Overarching Components
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
As is probably clear from the scope of this report, providing skill training and adult learning programs is not simple. It involves a great deal of work and expertise in order to cover all the required elements well. Many practitioners have succeeded in offering high quality learning and skill building initiatives for adults because they have become adept at developing and maintaining strategic partnerships with a variety of different providers and stakeholders, including employers, to ensure positive outcomes. The partnerships arise in part from the acknowledgement that one single organization cannot provide all of the various services and expertise that is needed for learning programs, especially programs that are complex in design and ambitious in their goals (DHCD, 2003, Massachusetts Association for Community Action, 2004).
Key Components include: