Practitioner's Guide for Training Older Workers

摘要

This guide contains four main parts. Reference materials and other available resources are contained in the appendices: (1) 'The Job Training Partnership Act,' presents an overview of the Act and its provisions regarding services to older workers$ (2) 'Program Planning and Development,' discusses four steps in the design of a training program for older workers, first from the perspective of the older workers (chapter 1) and then from the perspective of employers. (Chapter 2)$ (3) 'Program Operation,' outlines the various components of JTPA programs for recruiting, training, and placing older workers$ (4) 'Program Evaluation,' discusses the ways that program evaluation can improve program operations and the data needed to assess a program's effectiveness. Program evaluation is also examined from the perspective of older participants, employers, and the community that the program serves. This document is written in handbook style with a checklist at the end of each chapter.