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Adult and Workplace Education Resources

We have included below links to various organizations and resources that can provide much useful information for anyone interested in adult and workplace education in Massachusetts, the U.S. and Canada. This by no means exhaustive list covers advocacy and professional organizations, government agencies, and labor-management partnerships, and plenty of instructional resources.

Adult Basic Education Organizations & Instructional Resources:

Adult Literacy Resource Institute (ALRI)
Adult Literacy and Technology Network
Dave's ESL Cafe
Massachusetts ABE Distance Learning Project
Massachusetts Association of Teachers to Speakers of Other Languages (MATSOL)
Massachusetts Coalition of Adult Educators (MCAE)
The National Center on Adult Literacy (NCAL)
National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE)
System for Adult basic Education Support (SABES)

Labor Organizations and Literacy Resources

Labor Education Center (Canada)
Labor Heritage Foundation
Massachusetts AFL-CIO - Education & Training
Massachusetts Worker Education Roundtable
United Steelworkers Institute for Career Development
Working for America Institute (WAI)
Workplace Literacy Project (Canada)

Government Agencies and Workforce Development:

Commonwealth Corporation of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Department of Education/Adult & Community Learning Services
Massachusetts Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Massachusetts Workforce Investment Boards
Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)
U.S. Department of Labor

Workplace Issues and Resources:

Good Jobs First
Massachusetts Campaign for Universal Health Care
Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Health and Safety
Massachusetts Jobs with Justice (JWJ)
United for a Fair Economy (UFE)

Labor/Management Workplace Education Program UMass Amherst

Adult and Workplace Education Resources

Labor/Management Workplace Education Program
UMass Amherst