KeyTrain

KeyTrain is a comprehensive, easy-to-use curriculum for improving basic skills as measured by the WorkKeys® assessment system.

KeyTrain offers a targeted curriculum written specifically to help people master the applied workplace skills as defined by the WorkKeys® system. This core curriculum is complemented by diagnostic tools, soft skills curriculum, and a powerful reporting system to form a robust career readiness learning system.

In the News

Links

Fees, Classes, Participants

In partnership with IowaWorks of North Iowa, and through a Staples Foundation Grant, for a limited time KeyTrain is free to participants.
Classes are held on the NIACC campus every Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and on an individual basis by appointment.
Participants work with an instructor to assess potential scores or improve their current skill level.

Curriculum

Over 200 lessons in soft skills, or employability skills
Pre‐ and post‐tests for measuring subject mastery
Components contextualized into 16 Career Clusters
Applied Mathematics
Reading for Information
Locating Information
Writing

Improve Soft Skills and Employability Skills

Work Habits
Communication Skills
Effectiveness
Business Etiquette

Proven Results

GED - 100% passing rate upon achieving Level 5 of Advanced Mathematics and Reading for Information
COMPASS - Correlation on increasing scores based on increasing WorkKeys Levels.
RETENTION - 30% increase in retention of students engaged in KeyTrain.

Mary R. Schultz
Adult Literacy Coordinator
North Iowa Area Community College
www.niacc.edu/learningsupport/adult_literacy.html
641.422.4176 Office
641.422.4131 Fax

Adult Literacy Logo

Return to Adult Literacy
Return to Learning Support

North Iowa Area Community College, 500 College Drive, Mason City, IA 50401
641-423-1264 or 1-888-GO NIACC
www.niacc.edu