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| Continuing Education |
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| Eastern Iowa Community College District's Continuing Education division offers a wide array of personal and professional lifelong learning opportunities. Our training professionals develop and implement programs at the three colleges, community sites and workplaces for more than 50,000 people each year. |
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| EICCD also plays an active role in economic development by responding to employer needs and developing customized training and retraining opportunities. The colleges are pleased to design courses or workshops for groups or businesses interested in a particular subject. |
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| Cost |
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| Continuing education tuition and fees are determined for each activity to assure quality programs at the lowest possible cost to the participants. Program fees are published with each activity announcement. Fees must be paid in full by the published due date and will be refunded if notification of cancellation is received by that due date. |
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| Admission |
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| Although there may be specific admission requirements for a few programs, generally anyone 16 years of age or older who is not enrolled as a full-time high school student may enroll in classes designed for adults. High school students 16 or older may enroll with written permission from their guidance counselor or principal. For those special classes designed for youth, age is not a consideration for enrollment. |
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| Because admissions procedures differ by program, consult the college Continuing Education Office for specific information. |
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| Registration |
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| Advanced registration is taken for all classes. You may enroll by phone, fax, mail or online at www.eicc.edu/ceschedule/ Registration/fax numbers and a registration form are included in Continuing Education class schedules. |
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| Cancelled Classes |
| Classes without sufficient registration may be cancelled, in which case we will refund fees already collected. |
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| Late Enrollment |
| You may not enroll in a continuing education class after the second class meeting or after the second week of classes for those activities that meet more than once a week. |
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| Class Limits |
| Class limits help us ensure quality instruction. We will keep a waiting list with individuals listed in order of the date of their contact with the college, and this list will be used to fill classes after the first meeting. If pre-registration is sufficient and an instructor is available, a second class may be organized. |
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| Accreditation and Memberships |
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| Eastern Iowa Community College District Continuing Education programs are accredited, certified and approved when necessary to meet appropriate agency and licensure requirements within the respective professional disciplines. Additionally, the District holds memberships in several organizations including the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), the National Council of Continuing Education and Training (NACET), the Iowa Association of Lifelong Learning (IALL) and the National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers (NCATC). |
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| Programs |
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| Professional Development |
| The Business and Industry Center staff designs, develops and delivers education and training programs in business and management-related areas, with the primary focus on short-term, flexible skill training. Content areas include: |
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| Microcomputers - Novice to advanced classes in Windows, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Internet and many others. Enrollments are limited to enable everyone to have hands-on training. We also offer a series of on-line classes. |
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| Management and Supervision - Programs include Frontline Leadership/Leadership 2000 from AchieveGlobal, the Vital Learning Supervision Series, as well as online management courses. |
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| Sales Training - Highly interactive basic and advanced sales programs for people entering the sales profession and for those wanting to polish their selling skills. |
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| Small Business - A myriad of seminars and workshops are available on everything from starting your own business to personnel policies, accounting, customer service and international trade. |
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| Trade and Technical Training - Emphasis is on new skill development and/or retraining. The district's new 37,000-square-foot Eastern Iowa Manufacturing Technology Center provides state-of-the-art, hands-on, training in such areas as statistical process control, robotics, basic and advanced electricity, boiler operations, air conditioning, programmable logic control, basic and advanced CNC, industrial math and measurement, and hazardous materials/industrial safety. Individualized classes are available, offering learning at a flexible and convenient pace. |
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| Short-Term Skills Training |
| We offer short-term training in preparation for various occupations, including Nurse Aide, Homemaker/Home Health Aide, Medication Manager, Activity Director, child care, food service and many more. |
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| For more information on Short-Term Skills Training, click on this Short-Term Training link. |
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| ABE-HSC-ESL |
| At no cost, Adult Basic Education (ABE) provides programs and learning experiences in reading, writing, math and other basic skills. Regardless of level, small classes and personalized attention let you progress at your own rate to meet your goals. |
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| The High School Completion (HSC) program prepares individuals to pass the General Education Development Test (GED) and serves as a brush-up prior to entering college or the job market. Regular high school credit classes are also available in selected school districts. |
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| English as a Second Language (ESL) is a tutoring program to help refugees and immigrants with limited English skills learn to live and function in the United States. |
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| For more information on ABE-HSC-ESL, click on this Continuing Education link. |
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| General Interest |
