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This section provides links to workplace skills, personal skills, life skills, math skills and study skills.  Communication skills including resume writing, report writing, grammar, interviewing, speaking and presenting are found on the Communication Skills page.  Online learning and free tutorial resources are found on Online Tutorial Resources.

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Communication Skills 

Link to Communication Skills Resources


Math Literacy Skills: Money, Consumer, Economic

Math Links and Resources


Reading and Literacy


Adult Literacy Links - NCSALL
Adult Basic Reading Instruction - Research Based Principles
Bridging the Gap Between Literacy and Technology
Dewey Decimal Classification System
Different Thinking Styles
Effective Library Research - Seven Steps
English and Language Arts Standards
Essential Skills for Information Literacy
Evaluate Web Resources
Get Ready to Read
Information and Communication Technology Checkpoints
Library Learning Skills Online
LINCS - Literacy Information and Communication System
Literacy Fact Sheets
Literacy Network- Free Online Literacy Training
Literacy Skills - What you need to know
Literacy Strategies
National Center for the Study of Adult Literacy and Learning
National Institute for Literacy
New Zealand Literacy Portal
Partnership for Reading - Bringing Scientific Evidence to Learning
Phonics Flashcards
Reading Difficult Material
Reading Skills Index
Reading Strategies
Remembering What You Read
Strategies for Thoughtful Reading
Visual Literacy What is It



Entrepreneur

Starting Your Own Business


Life Skills

Buying a House
Career and College Planning Links
Compass and Map- Finding your way
Conflict Resolution Gateway
Consumer Action Website - Consumer Tips and Issues
Dining Etiquette
Essential Skills for Life - Learning and Work
Etiquette Rules from Emily Post
Family Issues
Family Literacy
Family Literacy Toolkit
Functional Skills
Homeowner's Resources
How Stuff Works
I-CANS - Integrated Curriculum for Achieving Necessary Skills
Independent Living Module
Knots - Knotting, Bends and Hitches
Knots on the Web
Knot Knowledge
Learn 2 Type
Life Advice Center
Life Events - Here Comes Baby
Life Skills
Life Skills Development -WikiEducator
Life Skills for Vocational Success
Life Skills Standards and Benchmarks
Life Transitions Curriculum Guide
Making Good Decisions
Maps - Finding Your Way with Map and Compass
Maps, Globes and Maps Skills
Maps - Learning How to Read Maps
Menu Planner
National Center for Family Literacy
Owning Real Estate - Budget, Maintain, Organize
Parenting Resources
Personal and Social Values and Skills
Skillwise - Practice Basic Skills
Social Skills - Life Skills for Success
Stain Removal
Table Manners -
What is a Person of Character Articles


Skill and Interest Assessments

Assess Your Skills - Career One Stop
Assess Yourself - You Have What it Takes
Assessment Tools - QuintCareers
Career Goals Worksheet
Career Key
Career Planning- Self Evaluation
Career Quiz
Interest Quiz - My Future Toolbox
Interests Worksheet
Learning Styles Self Test 
Online Career Tests
Self Assessment - Career Development eManual
Skill Assessment
Skills Identification - Creative Job Search
Temperament and Character
Type Logic
What are My Multiple Intelligences
What Occupational Sectors Interest You
What's Your Personality Type
Who Am I
Work Preference Profiles
....additional resources: Student Worksheets


Driver's Education

Quia - Driver Education Games

Driver Education Web Links
Driver Safety
Family Guide to Teen Driver Safety- PDF
Motor Vehicle State Departments
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Online Study Guide for Drivers - by state
Samples Written Driver's Tests
States Department of Motor Vehicles
Stop Impaired Driving


Voting, Citizenship and Government

About Government
American Presidents
Bill of Rights
C-SPAN - Public Access to the Political Process
Center for Civic Education
Charters of Freedom -
Citizenship
Civics Education Center
Civically Speaking
Congress for Kids
Constitution of the United States
Constitutional Rights Organization
Countries of the World - World Fact Book
Declaration of Independence
Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
Electoral College Online Lesson
Electoral College Homepage
How the President of the USA is Elected
Justice Learning - Civics Education in the Real World
Kids Voting USA
National Standards for Civics and Government
Project Vote Smart
The White House
United Nations Charter
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
USA.gov
Voter Information Center
Voter Registration - Be a Voter
Voter Registration - State Resources
Voting Records by State
White House Kids Page
Why it is Important to Vote
Your Government
...Additional History links and Resources


Health Literacy: First Aid and Safety


Adolescent and School Health
Are You Ready - Disaster Planning
Are You Ready - PDF
Basic First Aid
Body and Mind - Health and Safety from CDC
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Child Health -WikiEducator
Consumer Health Information
CPR - Learn CPR
Disaster Preparation
Medical History Forms
Family Disaster Supply Kit
Fast First Aid
First Aid and Safety
First Aid Course - Virtual Navy Hospital
First Aid Skills
Food Safety
Handbook for Emergency Preparation and Response
Health and Literacy - LINCS Collection
Health and Physical Education Standards
Health Care for Consumers - Pocket Guides
Health Insurance Guide
Health Literacy Toolkit - Adult
Health Management Tools - WebMD
Healthy Habits for Safe Kids
Helping Children Cope with Disaster
Home and Community Safety
Human Body Science Curriculum
Learn CPR
National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign
Nutrition and Physical Activity
Occupational Health and Safety Resources
OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Poison Control Centers
Public Health Threats
Selfcare Health Checklist
Students Against Destructive Decisions - Issues
Teen Workers - Teen Worker Safety
Web MD - First Aid A to Z
What to Do in An Emergency
.....Additional Health links and Resources


Stress, Conflict, and Self Help


5 Ways to Cope with Crisis
Basics of Conflict Management
Campus Blues
Conflict Management
Conflict Management Skills
Conflict Research Consortium - Colorado Edu
Conflict Resolution Gateway
Conflict Resolution Skills
Counseling Center Village
Getting Help Resources - Locate services in your area
Health Directories for Additional Resources
Health Goals and Assessments - PDF
Help Center - APA
How to Master Stress
If You are in Crisis - Nationwide Hotlines
Interactive Health Tools
Job Stress Network
National Association for Self Esteem
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Psyche Central - Psychology, Support and Mental Health
Recognizing My Positive Qualities
Reducing Occupational Stress
Resources for Dealing with Emotional Trauma
Self Assessment Screening Tools
Self Esteem and Employment
Self Help Articles - UM Counseling Center
Self Help - Self Improvement by Yourself
Self Help - Student Counseling Pamphlet 
Self Help Publications
Stress in the Workplace
Stress Management Health Center
Stress Management Resources
Uncommon Knowledge- Emotional Intelligence, Psychology
Women's Health Resources
Workplace Blues

Workplace and Employment Skills

21st Century Skills Framework
Adult and Workforce Preparation Resources
Basic Skill Summary - SCANS Skills
Basic Skills Agency - UK
Basic Workplace Competencies - PDF
Basic Workplace Knowledge Competencies
Business and Career Standards
Career and Employability Skills - PDF
Career and Employability Standards - PDF
Career and Technical Education -Standards and Benchmarks
Committee and Meeting Skills
Common Activities - EFF
Communication Skills
Core Abilities - Essential Work[lace Skills 
Core Skills Assessment Resources - PDF
Core Work Skills - Relevant Websites - ILO
Developing Job Skills
Developing Skills that Employers Value
Dress and Grooming for Success
Employment Rubrics and Checklists
Equipped for the Future
Essential Skills - What are They
Gap Analysis of Workplace Needs Template - PDF
Guide to Workforce Readiness - PDF
Integrated Technical and Academic Competencies
Interviewing - Ace the Interview
Interviewing Skills - College Grad
Innovation Skills Profile - PDF
I CANS - Integrated Curriculum for Achieving Necessary Skills
Job Requirements Checklist
Job Hunting Tutorials
Job Search Essentials
Job Seeking Skills
Job Success Skills - Skills Identification
Keeping Your Job
Labor Market Skills for a New Economy
Life Skills for Vocational Success
Make the Skills Connection -Transition Models that Work
Management Help Library - Skills, Leadership, Productivity
Marketable Skills - Hot Skills - Minnesota Careers
Meeting Skills
National Association of State Workforce Agencies
Negotiations and Resolving Conflicts
O*Net Online - Workforce Skills Search
Occupational Skills Profiler - Skills, Abilities, Tasks
Ready for College and Ready for Work:
Real World Experience
Salary Negotiation Tutorial
SCANS Skills - PDF
Self Reliance Skills
Skill Standards- A Primer - PDF
Skills and Attributes Employees Value
Skills - Skill Competencies Defined
Skills Checklist
Skills Development for Youth - ILO
Skills for the Future
Skills for Today's Workplace - Work Futures 
Skills for Tomorrow's Workforce
Skills Identification
Skills, Knowledge and Employability
Soft Skills - Employment Skills
Soft Skills Survey
State Workforce Agencies
Stepping Up - Skills/Opportunities in a Knowledge Society
Supervisory Skills
Teenage Job Skills
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
Transferable Skills Set - Quintessential Careers
Transferable Skills Survey
Turning Skills into Profit - Workplace Education Benefits - PDF
Value of Basic Skills - Research Summary - PDF
What are Employability Skills
What New Workers Need to be Able to Do - PDF
Work Ethic Site
Work Readiness Credential
Workbased Learning Checklists
Workbased -Learning Tool Kit-
Workbased Learning Tools
Workforce Development Factsheets
Workforce Readiness Profile - EFF
Workforce Skill Certification Assessment Battery
Workplace Skills Publications
Workforce Survival Kit
Workplace Conflict Resolution
Workplace Habits Rating Scale
Workplace Skills for the Adult Learner:Integrated Curriculum



Workforce Literacy

Changing Work, Changing Workers - Literacy and Skills
Functional Context Education
Looking Back Looking Forward - Workplace Education
Needs Analysis and Evaluation Tools
Politics of Workplace Literacy
State of Workplace Literacy in the States - PDF
What Work Requires of Schools Report - PDF
Workbased Learning Promising Practices
Workplace Literacy Education
Workplace Literacy Research


Digital and Information Literacy

Computer Technology Skills - Links and Resources
E-Learning 2.0 - Trends
Emerging Technologies that Enhance Learning - PDF
Information Literacy Skills  - Links and Resources
ITC Literacy Maps
ICT Literacy Skills
Designing Educational Technologies with Users - PDF
Digital Literacy Self Assessment
Digital Literacy Research
Digital Literacy Skills
Digital Literacy Skill for the 21st Century
Digital Information Literacy - WikiEducator
Digital Literacy Curriculum
Technology Ethics Primer
Theories used in Information Systems Research


Time Management, Organization and Leadership


Daily Activity Guide Chart
Leading and Managing Others
Leadership Decision Making
Leadership Traits
Performance Management Planning
Planning Skills
Time Log Chart - Template
Time Management Resources
Time Management Skills - Mind Tools
Time Management - Virtual Pamphlet
Time Use Chart
Working in Teams


Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Bloom's Taxonomy
Creative Problem Solving Manual
Critical Thinking - Basic Questions and Answers
Critical Thinking Community
Decision Making and Problem Solving - PDF
Demonstrate Your Problem Solving Skills in the Interview
Effective Decision Making - Mind Tools
Effective Problem Solving
Making Ethical Decisions - PDF
Mission Critical- Critical Thinking
Problem Solving - Wikipedia
The Art of Questioning
Thinking Critically about WWW Resources


Learning

Basic Requirements of Learners
Develop a Learning Plan
Developing a Learning List
Developing a Learning Plan
Emotional Impact on Learning - Research
Establishing a Learner Profile
How People Learn
Impact of Stress on Learning Research
Improving Basic Skills
Independent Learning
Learning Strategies
Learning Styles - Emerging Technologies
Learning Styles and Strategies
Learning Styles Questionnaire
Learning to Learn - Activities and Handouts
Learning to Learn with Style
Learning to Think
Learning Toolbox
Process Circus - Developing Inquiry Based Process Skills
Self Directed Learning Competencies
What's Your Personality Type
Work Based Learning Plan Template - PDF
.....Additional Learning Theory Resources


Listening Skills

Effective Listening Skills
Effective Listening/Helping Skills
Good Listening Skills
Good VS Bad Listening
How Parents can Model Good Listening Skills
Importance of Effective Communication
Improving Listening Skills
Interpersonal Listening Skills
Learning by Listening
Listening Effectively
Listening Quizzes -Cyber Listening Lab
Listening Skills
Listening Skills for Lectures
Listening Skills - CASAA
Listening Skills - TAMU
Speaking and Listening Activities
Speaking and Listening Strategies
Tips for Active Listening Skills


Study Skills

Different Thinking Styles
Improving Your Study Skills
Information and Study Skills--Mind Tools
Memorize with Mnemonics
Memory and Learning
Memory Principles
Memory Skills - Improving Your Memory
Memory Skills
Memory Test
Mind Tools Memory Technology
Online Study Skills
Principles of Memory
Self Help Information- Study Skills
Study Skill Guides
Study Skills Self Help Guides
Study Skills Tutorials
Student Study Guide
Test Taking Tips
Thinking Skills
Thinking Styles
Vocabulary.com


Research Skills

6 Steps of Information Research
Research Skills
Research Skills Tutorial
Research Skills Tutorial
Seven Steps to Effective Library Research


Creativity


Creativity - Gurteen Knowledge
Creativity and Innovation Skills
Creativity Index
Creativity Techniques
Creativity Tools
Critical and Creative Thinking


Planning for the Future

Ballpark Estimate - Pre-Retirement Worksheet
Beginners Guide to Financial Statements
Building Wealth - A Beginner's Guide
Career and College Planning
Career Research Checklist
Choose to Save - Financial Calculators
College Knowledge - What it Really Takes to Succeed
Explore Your Future
Financial Planning Tools
Financial Planning Toolkit
Financial Planning Roadmap
Financial Tools and Resources
Getting Married - Costs and Worksheets
How Much Children Cost
How Much Will it Cost to Raise a Child
Insurance Basics
Investment Choices
Investor's Clearinghouse- Investors Education
Money Central Planning and Investing
MyMoney.gov
Personal Finance
Setting Financial Goals Worksheet

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