Pearson Career Workforce Education

Building an Online Workforce Presence

Introduction

Pearson Education

• World’s largest education company

• Our programs, tools and curricula help to educate more than 100 million people worldwide – more than any other private enterprise.

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Pearson Workforce Education

• Comprehensive learning programs for high-demand jobs, many of which lead to a nationally-recognized certification

• Short courses designed to engage adult learners

• Soft skills modules available to enhance the learning experience

• Tools and assessments to help students, educators and organizations succeed

• No upfront costs for adopting courses - the College doesn’t purchase anything until students have registered

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Why Pearson Workforce Education?

• Flexibility

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• Quality • Partnership

Flexibility

• Select the courses that are right for your area to build your local workforce

• Build your program as you go without upfront investment risks

• Have full control over the course, with the ability to schedule when you deem appropriate

• Hire your own instructors for better cost control and increased profits

• Conduct the course in either an instructor-led fully online format or in an instructor-led hybrid format

• Conduct the courses in your LMS or ours

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Quality

• Courses are aligned to industry standards and certification standards

• National Subject Matter Experts design the course and the content within the course

• Additional Subject Matter Experts review the course for relevancy, topics, and amount of time spent on each topic

• A board of Workforce Directors advises on the selection and development of courses

•Award-winning learning design baked into all of the courses

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Partnership

• Pearson is the world's leading learning company, and our tools and products have helped to educate over 100 million people worldwide

• Pearson provides the marketing support to enable programs to drive more enrollments into their courses

• Our programs deliver results and student success

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Courses that Serve Your Market

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Local Market Data

Top Careers

by the numbers

Courses that Serve Your Market

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Proven Learning Design – Everything Included

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Media-Rich Lessons

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Skills Development and Practice

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Other Services

– Pearson Instructor Education – online instructor professional

development modules

– Remediation programs to assist student improvement in math,

reading and writing

– Marketing kits with each course to provide targeted copy to

generate student enrollments

– Hosting options – Pearson can host the courses for you at no

additional charge, or you can host through your own LMS

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Pearson Workforce Education

• Areas of Focus

– Green Education

– Health Care

– Information Technology

– Project Management and Quality

– General Business and Management

– Advanced Manufacturing

– Hospitality and Tourism

– Employability and Career Skills

– Basic Academic Remediation

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Pearson Workforce Education

Anticipated Timeline

Approximately 40 courses will be live in January 2012, with another 60 live in summer of 2012, including:

– ICD-10– Patient Access Specialist– Medical Administrative Specialist– Six Sigma– Project Management Certifications– Workplace Readiness Modules– Health Care Reform– CompTIA A+, N+, S+ and CCNA

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How It Works

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Pearson Workforce Education

Tom DarlingNational Director of Workforce Education

Pearson EducationTom.darling@pearson.com

317-428-3013 (office)317-266-9812 (cell)

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