This document introduces Pearson Workforce Education, which provides comprehensive learning programs, short courses, and soft skills modules for high-demand jobs. The programs offer flexibility for colleges to select relevant courses and build programs over time without upfront costs. Courses are designed by subject matter experts, follow industry standards, and use award-winning learning design. Pearson provides marketing support and tools to help partners drive enrollments. The document outlines an anticipated timeline for rolling out over 100 courses in various areas like healthcare, IT, and business by summer 2012.

1. Building an Online
Workforce Presence

2. 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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3. 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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4. Why Pearson Workforce Education?
• Flexibility • Quality • Partnership
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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. Courses that Serve Your Market
Local Market Data
Top Careers
by the numbers
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9. Courses that Serve Your Market
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10. Proven Learning Design – Everything Included
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11. Media-Rich Lessons
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12. Skills Development and Practice
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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. How It Works
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17. Pearson Workforce Education
Tom Darling
National Director of Workforce Education
Pearson Education
Tom.darling@pearson.com
317-428-3013 (office)
317-266-9812 (cell)
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