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A new technology lab at Beaufort County Community College is giving industrial technology students the chance to work with technology and devices they will encounter at 21st Century job sites.
The lab will also give industrial technology instructors the chance to develop an archive of recorded demonstrations that will allow industrial technology students to hone on-the-job skills, according to Penny Sermons, director of BCCC's Learning Resources Center and Distance Learning.
"The Emergent Technology Lab was designed to give those students and instructors equipment and instruction on how to use that equipment - including several mobile devices - that they find in the workplace," she said.
The new lab is located within the BCCC Learning Recourses Center library which is open and staffed 56 hours a week, providing access to it after other areas of the campus are closed.
And although the lab will be available for all BCCC students and instructors to use, priority will be given to those students and instructors whose course work falls under the purview of the labor department grant, Sermons said.
BCCC Industrial Technology students and instructors, pictured above, recently participated in a class in the new Emergent Technology Lab on the BCCC campus.
Equipment in the lab is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. Providing this new technology to industrial students is one of the activities targeted by the department's $18 million Employment and Training Administration's Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training grant awarded to 10 community colleges in the state.
The $2.2 million portion of the grant received by BCCC includes funding for equipment to upgrade the Industrial Technology programs to meet local industry needs. About $50,000 of that grant was used to create the Emergent Technology Lab.
A Mediasite recorder that lets instructors record lectures to be broadcast via the Internet and mobile devices is among the items in the lab. Other equipment includes IPads, MacBook computers, Android tablets and interactive Smartboards.
The Emergent Technology Lab is "clearly a 'value add' to the grant's mission of training students to compete for high-quality manufacturing jobs that are available in the region," said Darwin Richards, project coordinator for the grant at BCCC.
To date, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering technology students and instructors have attended sessions in the lab.
Classes will begin Monday, Jan. 7, as part of a program at Beaufort County Community College that will help students obtain their high school equivalency and learn job skills that will prepare them for college courses or the workplace.
The course, offered through BCCC's Division of Continuing Education is designed to "put students on a fast track" to achieving their General Educational Development, or GED, and "prepare to enter a career pathway or college program of study," according to Laurie Weston, Basic Skills coordinator at BCCC.
The eight-week course, Career and College Readiness, will be offered 8:30 a.m. to noon, Monday through Thursday in three locations - Room 813 and 816 of Building 8 on the BCCC campus or at the Beaufort County JobLink Center, 1385 John Small Ave. in Washington.
The course will also be offered 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at Trinity Episcopal Church on N.C. Highway 33 West in Chocowinity.
There is no fee to attend these classes.
Students in the program will commit to an eight-week intensive course of instruction involving all academic areas of GED study as well as college readiness skills and career and college preparation and exploration, Weston said.
The course will be particularly beneficial for those students who need to complete all GED tests before new testing requirements go into effect in 2014, she said.
The minimum requirements for the course include a score of Adult Secondary on the Test of Adult Basic Education placement test.
Students must be 18 years old or older, but 16 and 17 year-old students may qualify with parental permission. Students are also required to attend class, arriving and leaving at the scheduled times. Those not meeting the attendance goals will be transferred to a traditional Basic Skills class.
Space is limited in the Career and College Readiness Class and enrollment will be on a first-come, first-served basis. To register for the class, contact Weston at (252)940-6322, Marion Porter at (252)940-6299 or Penelope Radcliffe at (252) 940-6325.
Class is scheduled to begin Monday, Jan. 14, at Beaufort County Community College in a career readiness course for those students interested in enrolling in a Nurse Aide course at the college.
The class, "Career Readiness for Nurse Aides", will be offered 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays beginning Jan. 14 and ending Feb. 11 in Room 823, Building 8, on the BCCC campus. Class will not be held Monday, Jan. 21. The registration fee for the class is $65. The instructor is Keisha Jennette.
This fee may be waived for those individuals who are currently unemployed, have received notice of a pending lay-off, are working and eligible for the Federal Income Tax Credit or working and earning wages at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
In addition to the registration fee, other costs of the program total $60. These costs, which cannot be waived, include a $30 Career Readiness Certification fee; a $15 fee for Workplace Observation Assessment and a $15 fee for a performance assessment. The class also requires a textbook, "The Nursing Assistant's Survival Guide," available at the BCCC Bookstore for $26.25 including tax.
