pearson career workforce education
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Presented by Tom Darling, National Director of Workforce Education, Pearson EducationTRANSCRIPT
Building an Online Workforce Presence
Introduction
Pearson Education
• World’s largest education company
• Our programs, tools and curricula help to educate more than 100 million people worldwide – more than any other private enterprise.
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Pearson Workforce Education
• Comprehensive learning programs for high-demand jobs, many of which lead to a nationally-recognized certification
• Short courses designed to engage adult learners
• Soft skills modules available to enhance the learning experience
• Tools and assessments to help students, educators and organizations succeed
• No upfront costs for adopting courses - the College doesn’t purchase anything until students have registered
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Why Pearson Workforce Education?
• Flexibility
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• Quality • Partnership
Flexibility
• Select the courses that are right for your area to build your local workforce
• Build your program as you go without upfront investment risks
• Have full control over the course, with the ability to schedule when you deem appropriate
• Hire your own instructors for better cost control and increased profits
• Conduct the course in either an instructor-led fully online format or in an instructor-led hybrid format
• Conduct the courses in your LMS or ours
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Quality
• Courses are aligned to industry standards and certification standards
• National Subject Matter Experts design the course and the content within the course
• Additional Subject Matter Experts review the course for relevancy, topics, and amount of time spent on each topic
• A board of Workforce Directors advises on the selection and development of courses
•Award-winning learning design baked into all of the courses
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Partnership
• Pearson is the world's leading learning company, and our tools and products have helped to educate over 100 million people worldwide
• Pearson provides the marketing support to enable programs to drive more enrollments into their courses
• Our programs deliver results and student success
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Courses that Serve Your Market
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Local Market Data
Top Careers
by the numbers
Courses that Serve Your Market
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Proven Learning Design – Everything Included
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Media-Rich Lessons
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Skills Development and Practice
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Other Services
– Pearson Instructor Education – online instructor professional
development modules
– Remediation programs to assist student improvement in math,
reading and writing
– Marketing kits with each course to provide targeted copy to
generate student enrollments
– Hosting options – Pearson can host the courses for you at no
additional charge, or you can host through your own LMS
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Pearson Workforce Education
• Areas of Focus
– Green Education
– Health Care
– Information Technology
– Project Management and Quality
– General Business and Management
– Advanced Manufacturing
– Hospitality and Tourism
– Employability and Career Skills
– Basic Academic Remediation
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Pearson Workforce Education
Anticipated Timeline
Approximately 40 courses will be live in January 2012, with another 60 live in summer of 2012, including:
– ICD-10– Patient Access Specialist– Medical Administrative Specialist– Six Sigma– Project Management Certifications– Workplace Readiness Modules– Health Care Reform– CompTIA A+, N+, S+ and CCNA
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How It Works
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Pearson Workforce Education
Tom DarlingNational Director of Workforce Education
Pearson [email protected]
317-428-3013 (office)317-266-9812 (cell)
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