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NIWL offers
a wide range of services to institutions of education, business, and government
at the national, state, and local levels. These services include: providing
technical assistance in building community collaborations; planning and conducting
training and active facilitation; evaluating school, district, state and national
programs; designing and conducting national, regional, and local conferences
and teleconferences; performing needs assessments; planning and implementing
action and capacity-building projects; synthesizing and disseminating information;
providing research and policy analyses; and initiating and facilitating ongoing
dialogues among practitioners and policy makers. Some of the services for
which NIWL is particularly well known include the following: Strategic Planning and Organizational Development Design and delivery of strategic planning activities and exercises customized to the interests, needs, and goals of individual clients. Active facilitation designed to bring diverse groups of stakeholders to consensus. Translation of abstract, “big picture” goals and objectives into realistic and measurable action plans. Full-range of post-planning support services including troubleshooting, process evaluations, and design of self-assessment instruments. Training workshops, seminars, and institutes on a wide range of subjects, including: 1) Program design and implementation; 2) Evaluation and the use of data for decision-making and continuous improvement; 3) Collaboration and partnership building; and 4) Integration of special populations into mainstream education and workforce development activities. Technical Assistance, Capacity Building, and Networking Application of “evaluation as technical assistance” model to develop the capacity of communities, agencies, and institutions. Design and delivery of workshops created to build the research and evaluation skills of state and local school-to-work practitioners. Collaborative development of customized evaluation plans, data collection instruments, and strategies for use and dissemination of research findings. Design, delivery, and facilitation of institutes, forums, and conferences on school reform, education-work collaboration, youth employment, adult learning, and adult literacy. Identification and implementation of innovative strategies and programs to meet the training needs of adult workers. Design and dissemination of strategies for implementation of the essential elements of school-to-work transition systems. Design of collaborative career development programs for youth. Design and delivery of policy education seminars for labor and management leaders. Research and Policy Analysis Research on youth transition from school to work and exemplary school-to-work programs. Research on school reform strategies. Research on community collaboration and partnership initiatives. Research on curriculum integration and vocational education funding and accountability. Research on strategies to increase the educational attainments of Hispanic students. Research on the collection and use of program and participant data at the federal, state, and local levels. Research on employment in the fast food industry regarding training, management, skill acquisition, and education and employment patterns. Evaluation of joint labor-management education and training programs for workers. Evaluation of business-school partnership programs. Assessment of corporate education/training and tuition-assistance programs. For
more information, please contact: Ivan
Charner, Vice President and Director, AED-NIWL
1825 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, DC 20009
TEL: (202) 884.8186 FAX: (202) 884.8422
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