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,n , Addendum #3 C>=N7ER FaR EMPLOYMENT TRA1NfNG~ Gf~fEIZAL TRAINfNG NARRATNE PRCiGRA~i S[J1biMA]~Y The CET Training Desi~r -- Comprehensive, Inte~ted Training Accessible to All Center for Employment Training {CET) is a private nonprofit corporation which operates one of the moon's latgcst networks of community-based training schools. CET direcxly manages. 23 training centers in California and six centers in Ncw York. Maryland Vn;istia, Itlinois, Nevada and Florida It also provides technical. assistance to other corporations which operate CET training centers, CET employs over 350 staff and manages the program >iom its training and administration is San lose. California. • Founded in 1967, CET was established m train those who are act well served by mainstream educational instiirtriou~people whose language, reeding and math sks7Ls are so limited they can't get into err have dropped out ~ public schools or who have left those schools withoat marketable skills. In order oo help these strrdeats overcome their multiple banier~, CET provides a comprehensive vorationaI training progtan which integrates English language and basic skills instruction with and is ,the conteaQ of vocational training. ~;,,. Unh7ce almost atI other public and private schools and training program operators, CET does not require basic skr~ls entry prerequisites for its caurscs. Beerrse each student's insuacrional plan is customized to correspond with his or her needs and abilities, most students readily gain the skills needed to obtain. a job in their chosen occupational 8eid. CET's program is a pca~arcal and effective model for training the labor force of the '90s. PRC{GK?ul~i PLAN The CET Training Design - Camgc~vr, Integz•aied Training Accesu'ble to All CET designed its training program speaficaIIy to serve those who faa mnltiple and severe barrios to gaining sell-s~cieacy. Consequentlq, it offers a compr~v~e set of services not foaad in a single employment training program. la addition, it integrates services in such a waq as ro make training more e~fBcieat and effearve. SertriCS ir~ctude: • Vocational Training • Basic Skills Remediation • English as a Second Language Instnbaron • GED Instruction . • Vocational Guidance and Support Advising 1' • Pre-employment and Work Matnaty Training • Support Services Referral and Advorxi- • Job Dcvdopmcat • Follow-up Ser~RC~ TrsiQiag Accessible to All - No Eab7 Prerequisite or Creaming CET admits students withart rec~iring that they meet. prerequisite. It does not screen oat applicants who are weak is math. reading or English - iasoed it teacite these skz7ls afoag with a vocational skill. Everyone who applies to CET and meets fttading soasGe gaiddine pa gts lit - even those who do not speak EIIglish or are illiteratc is their native language.