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Past Events
Date: May 14, 2008
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Topic: Literacy/Numeracy Digital Workgroup
Location: Virtual Meeting Space
Event Description: The purpose of this workgroup is to bring together field practitioners, career center staff and other stakeholders in the youth workforce development system to explore issues and share ideas related to teaching literacy/ and numeracy skills in a non-classroom setting.
Contact: Samuel Martin at (617) 727-8158, ext. 2226 or smartin@commcorp.org or Amewusika Sedzro at (413) 582-9054, ext. 104 or asedzro@commcorp.org
Information: https://www.123signup.com/event?id=tvsby
Registration: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=tvsby
Date: May 23, 2008
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Lunch provided on-site)
Topic: Practical Application for Literacy/Numeracy in Local Youth Programs
Location: Hoagland Pincus Center 222 Maple Ave, Shrewbury, MA
Event Description: The purpose of this session is to explore ways to maximize community resources to support literacy/numeracy gains for out of school youth enrolled in Title I WIA programs. Through interactive activities and structured dialogues, this session unpacks the challenges that programs have understanding and meeting standards created to demonstrate basic skill gain. The training explores different strategies that infuse literacy/numeracy into traditional and non-traditional learning environments. The intended audience for this training are WIA youth vendors.
Contact: Samuel Martin at (617) 727-8158, ext. 2226 or smartin@commcorp.org or Amewusika Sedzro at (413) 582-9054, ext. 104 or asedzro@commcorp.org
Information: https://www.123signup.com/event?id=tvmkc
Registration: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=tvmkc
Date: June 13, 2008
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Lunch provided on-site)
Topic: Practical Application for Literacy/Numeracy in Local Youth Programs
Location: Hoagland Pincus Center 222 Maple Ave, Shrewbury, MA
Event Description: The purpose of this session is to explore ways to maximize community resources to support literacy/numeracy gains for out of school youth enrolled in Title I WIA programs. Through interactive activities and structured dialogues, this session unpacks the challenges that programs have understanding and meeting standards created to demonstrate basic skill gain. The training explores different strategies that infuse literacy/numeracy into traditional and non-traditional learning environments. The intended audience for this training are youth service providers.
Contact: Samuel Martin at (617) 727-8158, ext. 2226 or smartin@commcorp.org
Information: https://www.123signup.com/event?id=tvsck
Registration: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=tvsck
Mass Career Information System (Mass CIS) Trainings for Youth
Event Desciption: This is a special Massachusetts Career Information (Mass CIS) training for Youth staff. The Massachusetts Division of Career Services (DCS) offers the Massachusetts Career Information System (Mass CIS) free on-line to all Massachusetts residents. Mass CIS is designed to provide occupational, wage, and educational information to help youth make better informed career and school choices. This is a half day program.
Date and Location: July 25, 2008, 9:00 am to noon, C.F. Hurley Building, Room 612D, Boston, Massachusetts
Date and Location: July 25, 2008, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, C.F. Hurley Building, Room 612D, Boston, Massachusetts
Date and Location: August 4, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts
Date and Location: August 4, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts
Zoomerang Survey: This survey is designed to gather information regarding the extent to which services offered by the Massachusetts Workforce System’s youth programs meet recognized standards of quality of youth programming, as rated by individuals working daily to implement youth activities. It contains 16 categories that assess a program’s quality based on recognized standards for youth development practices. The end date for the survey is: September 19, 2008. There are two information sessions scheduled for August 21, 2008 please sign up below.
www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB227YAGQW9K9
Date: August 21, 2008
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Topic: WIA Field Assessment Online TA Session (PM)
Location: Virtual Meeting Space
Event Description:
Contact: Amewusika Sedzro at (413) 582-9054, ext. 104 or asedzro@commcorp.org
Information: https://www.123signup.com/event?id=tpkns
Registration: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=tpkns
Date: August 21, 2008
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Topic: WIA Field Assessment Online TA Session (AM)
Location: Virtual Meeting Space
Event Description:
Contact: Amewusika Sedzro at (413) 582-9054, ext. 104 or asedzro@commcorp.org
Information: https://www.123signup.com/event?id=tpkpj
Registration: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=tpkpj
