scholarly journals Methodology for Adjusting GPRA Workforce Development Program Performance Targets for the Effects of Business Cycles

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Bartik ◽  
Randall W. Eberts ◽  
Wei-Jang Huang
Keyword(s):  
Business Cycles ◽  
Workforce Development ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Program Performance ◽  
Performance Targets

Forage-Based Heifer Development Program for North Florida

EDIS ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose C.B. Dubeux ◽  
Nicolas DiLorenzo ◽  
Kalyn Waters ◽  
Jane C. Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Development Program ◽  
Warm Season ◽  
Beef Cows ◽  
Good News ◽  
Cool Season ◽  
Beef Industry ◽  
Performance Targets ◽  
Grazing Systems ◽  
Heifer Development ◽  
Reducing Costs

Florida has 915,000 beef cows and 125,000 replacement heifers (USDA, 2016). Developing these heifers so that they can become productive females in the cow herd is a tremendous investment in a cow/calf operation, an investment that takes several years to make a return. The good news is that there are options to develop heifers on forage-based programs with the possibility of reducing costs while simultaneously meeting performance targets required by the beef industry. Mild winters in Florida allows utilization of cool-season forages that can significantly enhance the performance of grazing heifers. During the warm-season, integration of forage legumes into grazing systems will provide additional nutrients to meet the performance required to develop a replacement heifer to become pregnant and enter the mature cow herd. In this document, we will propose a model for replacement heifer development, based on forage research performed in trials at the NFREC Marianna.   

scholarly journals Closing the Signaling Gap: Leveraging learning science and technology design principles to support marginalized and vulnerable youth to transfer their skills, knowledge, and abilities, to new and different types of work.

10.29007/9vtx ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tessa Forshaw ◽  
Sergio Rosas ◽  
Bethanie Maples
Keyword(s):  
Workforce Development ◽  
Development Program ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Technology Design ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Vulnerable Youth ◽  
Entry Level ◽  
Future Of Work ◽  
Early Results ◽  
Routine Tasks

The OECD suggests that young people, ages 18-25, will be the hardest hit by the future of work. As entry-level positions are more likely to involve routine tasks with low skill requirements, this group will be most at risk for disruptions or transitions partially because lack of social capital and exposure to careers prevent them from finding the necessary support to transfer their skills to a new environment (OECD, 2018). As society faces an uncertain and changing future of work, workforce development needs a new paradigm; one founded in leveraging the learning sciences and human-centered technology design to drive inclusion.A preliminary trial of a web-based skills visualization tool with the LA Chamber of Commerce suggests that when participants in their workforce development program created their skills visualization map using the tool, the quantity, and quality of skills used to self-describe increased. Further, the number of participants recommended for an internship also increased. These early results indicate that using a skills visualization map may promote self-explanation, and allow participants to construct a better understanding of how to transfer their skills to a new environment. This approach was used to address the core learning problem of self-explanation, as studies have shown that self-explanation and visualizations are powerful strategies to learn more deeply (Schwartz et al., 2016).

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