| General interest courses and activities provide the opportunity to explore subjects that enhance quality of life. Topic areas include community resource development, environmental education, basic skills for employment, and leisure time activities. |
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| Mandatory Programs |
| The State of Iowa requires EICCD to offer certain courses in the best interests of its citizens. Those courses include: Iowa Driver Improvement Program for serious and habitual traffic law offenders; Moped Rider Training for riders under 16 years old wanting an operator's license; and Beginning and Advanced Motorcycle Rider Training for the public and required for riders under 18 years of age wanting a motorcycle operator's license. The Iowa Course for Drinking Drivers is offered for first-time offenders assigned to the classes by alcohol treatment agencies or the district courts. |
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| Satellite Conferences |
| An interactive, instructional resource, satellite conferencing allows the District to downlink national and international video teleconferences and bring hundreds of programs on a variety of technical and managerial topics to our communities. |
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| Continuing Education Unit (CEU) |
| Approved Continuing Education programs offer classes to prepare for and maintain license or certification in professional areas. Classes are approved by appropriate governing agencies and transcripts are maintained. Some areas approved include health, emergency medical services, insurance, real estate, cosmetology and food services. |
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| CEUs will be made available for selected courses in accordance with the guidelines established by the Iowa Coordinating Committee for Continuing Education. |
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| Business and Industry Center |
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| Established by EICCD in 1987, the Business and Industry Center provides companies with a one-stop shop for the colleges' programs and services. The Business and Industry Center offers expert assessment of training needs and delivers a customized, hands-on, state-of-the-art program tailored to an organization's unique needs. Both non-credit and credit programs in a variety of fields are available, in addition to on-site training and flexible scheduling to make efficient use of equipment and employees' time. |
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| The Business and Industry Center offices are located at Clinton and Muscatine Community Colleges and at the Eastern Iowa Manufacturing Technology Center in northwest Davenport. |
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| For more information on the Business and Industry Center, click on this Business and Industry Center link. |
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| Small Business Development Center |
| The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) provides confidential counseling for owners and would-be owners of small businesses in a wide range of areas, including how to start a business, accounting and record-keeping, seeking financing, marketing and advertising, organization and management, computers and software, and any other areas appropriate for small business needs. |
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| The SBDC is jointly sponsored by EICCD, the State of Iowa and the U.S. Small Business Administration. There are 16 centers throughout Iowa. |
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| For more information on the Small Business Development Center, click on this Eastern Iowa Small Business Development Center link. |
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| Economic Development |
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| EICCD's economic development department provides a wide variety of assistance to business and industry throughout the eastern Iowa region. The Iowa New Jobs Training Program and the Iowa Jobs Training Program have provided training incentives to over 200 area companies and nearly 26,000 employees have participated in the training. |
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| The Iowa Waste Reduction Center is a partnership program between EICCD, the Iowa Department of Economic Development and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. The local representative of the program is located at EICCD and assists companies in reducing their waste stream by finding other companies that can use these wastes in their manufacturing processes. |
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| For more information on the Iowa Waste Exchange, click on this Iowa Waste Exchange link. |
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| The Graphic Arts Training and Consulting Group is based in Clinton and has developed a national reputation for providing expert training and consulting services to printing firms throughout the Midwest. The training professionals each have expertise in certain areas of the graphic arts process and deliver customized training programs at company locations. |
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| For more information on the Graphic Arts Training and Consulting Group, click on this Graphic Arts Training and Consulting Group link. |
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| Eastern Iowa Career Link is a partnership of EICCD and Scott County, along with leading area manufacturers and the Iowa Department of Economic Development to deliver a pre-employment training program to meet the needs of partner companies to create a pool of trained applicants for their workforce needs. This seventy hour program is delivered over a five week time period in the evenings. |
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| For more information on Career Link, click on this Career Link link. |
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| The NewVentures AgTech Initiative is a program of work funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant received by EICCD. Through the grant a professional EICCD staff is investigating emerging technologies to evaluate their potential for commercialization within regional companies. The sources of these technologies are universities, national laboratories, private research institutions, early stage high tech companies and industry spin-offs. |
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| Eastern Iowa Job Training |
| The Eastern Iowa Job Training offices, in partnership with the Iowa Workforce Development Centers, are administered by the Eastern Iowa Community College District. Known until recently as the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), the program was designed by Congress as a cooperative venture between business and government to offer training to help people enter or re-enter the workforce. Eastern Iowa Job Training also helps businesses with the costs of hiring and training new employees. Services are available to residents and businesses in Clinton, Jackson, Muscatine and Scott Counties. |
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| For more information on the Eastern Iowa Job Training, click on this Eastern Iowa Job Training link. |
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