A Framework for Evaluating Implementation of Community College Workforce Education Partnerships and Programs

Autor/inn/en	Yarnall, Louise; Tennant, Elizabeth; Stites, Regie
Titel	A Framework for Evaluating Implementation of Community College Workforce Education Partnerships and Programs
Quelle	In: Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 40 (2016) 9, S.750-766 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-8926
DOI	10.1080/10668926.2015.1101405
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Case Studies; School Business Relationship; Labor Force Development; Employers; Partnerships in Education; Labor Market; Industry; Resumes (Personal); Alumni; Job Skills; Program Effectiveness; Outreach Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Arbeitskräftebestand; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Industrie; Lebenslauf; Produktive Fertigkeit; Jobcoaching
Abstract	Greater investments in community college workforce education are fostering large-scale partnerships between employers and educators. However, the evaluation work in this area has focused on outcome and productivity metrics, rather than addressing measures of implementation quality, which is critical to scaling any innovation. To deepen understanding of the field, sound metrics need to be assembled of the processes involved in workforce education (e.g., partnering with employers, designing and delivering instruction). This article addresses that gap with the Workforce Education Implementation Evaluation (WEIE) framework. Relying on five case studies of employer-community college collaborations, and drawing on labor-market analysis methods, partnership capital and regional ecosystem theory, and the learning sciences, the WEIE framework provides tools to characterize implementation quality. To illustrate how it works, we have applied the framework to two contrasting cases that represent the predominant approaches to engaging employers in workforce education programming: large-scale partnership and employer outreach. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01