"Career Readiness for Nurse Aides" is required as a pre-requisite for those students who plan to enroll in a course to become certified as a Nurse Aide, including those interested in enrolling in any future Basic Skills Plus Nurse Aide I course.
Students who are interested in BCCC's forthcoming Basic Skills Plus Certified Nurse Aide I course need to enroll in the Career Readiness for Nurse Aides and enroll in the Basic Skills program, according to Laurie Weston, Basic Skills coordinator.
Career Readiness for Nurse Aides will cover topics such as goal setting, job-search techniques, note-taking skills, test-taking skills, completing applications, writing resumes and work towards Career Readiness Certification.
The class is intended to prepare students to take the Career Readiness Certification test, which has replaced the Nurse Aide I Entrance Exam. Students will be required to achieve at least a "silver" designation on the CRC test and achieve a score of "1" on the Workplace Observation Assessment to enroll in a Nurse Aide I class or the Basic Skills Nurse Aide I class. Students will also be required to complete the Performance Skills Assessment which identifies areas that may prevent them from getting a job such as poor work attitudes and lack-luster job performance.
Students will also be required to complete the Performance Skills Assessment which identifies areas that may prevent them from getting a job such as poor work attitudes and lack-luster job performance.
For more information about the *Career Readiness for Nurse Aide* class or other classes offered by BCCC*s Human Resources Development, interested persons should contact Lou Stout, director of Occupational Extension, at (252)940-6307. For information about the upcoming Basic Skills Plus Certified Nurse Aide I course, interested persons should contact Laurie Weston, Basic Skills coordinator, at (252)940-6322. For information about other upcoming Nurse Aide I courses, interested persons should contact Sue Gurley, Nurse Aide Program coordinator, at (252)940-6263.
Beaufort County Community College is a public comprehensive community college committed to providing accessible and affordable quality education, effective teaching, relevant training, and lifelong learning opportunities for the people served by the College.
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New technology lab provides opportunities for industrial students
A new technology lab at Beaufort County Community College is giving industrial technology students the chance to work with technology and devices they will encounter at 21st Century job sites.
The lab will also give industrial technology instructors the chance to develop an archive of recorded demonstrations that will allow industrial technology students to hone on-the-job skills, according to Penny Sermons, director of BCCC's Learning Resources Center and Distance Learning.
"The Emergent Technology Lab was designed to give those students and instructors equipment and instruction on how to use that equipment - including several mobile devices - that they find in the workplace," she said.
The new lab is located within the BCCC Learning Recourses Center library which is open and staffed 56 hours a week, providing access to it after other areas of the campus are closed.
And although the lab will be available for all BCCC students and instructors to use, priority will be given to those students and instructors whose course work falls under the purview of the labor department grant, Sermons said.
Equipment in the lab is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. Providing this new technology to industrial students is one of the activities targeted by the department's $18 million Employment and Training Administration's Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training grant awarded to 10 community colleges in the state.
The $2.2 million portion of the grant received by BCCC includes funding for equipment to upgrade the Industrial Technology programs to meet local industry needs. About $50,000 of that grant was used to create the Emergent Technology Lab.
A Mediasite recorder that lets instructors record lectures to be broadcast via the Internet and mobile devices is among the items in the lab. Other equipment includes IPads, MacBook computers, Android tablets and interactive Smartboards.
The Emergent Technology Lab is "clearly a 'value add' to the grant's mission of training students to compete for high-quality manufacturing jobs that are available in the region," said Darwin Richards, project coordinator for the grant at BCCC.
To date, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering technology students and instructors have attended sessions in the lab.
Career and College Readiness Classes to begin Jan. 7
Classes will begin Monday, Jan. 7, as part of a program at Beaufort County Community College that will help students obtain their high school equivalency and learn job skills that will prepare them for college courses or the workplace.
The course, offered through BCCC's Division of Continuing Education is designed to "put students on a fast track" to achieving their General Educational Development, or GED, and "prepare to enter a career pathway or college program of study," according to Laurie Weston, Basic Skills coordinator at BCCC.
