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IECE Program at ACTC offers options for those who want to work with kids
IECE PROGRAM: Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education (IECE) appeals to many Ashland Community and Technical College students because of the variety of options it offers to people who want to work with children.
Certificates are an option for people who want a short-term program that will give them an immediate edge in the job market. IECE offers six certificates: Kentucky Child Care Provider, Child Care Assistant, Early Childhood Administrator, School Age Child Care, Kentucky Early Childhood Certificate and IECE Technical.
IECE combines child development theory with practice in working with young children. Classes include developmental ages and stages, health and safety, curriculum planning, assessment and family involvement. Students observe childcare practice in a variety of facilities, and all degree students take one semester of student teaching.
For details on IECE courses and options, contact Mary Lou Forman by e-mail at marylou.forman@kctcs.edu. Spring semester begins Monday, Jan. 12, and new students should apply now.
Offices will open and Spring Registration will begin Monday, Jan. 5.
BUSINESS PLANNING FOR PROFIT: Business Planning for Profit is a 12-hour course that teaches the steps of starting a profitable business and helps students create an easy to implement action plan. This course will cover everything a prospective business owner will need to research, learn, consider and even not do when starting a new business. The text for the course is filled with checklists, lists of important questions to ask, worksheets, Internet resource guides and more.
One of the main focuses of the course is to help people understand how to acquire funding so that they can get their business started the right way. Qualified students who complete this course and have a written business plan will be eligible to apply for a W.Va. State Micro-loan for amounts between $5,000 and $15,000 to help with start-up expenses.
The first night of class begins from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12, at Unlimited Future, 1650 8th Ave., Huntington. The course will run six Mondays ending on Feb. 16. Tuition for the course is based on a sliding scale according to income. The lowest income levels pay only $75 for the entire six-week course. Full scholarships are available for veterans.
Call 304-697-3007 or enroll online at www.unlimitedfuture.org/courses.php.
ACT REVIEW CLASSES: The West Virginia State Community and Technical College will offer ACT review classes for students planning to take the ACT exam.
Actual sample test questions will be used, and test-taking techniques will be covered. These classes are valuable for students needing an intensive review program to meet entrance level requirements for colleges, to meet entrance level requirements for special programs of study, to meet scholarship eligibility levels, and to meet eligibility for the Promise scholarship. There will be three subject matter sections.
An eight-hour ACT English Review program is offered from 5 to 7 p.m. on the following Mondays: Jan. 12, 20, 26 and Feb. 2. The registration fee for the English Review program is $45. This program provides a basic review of high school English skills including parts of speech, punctuation, grammar, usage and sentence structure.
An eight-hour ACT Math Review program is offered from 5 to 7 p.m. on the following Wednesdays: Jan. 14, 21, 28 and Feb. 4. The registration fee for the Math Review program is $45. This workshop includes computations with whole numbers, fractions, percentages, proportions and decimals. Subjects covered include algebra, geometry and elementary trigonometry.
A six-hour ACT Reading Comprehension and Science Reasoning Review program is offered from 5 to 7:40 p.m. on the following Fridays: Jan. 16, 17 and 30. The registration fee for the Reading and Science program is $ 45. The program includes strategies for pacing yourself and for answering questions from reading passages and sets of scientific information. Assorted techniques will be presented to answer questions that require explicit information and reasoning skills to draw conclusions from the passages, graphs, and tables.
All three programs are located in Room 112 of the Cole Complex on the West Virginia State Community & Technical College campus in Institute, West Virginia.
Register online at www.wvsctc.edu/ContEd.htm or call 304-766-5113. For information on other programs offered by the West Virginia State Community and Technical College, visit the Web site at www.wvsctc.edu.
If your organization has a seminar or training class you would like listed in this column, please send it to Melody Kipp. Reach her by e-mail at mamster@herald-dispatch.com, send faxes to 304-526-2857 or send mail to The Herald-Dispatch, P.O. Box 2017, Huntington, WV 25701.
