High School Reform and Work: Facing Labor Market Realities
By Paul Barton, Education Testing Service, 2006.
http://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/PICHSWORK.pdf
Are they Really Ready to Work? Employers' Perspectives on Basic Knowledge and Applied Skills of New Entrants to the 21st Century U.S. Workforce
The Conference Board, 2006
http://www.conference-board.org/pdf_free/BED-06-Workforce.pdf
A Century of Change: The U.S. Labor Force, 1950–2050
Monthly Labor Review Online : May 2002, Vol. 125, No. 5
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2002/05/art2exc.htm (excerpt)
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2002/05/art2full.pdf (full article)
Equipped for the Future: Work Readiness Credential
Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee/Knoxville, ©2000
http://eff.cls.utk.edu/work_readiness/eff_work_library_info.htm
http://eff.cls.utk.edu/workreadiness/eff_work_involve_ed.htm
Hard Work on Soft Skills: Creating a “Culture of Work” in Workforce Development
By Ted Houghton and Tony Proscio, Public/Private Ventures
http://www.ppv.org/ppv/publications/assets/109_publication.pdf
Employers Require New Workers to Have These Basic Skills
Workers Must Be Adaptable
Seven Rules for the Working World
Mid-Atlantic Guide to Information on Careers (MAGIC), 4 th Ed.
Virginia Employment Commission
http://www.vec.state.va.us/pdf/lmi_magic.pdf (pages 10-11)
Employer Expectations for the 21 st Century (PowerPoint)
Mark Snyder, MSA Consulting Group
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/CTE/memos/institute/snyder/21st_Century_Skills.ppt
New Jersey Cross-Content Workplace Readiness Curriculum Framework: A Road Map for Learning
http://www.state.nj.us/njded/frameworks/ccwr/
Working in the 21st Century
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/opub/working/home.htm
Implementing SCANS
By Arnold C. Packer and Scott Brainard
The Highlight Zone: Research @ Work , no. 10. Washington, DC: National Centers for Career and Technical Education, 2003.
http://www.nccte.org/publications/infosynthesis/highlightzone/highlight10/
Career Development Resources
CTE Resource Center, Richmond, VA
http://www.cteresource.org/publications/featured/career/index.html
High School Skills for Success: Core Learning Goals
Montgomery County, Maryland
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/MSPAP/CLGskill.pdf
Life Skills for Vocational Success
Workshops, Inc., and Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services
http://www.workshopsinc.com/manual/TOC.html
Workplace Readiness Learning Activities
Florida ABE Program
http://abeflorida.org/pdf/Resource_Guides/Resource-WorkplaceReadiness.pdf
Virginia DECA Lessons and Activities
Workplace Readiness Skills
http://www.lions.odu.edu/org/deca/advisors/lessons/lesson81.html
ACT WorkKeys: Assessments
http://www.act.org/workkeys/assess/index.html
Career Activity File: Employability Skills
http://www.okcareertech.org/guidance/CareerInfo/CareerActivity03/CareerActFile_03.pdf
New York Times Lesson Plan Archive
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/archive.html
New Jersey Cross-Content Workplace Readiness Curriculum Framework
http://www.state.nj.us/njded/frameworks/ccwr/ccwrall.pdf
Ten Ways School Prepares You for the Work World
College Board
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/csearch/majors_careers/45548.html
Writing: A Powerful Message from State Government
The National Commission on Writing
http://www.writingcommission.org/prod_downloads/writingcom/powerful-message-from-state.pdf
Writing: A Ticket to Work … or a Ticket Out (A Survey of Business Leaders)
The National Commission on Writing
http://www.writingcommission.org/prod_downloads/writingcom/writing-ticket-to-work.pdf
