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Adult
Education & Health Careers for Adults
at the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical
School: Training Tech Valley Today
The
Adult Education program at the Capital Region Career & Technical School is
tailored to meet the occupational and educational needs of adults living in
the Capital Region. While most programs are geared toward adults age 21 and
older, others are open to younger adults, including a secondary school GED program for students age 18-21.
Thousands of of adult students have advanced their professional and personal
lives through our Health Careers Center.
Adult Education at our
Health Careers Center
Programs in the health-related
professions are offered specifically for adult students at Career & Tech's
Health Careers Center, which is located at Rosewood [Plaza] campus, across
from our Albany campus at 501 New Karner Rd. Course offerings include Practical Nursing for Adult Students, Nurse
Assistant for Adult Students, and exam prep classes.
Adult
Practical Nursing Program:
The Capital Region Career & Technical School offers a separate
Practical Nursing program just for adult students.
The program encompasses 1,100 hours of classroom and clinical
time, and students are eligible to take the N.Y.S. Practical
Nursing Examination upon completion. All levels of patient care
are covered in our program as well as hands-on supervised
clinical experiences at local health care facilities. The
Practical Nursing program also gives students a solid foundation
to pursue advanced college training.
For more
information on the Adult PN program, visit the
Practical Nursing page
or contact:
the Health Careers Center at (518) 862-4709 or
nmccullo@gw.neric.org.
Adult Nurse Assistant Program:
The Capital Region Career & Technical School offers a separate
Nurse Assistant Program for Adult Students,
with schedule and locations suited to their particular needs. The Nurse
Assistant curriculum prepares students to test to become New York State
Certified Nurse Assistants and be qualified to work in any nursing home in
the state.
For more
info on Adult PN, Adult NA & Health Careers for Adults contact:
Paula Negri, Health
Careers & Services Supervisor
Capital Region BOCES Health Careers Center
501 New Karner Road
Albany, NY 12205
(518) 862-4709 Fax 456-4786
pnegri@gw.negri.org
Career and
Technical Education
To
compete in today's highly technical world, more and more
adults are going back to school. A technical education
provides unlimited opportunities within the job market.
Adults can enroll in any of the courses offered by the
Career & Technical School or combine them with the GED
program to learn a trade while getting a high school
diploma.
English
for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
ESOL
classes offer self-paced, individualized lessons to help
students improve English speaking, listening, reading and
writing skills. The classes are free to students age 21 year or
older. An ESOL home study program is also available, and is also
free.
Forklift Training for Adult Students
A 15-hour Forklift Operator Training Course for Adult Students
provides classroom and hands-on instruction necessary to earn an
operator’s permit card as required by the federal Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Operating a forklift is a
marketable skill sought by many employers. Forklifts, also known as
lift trucks and fork trucks, are used extensively in business and
industry at places as diverse as warehouses and manufacturing
facilities to construction sites and farms, to shopping centers,
retail stores, colleges and schools.
GED (General Educational
Development*) diploma:
General Educational Development (GED)
classes provide assessment to identify needs, self-paced
learning, and individualized lessons designed specifically
for each student. To prepare for the GED exam, adults study
language arts (reading and writing), math, science, and
social studies. GED students must be 21 years or older.
Classes are free.
A GED program
is also offered through the Adult Education program for
secondary school students age 18-21.
*GED also has been referred to as General
Education Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma.
GED ® and the GED Testing Service ® are registered trademarks
of the American Council on Education ®
GRASP:
GRASP, a GED
home study program, is available to adults who can't attend a
traditional GED class due to transportation, child care and
other personal concerns. Assessment is done to identify student
needs, and individualized lessons are designed. This program is
free and is available in English and Spanish.
Grant-funded courses
From time to time, special grants enable the Adult Education program
to offer courses such as Heavy Equipment Operation/CDL Permit Prep,
which was made possible in 2009 by grant funds from Appalachian
Regional Commission.
Programs for employers:
The Capital Region BOCES Adult Education program can develop programs
tailored to the needs of local employers and industries. For example, we
have provided instruction in Welding and Computer Aided Manufacturing
for engineers from Knolls Atomic Power Labs, in Diesel Electrical Systems
(Medium/Heavy Duty Truck Repair) for mechanics and mechanics helpers from
CDTA, and facilities and equipment for Automotive instruction for Chrysler
technicians. Adult Education has also taken GED classes on the road for
local employers including the University at Albany and CSEA.
Welding for Adult Students
Responding to the need for an expertly trained
technical workforce in Tech Valley, the Capital Region BOCES
Adult Education program is launched 450-hour Welder
Certification Program for Adult Students. Students successfully
completing the course will earn national credentials including:
American Welding Society (AWS) SENSE Level 1 Welder Certification,
National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER)
Phase 1 Welder Endorsement, and federal Occupational Safety & Health
Administration (OSHA) 10-Hour Construction Safety Card.
Through technical shop
coursework and classroom lessons in weld theory, students will learn
GTAW orbital welding, shielded metal arc (stick) welding, gas metal
arc (MIG) welding, gas tungsten arc welding (TIG), flux cored arc
welding, pipe welding (stick and TIG), and oxy-fuel cutting and
plasma cutting.
Read more
about Adult Education:
BOCES Adult Education: Training Tech Valley Today:
CDTA workers accelerate career skills at Career & Tech
Retiree earns GED just shy of 70th birthday
For more
info on Adult Ed contact:
Kim Brizzell, Adult Ed Principal
1015 Watervliet-Shaker Road
Albany, NY 12205
(518) 862-4791 or (518) 862-4707
Fax 862-4740
kbrizzell@gw.neric.org
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