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Georgia High Schools Awarded Work Ready Grants
| Tuesday, September 1, 2009 |
Contact: Office of Communications 404-651-7774
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ATLANTA – Governor Sonny Perdue today announced 56 high schools throughout the state have been awarded Georgia Work Ready training grants that provide three-year access to skills-gap training software, which help students improve their Work Ready Certificate levels. The funding was made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and will provide each school $5,000 of software.
“Earning a Work Ready Certificate tells a potential employer that an individual has the core job skills necessary for success,” said Governor Perdue. “The Work Ready software helps students improve their work readiness, provides students with a better understanding of the skills employers look for in a successful employee, and help high schools improve their graduation rates.”
Each school will provide the Work Ready assessment to at least 50 percent of its senior class each year for three years and will incorporate the training tools in its curriculum to ensure all interested students have access to it.
Schools submitted applications for the grants and included plans on how they would implement the training. The school must ensure that 50 percent of the senior class has access to the training and has a plan for using the training in their curriculum to give other grade levels access.
The schools awarded the Work Ready training grants include:
- Woodville Tompkins Tech & Career Institute,
- Early
- Bradwell Institute,
- Worth
For more information on the Work Ready initiative please visit the Web site at www.gaworkready.org
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