2. A review of what the student needs takes place with the DLLS. This information is included in a request for help letter to the department associated with the major area.
3. The department receives the letter or phone call and searches to find a tutor in that department, for that student, on that particular topic. A letter or phone call is made to the student with instruction on when and where they can meet with the student.
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WORKFORCE AND BASIC DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLING?
Basic digital literacy skilling is what you obtain when you can use and teach yourself basic software. Examples are MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint. You can easily grasp the relationship between different types of class software used in your prerequisite courses. Workforce digital literacy skilling is the specialty software used for specific industries, i.e., accounting, engineering, manufacturing. This type of software and or hardware tools go beyond the basic software and often require safe operating behavior when associated with a machine or tool in a class or laboratory. Workforce Digital Literacy software is associated with industry specific for specific jobs certification or projects. Examples are: AutoCad, SPSS, and Adobe Creative Cloud.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH DOUBLE-SKILLED FLUENCY
Jobs that require education and training that fall between a high school diploma and a four-year degree are the backbone of the American economy, and they depend on a skilled workforce to fill them.
In North Carolina, a majority of jobs (54%) require skills training beyond a high school, but not a four-year degree. But too few of North Carolina’s workers — just 44% — have had access to the skills training necessary to fill these in-demand careers.
