Upcoming Event
Central Texas Workforce Education Summit
Event Information
Central Texas Workforce Education Summit
Area non-profit service providers and employers will come together to begin to address our region’s need for work-ready and competent employees
Where: Goodwill Industries of Central Texas
1015 Norwood Park Blvd., Austin, TX 78753
Monday,
September 15
9:00 a.m. –
4:30 p.m.
For employers, workforce development boards, non-profit
and public service providers
Tuesday,
September 16
9:00 a.m. –
12:00 p.m.
For
workforce development boardsand non-profit and public
service providers
Focus:The summit will bring together area business leaders, faith-based and community organizations, and regional workforce centers for a strategy session designed to meet the needs of area businesses for work-ready and competent employees. Summit participants will hear about successful partnerships with employers leading to English or adult education classes that helped employers in various ways.
What you will learn:
- Best practice models in work-based education
- Advanced training in preparing struggling populations for work, assisting struggling populations with job searches, and providing effective retention support
- How to collaborate and make effective referrals to the workforce system
- Information about local and state public and private funding for workforce development activities and information about appropriate uses of government funding
- A dialogue and plan of action for Central Texas employers and literacy service providers
What Employers will take away from the Summit:
*How work-based education and training can increase retention and enhance opportunities for recruitment of employees.
*Partnerships available to you with local adult education programs
Information about available funding to offer free programs at your work site
*Employers report that work-based education programs helped their business by:
- Increasing the quality of work (82%)
- Improving capacity to use new technology (73%)
- Increasing output of products and services (65%)
- Increasing profitability (56%), and
- Improving health and safety (51%)
Register Now and join area employers and non-profit service providers in addressing our region’s need for work-ready and competent employees
Please mail check by Wednesday, Sept. 10h to:
P.O. Box 41567
Austin, TX 78704-1567
Please bring a Goodwill donation to the event.
Why a donation to Goodwill?
With your donation, we are able to use Goodwill’s facilities at a reduced cost. We pass the savings on to you by having a nominal registration fee. Please bring your tax-deductible donation on the day of meeting.
Donation items in good repair that are most needed:
• Clothing of any kind
• Shoes
• Accessories
• Books, CD’s, DVD’s, Tapes, Records
• Small Furniture
• Collectable items
• Jewelry and antiques
• Household items (dishes, knick-knacks, house wares, etc.)
• Linens
• Electrical items (radios, televisions in working order, clocks, lamps etc.)
• Toys and children’s items
• Computers and related materials
Electronic Recycling
Goodwill recycles electronic equipment through our Computer Works store and we welcome the following items at our donation centers.
• Computer systems (monitor, hard drive, keyboard and printer)
• cell phones
• cds, dvds
Items that Goodwill can’t accept:
Household items such as stoves, refrigerators, washers/dryers or any other large appliance
Extremely worn or soiled furniture
Building materials
Mattresses and box springs
Hazardous materials, chemicals, paint etc.
Copy machines
Automotive parts
For more information:
Stephanie Svoboda
512-320-4505
ssvoboda@willread.org
www.willread.org
The Literacy Coalition of Central Texas, Workforce Solutions – Capital Area Workforce Board, and Workforce Solutions – Rural Capital Area
