What Can Ready Indiana Do For You?
Ready Indiana is a free service to all Indiana employers.
Ready Indiana streamlines information making it easier for employers to identify their workforce training needs, choose quality training providers, and investigate employer training grants to help cut their training costs. Ready Indiana focuses on increasing awareness of basic or functional skills in the workplace including reading, writing, math, second language learning, team work, verbal and written communication, leadership skills, problem solving skills, and technical skills.
Ready Indiana offers:
o Training locator service to summarize training information from multiple providers
o Advice from experienced employers about training grants and training programs
o Reports, studies and PowerPoint presentations about workplace literacy
o Assistance in determining eligibility for and applying for state training grants
o Employer workshops, conferences and news of interest in workforce development
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This week's featured article:
Adult Education Works for Indiana Employers
The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) may not be a well-known resource among employers looking for a training provider, but last year IDOE’s Division of Adult Education redirected more than $1 million in federal funds to help address workforce education in Indiana. The Adult Education Works Workforce Project, based on a nationally recognized model, helped 60 Indiana companies and 1,074 employees in industries such as manufacturing, health care, agriculture, hospitality and transportation/distribution/logistics.
Each individual program is customized to the needs of the employer. Workforce adult education specialists serve as liaisons between employers and state-funded adult education workforce hubs in their area. The specialists work with individual companies to examine training needs and assist with implementation of training. Workforce instructors are licensed teachers who receive training on how to develop workforce-customized materials incorporating items such as company documents, signage, procedures or materials. Courses include, but are not limited to:
- English as a Second Language
- Work Keys skills gap training
- Skills Credentials – preparation for workplace certification
General workplace skills offered include:
- Communicating effectively in English
- Understanding, analyzing and applying information
- Reading for comprehension, writing and performing computations
- Thinking critically and acting to solve problems
- Using technology, tools and information systems to include IC3 training
The Toolbox project, designed by Lafayette Adult Resource Academy, is just one example of how Adult Education Works can serve individual employers or groups of employers with similar workforce development needs.
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