EnterTech training has been implemented in 44 classes at a variety of different sites throughout Texas. Here is a sample of where and how it worked.
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Kyle
Family Learning and Career Center (Kyle, Texas). The Kyle Family
Learning and Career Center offered EnterTech in conjunction with adult
basic education, GED preparation, and computer skills training curricula.
The Center had participated in implementation testing of EnterTech in
November and December 1999. The Center is one of the programs of Community
Action Inc. of San Marcos, Texas. A bonus feature to this rural organization
is co-housing with a workforce development center to create a one-stop
center for social services, training and employment referrals.
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Community
Action Commission (San Marcos, Texas). Community Action Commission
conducted EnterTech classes from October 2001 through May, 2002 in its
new Chapultepec lab in San Marcos. EnterTech was offered as part of a
Welfare to Work grant including funds from both the Texas Education Agency's
Adult Education program and Texas Workforce Commission's Rider 25 grant.
Students included TANF recipients who were working on their GED and transitioning
into employment.
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University
of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College (Brownsville, Texas).
UTB/TSC piloted EnterTech through its PC Institute. EnterTech was offered
along with GED and other technical training programs offered by the Institute
that serves both at-risk youth and ESL adults.
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Texas
State Technical College (Harlingen, Texas). Texas State Technical
College (TSTC) in Harlingen used the EnterTech curriculum under its Dislocated
Workers Program. TSTC served approximately 24 students integrating the
EnterTech curriculum into their existing GED curriculum, and to supplement
PLATO's pre-employment modules.
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Texas
Workforce Center (Round Rock, Texas). The Texas Workforce center
is offering EnterTech to their target population of TANF, Welfare to Work
and WIA participants.
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San
Jacinto College Adult Learning Center (El Paso, Texas). EPISD
integrated the EnterTech curriculum with three other adult programs -
PBS' Accessing Literacy, "Workplace Essential Skills," and the
Nova Net Curricula. The three EnterTech classes were used to supplement
employability skills training in their English as a Second Language program.
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McAllen
ISD - Options in Education High School (McAllen, Texas). EnterTech
was offered as a supplement to business and marketing coursework to sophomores,
juniors and seniors within an alternative high school setting. Options
in Education High School is an alternative educational program that recognizes
the unique learning and motivational needs of learners and provides a
flexible, student-centered learning environment which empowers students
to achieve their full potential as lifelong learners. The diverse grouping
at Options consists of high school students from McAllen ISD who are not
experiencing success in traditional settings. Some find themselves in
high-risk situations that need to be addressed. An equal number choose
Options to meet their employment and college-bound acceleration goals.
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Kilgore
College (Kilgore, Texas). Kilgore College is using the EnterTech
curriculum to ramp up basic core skills in preparation for entry into
local entry-level manufacturing positions. Kilgore is working in tandem
with a local manufacturer, Orange X, and others to supply trained individuals
in these areas of employability skills. Once they complete the EnterTech
program, selected students are asked to interview for available positions
at Orange X.
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Manpower/3M
(Austin, Texas). The 3M Corporation, an active coalition member
throughout the EnterTech Project development, provided the EnterTech training
program to new hires of their employment subcontract agency, Manpower.
Like many of the larger manufacturing companies, entry-level jobs are
staffed and managed by a third party. Ten new hires successfully completed
EnterTech in an intensive one week program prior to assuming their job
assignments at 3M's Austin facility.
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Capital
Area Training Foundation (Austin, Texas). The Capital Area
Training Foundation is a non-profit, industry-led organization that brings
educators and employers together to create a quality workforce and to
prepare all students for lifelong learning and career success. EnterTech
was offered as part of their Telecommunity Partnership Initiative, a program
offering free computer skills training, community access, and job-seeking
assistance for adults in the evenings at Travis High School in South Austin.
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River
City Youth Foundation (Austin, Texas). River City Youth Foundation
(RACY)) provides support and educational services to East Austin youth
and their families. In coordination with Austin Community College, RCYF
opened their computer lab to neighborhood residents to provide job skills
and leads into the employment sector. The class was offered on Sundays
for 12 consecutive weeks to accommodate the time constraints of working
parents.
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Dallas
Independent School District (Dallas, Texas). Dallas Independent
School District (DISD) serves 320 students through the School to Career
program. The EnterTech program is used to provide students training in
employability skills and basic core skills. In addition, supplemental
materials is utilized to help enhance students' academic skills
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Quinn
Campus & McClennan Community College (Waco, Texas). Quinn
Campus, McClennan Community College and the Heart of Texas Workforce Board
and Center collaborated to offer EnterTech to unemployed Waco residents.
Quinn Campus is a unique historical site - the first African American
college built west of the Mississippi River - currently under renovation
and redevelopment into a 21st century community center that emphasizes
education, technology, economic development and cultural/recreational
activities.
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Austin
Community College (Austin, Texas). Austin Community College,
in coordination with the Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA),
offered EnterTech to unemployed and housing-assisted persons through its
continuing education programs. Learners received continuing education
credits from the college.
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Heart
of Texas Workforce Board (Waco, Texas and surrounding area).
Heart of Texas Council of Governments ran an out-of-school summer youth
program incorporating EnterTech with other job-readiness activities, such
as resume writing, Internet/digital literacy, and Microsoft Office training.
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Near
Northside Partners Council (Fort Worth, Texas). The Near Northside
Partners Council (NNPC) incorporated EnterTech with its Neighborhood Jobs
Initiative to connect Fort Worth inner-city residents to jobs in growth
sectors offering better pay and benefits. Unlike many urban, inner-city
neighborhoods, their main employment issue is not one of unemployment
but of underemployment. The majority of residents work in low-skill, low-wage
jobs. NNPC seeks to enable better job placements. Their long-term goal
is to evolve into an organization that emphasizes job retention and advancement
in the labor market.
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