For 30 years TDC has engaged in creating new designs in the fields of education and employment. Our work in adult programs includes the development of custom-designed case management software for use in the Career Center network, and innovative approaches to dislocated worker projects. In the youth sector we have designed and implemented enterprise-based learning environments within the Job Corps system in Maine, and a unique design studio-based learning program, Media WORKS Enterprise, that targets disadvantaged youth and provides them with technological and work capabilities in a modern media studio environment.
Worksphere
Worksphere is a TDC support network initiative to assist workers in maintaining long-term employment security and economic well-being. Many of the component designs outlined below are part of the larger Worksphere design for worker support. more...
The Career Advancement Center
In our involvement with employment services for Maine residents, TDC developed a new design, which was adopted by the state and is now known as Career Advancement Services (CAS). The CAS model incorporates a previously splintered set of services into a single design, available to workers through a system of Career Centers. more...
Community-Based Job Corps Center
Job Corps, a national program of vocational training and education for 16 to 24-year-olds, provides an alternative route for youth into the job market. TDC operates the Loring Job Corps Center in Limestone, Maine. Our unique design, the Community-Based Job Corps Center, is based on the need to prepare youth for the job market by helping them to develop not only vocational skills, but the capability to function well in authentic work environments. more...
WORKS Enterprise®
The foundation for the enterprise-based learning environment employed in our Job Corps Centers and other youth programs is a learning company design, WORKS Enterprise®. In a WORKS Enterprise® learning company, the main business is producing learning, by engaging students in the production of authentic products and services. As students participate in production, they learn occupational skills, participate in operating a business and begin to manage their work lives systematically. more...
Media WORKS Enterprise™
Among our operational WORKS Enterprise® designs is Media WORKS Enterprise™, a youth development program that builds technological fluency and sustainable employability by integrating design, creativity, collaboration, and community service in a new media design learning company. more...
Media WORKS Encounters
For entering students, becoming accustomed to an enterprise-based learning environment and acquiring basic technological capabilities in computer use is critical. Media WORKS Encounters is a TDC design for engaging entering students in a design studio environment, but with an emphasis on personal development, integration into a working environment, and gaining core technological skills. more...
Worksphere Youth Employability Network
Entry of our youth into the workplace is a major focus for TDC, and requires a customized support system to meet the particular needs of entering workers. The Worksphere Youth Employability Network is a youth employment support-system design. more...
For more details, please visit the individual program pages: