by Tim Engstrom, News-Press
“Not only are we trying to prepare students for jobs that we don’t know will exist, but we are trying to teach them how to solve problems we don’t even know exist yet,” said Pat Riley, executive director of the Alliance of Educational Leaders, which includes Southwest Florida’s school superintendents and college and university executives. That uncertainty presents a special challenge to the Southwest Florida Workforce Development Board, charged with helping adult workers match their skills to the demands of employers. The board’s $14.8 million budget for the most recent year is funded largely with federal tax dollars passed down from the state. With that money, the board operates the Southwest Florida Works One-Stop Centers and offers training programs that range from courses in Microsoft products to workplace training and tuition for approved education programs.
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