If you want to pursue a rewarding career or continue your education, then earning a high school diploma or equivalency is the most important step you can take.

Continuing Education classes offer review in reading, math, spelling, writing, communication, and critical thinking. Classes help you prepare for a high school diploma, or a test that can earn a California (CA) High School Equivalency Certificate.

The options for earning a CA High School Equivalency Certificate include the GED® Exam, the HiSET® (High School Equivalency Test) and the TASC® (Test Assessing Secondary Completion).

ESL

At Mid-City Campus, including our (5) other campus locations throughout San Diego, we offer a wide range of Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Level English As a Second Language. To accommodate your life and work schedule, there are convenient morning, afternoon, and evening classes, as well as partially online and fully online classes, to complement your learning needs and objectives.

http://sdce.edu/esl

VESL

Our Vocational English As a Second Language (VESL) classes will help develop and improve your workplace oral and written communication skills while focusing on academic English and work-related soft skills. Develop speaking, vocabulary, reading, writing, grammar and computer skills while researching career and vocational pathways for advancement and success. You will also develop and improve your resume and cover letter skills to prepare for job interviews.

Citizenship

Our Citizenship classes will help you focus on the development of your English language skills, and knowledge of American History and Government in order to prepare you for completing the Citizenship Application, the Citizenship History and Government Test, and the final U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services interview.

http://sdce.edu/citizenship

ESL Computer Labs

For all ESL levels, our computer labs will help you practice English using a computer to reinforce language learning. Working independently at your own pace, our ESL computer programs typically focus on listening, conversations, vocabulary, reading, grammar, and pronunciation.

BUSINESS INFORMATION WORKER: ENTRY LEVEL SKILLS

Skills: Entry level office skills — Keyboarding — Word processing and Electronic information management

Learn keyboarding, word processing to help create reports and compose letters, and electronic information management to send and manage email and schedule meetings. Prepares students for entry level jobs in office settings, retail shops and/or as customer service representatives, receptionists and information clerks. Students complete various classes in self-paced labs (OFSY 560).

BUSINESS INFORMATION WORKER: COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Skills: Soft skills — Business communication skills — Working as a team in a business setting

Learn soft skills including written business communication, verbal business communication and problem-solving, critical thinking and customer service in a variety of workplace environments. Prepares students for entry level jobs in office settings, retail shops and/or as customer service representatives, receptionists and information clerks. Students complete various classes in a lecture-based classroom. (OFSY 560).

BUSINESS INFORMATION WORKER: TECHNICAL SKILLS

Skills: Computer system software — Spreadsheets — Information systems

Learn basic computers and operating systems used in business environment plus how to build, analyze and formulate spreadsheets including deeper understanding of computer networks, information systems, security and the internet in a business environment. Prepares students for entry level jobs in office settings, retail shops and/or as customer service representatives, receptionists and information clerks. Students complete various classes in self-paced and or lecture labs (OFSY 560).

ACCOUNT CLERK

Skills: Develop worksheets and financial statements — Post to journals and ledgers

Provides students with the basic skills necessary to achieve successful employment in the accounting field. Students work in self-paced labs to complete this program.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Skills: Create complex documents — Develop statistical reports — Create presentations

Learn to create and distribute complex documents; develop analytical and statistical reports; create presentations, and use the Internet as a resource. Students work in self-paced Office Skills Labs (OFSY 560) to complete this program.

CLOTHING CONSTRUCTION

Zippers, buttons and hemlines change over the years, but the fashion industry never goes out of style. If you like the idea of making clothes, you might be a good match for this program. You will learn:

• Basic to advanced apparel construction skills

• Fabric identification and selection, and pattern selection

• Variety of measurement and fitting methods

• Selection, care, and use of various types of sewing machines

• Commercial, custom, and timesaving technologies and techniques

• Professional standards of workmanship

• Traditional and contemporary tailoring methods

The program is a sequence of three classes (CLTX 620 Sewing Fundamentals, CLTX 630 Sewing Like a Professional, and CLTX 635 Contemporary Tailoring) that will prepare students for jobs in the fashion industry. Advanced skills will help you become marketable as a seamstress, an alterations expert, or as a tailor in the wholesale or retail clothing markets.

Employment opportunities also exist within the theatre and entertainment industry. Skills learned are valuable for people who want to start their own business in custom or niche market sewing operations including teaching.

SEWN PRODUCTS BUSINESS

This entrepreneurial program requires completion of three courses (CLTX 651 Sewn Product Business I, CLTX 652 Sewn Product Business II, and CLTX 653 Sewn Product Business III). Learn the ins and outs of developing a sewn product from concept to consumer. Turn ideas into your entrepreneurial fashion business.

Learn aspects of the sewn products business; develop a feasibility and marketing plan related to a conceptual product. Learn about sewn product manufacturing in industrial and home-based environments. Prepare for employment in the clothing construction industry.

Wires and parts interest some people. If you like to work with your hands, have good eyesight and a commitment to precision, this may be a good career for you.

Instructors are field engineers currently employed by local firms to provide the latest trends in electronics, and market demands in this hands-on training program..

DESKTOP TECHNICIAN

Learn to manage and secure computers and basic network infrastructures, including fundamental computer and network theories such as computer system models, operating systems, safety procedures, network infrastructures and architectures, and security threats and mitigation.

This program provides an overview of the healthcare industry, career opportunities and the basic knowledge required for entry level positions in the healthcare profession. Topics include: business aspects of healthcare, delivery systems, services and specialties, regulations and mandates, workplace communication, safety issues, introduction to medical terminology, common diseases, legal and ethical issues, professional conduct, career pathways, and employment readiness. (FT)

Child development students acquire an understanding of their important role as a primary teacher of the children in their care. Through exposure to child development principles and opportunities to practice and master skills that complement each child’s age appropriate needs, students learn lifelong skills leading to careers in child development, as well as successful and effective parenting.

Students can take a variety of courses to earn program certificates which will prepare them to operate an infant care or family child care home business, work in a childcare setting or preschool, advance in their career, earn professional growth hours for child development providers, or transition to college. Currently classes are offered online only. Courses provide the opportunity for experiential learning that gives our certificate graduates a work-experience advantage. Students are welcome to join this career technical training program while participating with their child though attending with a child is not necessary. Courses are separated by age categories ranging from infants to 3 to 5 year olds. The link to the child development websites are;

http://www.sdcechilddevelopment.com

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