About us

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SER prepares clients for the workforce.  Our philosophy is to treat persons as individuals who have different abilities, needs, goals and potentials.  Participants are encouraged to experiment with the learning process in a positive classroom and workplace environment. 

SER’s educational programs simulate a work environment. Workforce Investment Act guidelines, U.I. procedures and student policies/responsibilities are explained before enrollment and emphasized throughout the program.   

The SER Bilingual-Bicultural Education System:  

• Is supported by national and local experts in bilingual-bicultural education. 
• Relates to the client’s culture and is sensitive to bilingual education needs.  
• Has five education departments:  ESL, Basic Education, GED, high school and middle school and four placement activities:  OJT, internships, work experience and upgrade training.  
• Adjusts to the changing employment needs of our community.  
• Receives staff training, specialized curriculum materials, evaluation instruments and on-site help from education specialists.

SER is a 501 c (3) Non-profit Organization funded by: Pima County, the Arizona Department of Education, HURF, the City of South Tucson, and the Pima County Workforce Investment Board

Agency Background  

SER-Jobs for Progress of Southern Arizona, Inc., is a private non-profit organization offering comprehensive employment and training programs.  SER has worked with Pima County’s dislocated and migrant workers, special populations, out-of-school youths, functional illiterates, monolingual persons and “at-risk” middle and high school students since 1968.

Our core services consist of intake, certification, testing and assessment.  We operate literacy, academic, summer high school credit and summer vocational training programs.  Counseling, job development, case management and support services are an integral part of our programs.  Our 41 years of experience includes: 

• Twenty years' experience in designing and operating comprehensive delivery systems under MDTA and CETA  
• Fifteen years' experience in designing and operating comprehensive programs under JTPA Titles II-A, II-C and II-B  
• Participation in the One-Stop System since the inception of WIA  
• Forty years' experience working with the private sector in developing specialized training and on-the-job training programs   
• Thirty-nine years of collaboration with TUSD in vocational and core academic programs The SER National Network was originally established by LULAC and the American G.I. Forum as a categorical program under MDTA to meet the employment needs of our nation’s Hispanic population.