SHRM Learning Objective: Online Training

WorkplaceReady.org contains five of 24 core skill sets identified by UVA's Weldon Cooper Center and others that are necessary for career readiness.  WHRO Public Media has produced Applied Math; Locating Information; Reading for Understanding; Health,Wellness and Safety; and Internet Use and Safety - all highly interactive, rich-media infused modules that are aligned with assessment criteria used by ACT, NOTCI, CASAS, LRI, NWRC AND CTECS for workplace certifications widely used in Virginia. We will take participants through one of the modules in real time to demonstrate how the modules can be used as a part of classroom instruction or individual learning. The modules are free and available for use by local, regional and state agencies as well as businesses, K-12 schools, community colleges and four year institutions.

Speaker: Barbara Hamm

Speaker Bio:

Barbara Hamm Lee is the Executive Producer and Host of Another View, a weekly call in talk show that “discusses today’s issues from an African American perspective”.   In addition to her duties for Another View, Barbara serves as Managing Director for SkillsOnline, WHRO’s workforce development initiative. She has also held the position of Project Director for the National Federation of Community Broadcasters’ African American Public Radio Stations Initiative, consulting with 26 African American public radio stations on compliance, governance, development, programming and community engagement.  She has served as Creative Services Officer, Chief Communications Officer, Chief Public Affairs Officer and Chief Community Engagement Officer, all with WHRO Public Media. 

Prior to her work with WHRO, Barbara held management positions with Communications Technologies, Inc.; Prince Georges County, Maryland Police Department and Hamm and Fox Communications.  Most of Barbara’s career has been spent in television news management including News Director for WTKR-TV in Norfolk, VA; KYW-TV, Philadelphia; WJLA-TV, Washington, D.C.; Black Entertainment Television; WJZ-TV and WBAL-TV, Baltimore, Maryland.

Barbara is currently Chair of the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority Board of Commissioners;  Vice Chair, YWCA, South Hampton Roads Board of Directors; Chair of the Norfolk Education Foundation Board of Directors; Chair of the Community Advisory Board for Dominion Virginia Power; and board member of Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities (VCIC), Governor’s School for the Arts Foundation Board and Bennett College Alumnae Association.

Barbara has been recognized for her work in the community, including being named by the YWCA-SHR as a 2010 Woman of Distinction; a Woman of Courage, Confidence and Character Award and a Famous Former Girl Scout Award, both from the Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast; the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities Humanitarian Award; the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Award and the Volunteer of the Year Award, both from the Urban League of Hampton Roads.

A native of Baltimore, Maryland Barbara is married to Maxie Lee, has a daughter, step daughter and a granddaughter, and loves to spend time with family and friends.  She is a graduate of Bennett College (Summa Cum Laude), and attends First Baptist Church, Berkley.

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