Walmart to Open Training Academies

Walmart (Bentonville, Ark.) announced it will open 200 training academies with dedicated teaching staffs and students to come from area Supercenters and Neighborhood market stores.

The first academy will open Friday in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, area. More programs are slated to open in each market with the next two planned for Fort Smith and Fayetteville, Ark.

The Dallas Morning News reports the academy model will replace current training for store assistant managers. Live instruction will take place in stores and in a classroom and will replace job shadowing and computer-based learning after orientation that has been the company standard.