An employment programme to preserve the native American culture

The purpose of this project was to determine if a training programme created specifically for unemployed Native Americans could significantly increase job knowledge levels and improve the graduates' ability to find, get and maintain a job. The training programme was designed to combine interpersonal and employment-related skills necessary to finding, retaining, and keeping a job. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was performed using the Statistical Analysis System. Formal evaluations included comparisons of participant entrance and exit questionnaires, trainer comments, OSU team observations, coalition observations, and pre/post-test results on curriculum information. The curriculum shows significant improvement from pre- to post-test. Evan more encouraging that the computer generated numbers were the changes in self-esteem and overall job attitude levels measured through entrance and exit questionnaires.