SCHEDULE

 Nurse Aide Program Duration:

This course is 6 weeks long. Student must meet the requirements for graduation within the program period. The classroom portion of the training is approximately 120 hours for classroom/lab  in the length and the clinical portion is approximately 40 hours in length in a total of 160 hours. STUDENT MUST SATISFACTORILY COMPLETE AND A MINIMUM OF 160 CLASSROOM HOURS AND 40 CLINICAL HOURS FOR CONSIDERATION FOR GRADUATION.

Med Aide Program Duration:

This course is 8 weeks long. Students must meet the minimum requirements for graduation within the program period. The classroom/hybrid hours (100) and lab hours (20) portion of the training is approximately 120 hours in the length and the clinical portion is approximately 20 hours in length in a total of 140 hours. STUDENT MUST SATISFACTORILY COMPLETE AND A MINIMUM OF 120 CLASSROOM HOURS AND 20 CLINICAL HOURS FOR CONSIDERATION FOR GRADUATION.

Student who successfully completed both classroom and clinical portion of the course and meet their financial obligation to the school will received a Certificate of Completion which qualifies them to take the state exam to become a Certified Nurse Aide or Med Aide of State of Texas.

Potential work locations where graduates may be employed include long-term care, hospital, home health, hospice, hospital, and assisted living facilities.

 School Calendar:

 NA- Cohort #7 will be starting May 26, 2026 ( 830AM to 340PM Mon /Thrus)

 MA- Cohort #1 will be starting July 16, 2026 ( 430PM to 9pm Tues. AND Thrus. ) (9AM to 2PM Sat. AND Sun)

Clincal schedules will be posted at the school..

Holidays:

The following school holidays will be observed:

·         New Year Day

·         Martin Luther King

·         President Day

·         Good Friday

·         Memorial Day

·         4th of July

·         Labor Day

·         Thanksgiving Day &Day After

·         Christmas Eve

·         Christmas Day

·         New Year Eve

Students are not required to report to school on these holidays. See the School Director or Instructor in the event a student is scheduled for clinical training in the nursing home during one of the holidays.

Hours Of Operation: 

The school will be open Monday through Thursday from 0830 to 340 pm Central Standard Time. Class will begin at 0830am and end 340pm. Student will be given a morning break (10:20-10:30). Class resumes from (10:30-12:20). Student will be given a 30minute lunch break (12:20-12:50). Class resumes at 12:50pm-3:40pm. 

NOTE:  Zella the Program Director will be on site Tues, Thurs, Sat, and Sun during the MED Aide class time. If there are any administrative issues please see Teresa during regular business hours Monday through Thursday.

Clinical Portion (Long Term Care Facility) Shifts will very and may begin at 0645am, 0700am and end 4:30pm or 445pm. There is a total of 40 hours of clinical which should occur over 6 (7 hours) days for nurse aide training and 20hrs for the med aide training.

Note: Please be advised that occasionally the clinical site we are working with may change the time/shift of the rotation or even the day of the rotation to a weekend which may be beyond our control due to the influx of other students from other programs. We will provide the schedule with you for each site as it is available.

Emergency Closings:

In the event of severe weather condition, such as ice storm or other acts of nature create hazardous conditions and /or extended powder outages, we may find it necessary to close the school. In this case, students and faculty are advised to listen to your local television/radio station for weather updates. In case of any unexpected closing the school will use the phone number students provide upon admission to give update on class cancellation.