The eight-week course, Career and College Readiness, will be offered 8:30 a.m. to noon, Monday through Thursday in three locations - Room 813 and 816 of Building 8 on the BCCC campus or at the Beaufort County JobLink Center, 1385 John Small Ave. in Washington.
The course will also be offered 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at Trinity Episcopal Church on N.C. Highway 33 West in Chocowinity.
There is no fee to attend these classes.
Students in the program will commit to an eight-week intensive course of instruction involving all academic areas of GED study as well as college readiness skills and career and college preparation and exploration, Weston said.
The course will be particularly beneficial for those students who need to complete all GED tests before new testing requirements go into effect in 2014, she said.
The minimum requirements for the course include a score of Adult Secondary on the Test of Adult Basic Education placement test.
Students must be 18 years old or older, but 16 and 17 year-old students may qualify with parental permission. Students are also required to attend class, arriving and leaving at the scheduled times. Those not meeting the attendance goals will be transferred to a traditional Basic Skills class.
Space is limited in the Career and College Readiness Class and enrollment will be on a first-come, first-served basis. To register for the class, contact Weston at (252)940-6322, Marion Porter at (252)940-6299 or Penelope Radcliffe at (252) 940-6325.
"Career Readiness for Nurse Aides" class to begin at BCCC
Class is scheduled to begin Monday, Jan. 14, at Beaufort County Community College in a career readiness course for those students interested in enrolling in a Nurse Aide course at the college.
The class, "Career Readiness for Nurse Aides", will be offered 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays beginning Jan. 14 and ending Feb. 11 in Room 823, Building 8, on the BCCC campus. Class will not be held Monday, Jan. 21. The registration fee for the class is $65. The instructor is Keisha Jennette.
This fee may be waived for those individuals who are currently unemployed, have received notice of a pending lay-off, are working and eligible for the Federal Income Tax Credit or working and earning wages at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
In addition to the registration fee, other costs of the program total $60. These costs, which cannot be waived, include a $30 Career Readiness Certification fee; a $15 fee for Workplace Observation Assessment and a $15 fee for a performance assessment. The class also requires a textbook, "The Nursing Assistant's Survival Guide," available at the BCCC Bookstore for $26.25 including tax.
"Career Readiness for Nurse Aides" is required as a pre-requisite for those students who plan to enroll in a course to become certified as a Nurse Aide, including those interested in enrolling in any future Basic Skills Plus Nurse Aide I course.
Students who are interested in BCCC's forthcoming Basic Skills Plus Certified Nurse Aide I course need to enroll in the Career Readiness for Nurse Aides and enroll in the Basic Skills program, according to Laurie Weston, Basic Skills coordinator.
Career Readiness for Nurse Aides will cover topics such as goal setting, job-search techniques, note-taking skills, test-taking skills, completing applications, writing resumes and work towards Career Readiness Certification.
The class is intended to prepare students to take the Career Readiness Certification test, which has replaced the Nurse Aide I Entrance Exam. Students will be required to achieve at least a "silver" designation on the CRC test and achieve a score of "1" on the Workplace Observation Assessment to enroll in a Nurse Aide I class or the Basic Skills Nurse Aide I class. Students will also be required to complete the Performance Skills Assessment which identifies areas that may prevent them from getting a job such as poor work attitudes and lack-luster job performance.
Students will also be required to complete the Performance Skills Assessment which identifies areas that may prevent them from getting a job such as poor work attitudes and lack-luster job performance.
For more information about the *Career Readiness for Nurse Aide* class or other classes offered by BCCC*s Human Resources Development, interested persons should contact Lou Stout, director of Occupational Extension, at (252)940-6307. For information about the upcoming Basic Skills Plus Certified Nurse Aide I course, interested persons should contact Laurie Weston, Basic Skills coordinator, at (252)940-6322. For information about other upcoming Nurse Aide I courses, interested persons should contact Sue Gurley, Nurse Aide Program coordinator, at (252)940-6263.
Beaufort County Community College is a public comprehensive community college committed to providing accessible and affordable quality education, effective teaching, relevant training, and lifelong learning opportunities for the people served by the College.
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