleagues, and your social media networks.

Best regards,

The LINCS Community Team