Taking Action: Positioning Low-Income Workers to Succeed in a Changing Economy - The Annie E. Casey Foundation : Funded by the Annie E. Casey and Joyce foundations, this report examines educational and employment disparities in the United States and highlights policies, programs and strategies designed to improve current and future work for lower-wage individuals and their families.
Most human resource associates in service organizations are well aware of the need to educate workers regarding EHS (environment, health, and safety) issues, standards, and procedures. The answer is often EHS training. But instructing employees in a formal setting can be tedious and ineffective. What can be done to spice up EHS trainings and effectively educate employees? Health and safety trainings can easily fall into routine replays of well-meaning standards and precautionary measures. The following tips are suggested to liven up those EHS trainings: a. Identify your learning objectives—structure the course around a mental model workers can understand, based on information and procedures they will use in the workplace b. Know your audience—focus on the target group and be aware of what they already know c. Adjust for attitudes—realize that attitudes can be shaped so learned concepts will be used d. Engage and interact—involve learners and don’t be afraid of losing control of the cla...
BULLYING 101 TRAINING DVA Leadership & Development Training is partnering with Proviso West High School in November and December to provide its 2014 freshman class with educational development on Bullying. School District 209 - Proviso West High School has more than 500 students in its freshman class from multiple feeder communities. DVA staff worked with Proviso West principal, Oscar Hawthorne this summer to start a Peer Mediation program. Bullying is next on a list of youth and professional development strategies Hawthorne has planned for his students, staff and parents this school year. Bullying is defined as unwanted, aggressive behavior that involves a real or perceived imbalance of power. It is negative, aggressive behaviors that are repeated with the intent of harm from one youth to another. Traditional forms of bullying like physical aggression, hitting, pinching, pushing and property damage remain an issue however in today's technological age...
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