Workforce
Our mission is to create, attract and sustain a world-class workforce in order to meet the needs of the region's existing and target industries. We hope to achieve this through working with the education community, local workforce partners, and area businesses. A skilled workforce with 21st century skills is critical to our area's well-being and business success, and therefore the quality of our education system is of the utmost importance.
Visit the Chamber's Workforce Blog to be updated with the latest news.
Visit the new Workforce Information Library for data and information on Tennessee's education and workforce.
Workforce in the news:
- Knoxville Company Training Resource
- What Further Education Do Your Employees Need? Please answer and return our brief questionnaire on additional training you give employees and potential future workforce. Download and complete the form.
- What To Do For Schools is a list of programs and organizations that provide opportunities to support education and workforce development initiatives in Knox County. Click here to read the list
- ACT results - Mean Composite Scores of Knox County, Tennessee and the United States from 1995-2007
- Revised adequate education table
- Read the Effective Schools, Common Practices: Twelve Ingredients of Success from Tennsesee's Most Effective Schools report from the Education Consumers Foundation
- In the Sept issue of Fast Company is an interesting article about how corporations are contributing to the redesign of public schools. Click here for the story.
- The Fact Company article mentions a whitepaper published by Ernst & Young entitled "Best in Class: How Top Corporations can Help Transform Public Education. Download it here.
- Read Innovation with a Southern Accent, report from the Southern Growth Policies Board.
- School Matters - a News Sentinel blog for education issues, administered by community members. Sign up here: http://schoolmatters.ning.com/.
- UT-Sponsored Forums: To Develop a More Competitive Workforce, State Needs More Education-Economic Ties
- "School board OKs budget with one dissenter" (Aug. 9, 2007) - Go to: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/aug/09/school-board-oks-budget-with-one-dissenter/.
- "Panel to vote on Mullins' $357.4M Spending plan" (Aug. 8, 2007) - Go to: www.knoxnews.com
- "Don't let schools' BEP windfall blow away" (Aug. 8, 2007) - http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/aug/08/dont-let-schools-bep-windfall-blow-away/
- "School board places alliance under scope" (Aug. 8, 2007) - http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/aug/08/school-board-placesalliance-under-scope/
- Pellissippi State offers free ESOL, TOEFL classes (released Aug. 6, 2007)
Knox County Schools 2007 Adequate Yearly Progress Report (released August 6, 2007) Distinguished Professionals Education Institute
Workforce/Education Resources
| Tennessee Scholars | Hire-a-Vol |
Tennessee Career Center | Knoxville Community Action Committee: Workforce Connections
For more information or to express comments/concerns, please contact Jennifer Evans by email or at (865) 246-2641.
