Workplace Literacy : Bottom-Line Business Strategies. Showcase 3.

This report presents a concise and useful overview of the issue of business/education partnerships to develop and implement workplace literacy programs. The first chapter focuses on the challenges of developing a literate work force for Florida. It considers the changing workplace and work force, Florida trends in illiteracy, the impact of illiteracy, and literacy partnerships as a solution. The next chapter discusses a number of approaches that have been used successfully and stresses the role business/education partnerships can play in creating effective, financially feasible programs. It outlines five types of literacy programs and lists key concepts to keep in mind when creating a program and 11 steps for creating a program. The following chapter describes 10 Florida basic skills-building programs--all of them involving business and most of them partnerships with a public-sector organization such as a local school system or community college. Individual employers are as follows: Becker Holding Corporation; Bee Gee Shrimp Inc.; Frito-Lay Inc.; Gadsen County Chamber of Commerce; Johnson & Johnson Medical Inc.; Mid-Florida Mining Industries, Inc.; Motorola Inc.; Palm Beach Post; Tropicana Products, Inc.; and Vanity Fair Mills. A contact person and telephone number are provided for each employer. Florida and national resource organizations are listed. Addresses, telephone number and description of service(s) are provided. (YLB)

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