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THE CENTER FOR BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AT HOLYOKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
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NEWFDA and Holyoke Community Partnership With the constant and growing need in the food industry for continuing educational opportunities, the North East Wholesale Food Distributors Association (NEWFDA), the nation's oldest food association, has expanded its efforts to promote educational, personal and professional development among employees at all levels of the food industry. NEWFDA has partnered with Holyoke Community College (HCC) and Western New England College (WNEC) to form the Food Industry Learning Center (FILC). The FILC provides access to affordable, flexible and convenient non-credit distance learning courses to food industry employees and their families. NEWFDA members are automatically enrolled as Corporate Partners with all FILC educational providers at no additional cost. This allows employees access to exclusive features on courses through NEWFDA., aimed at creating a highly-trained competitive workforce for your organization. Elaine Hebert-Dancik, Coordinator, HCC Computer Based Learning Center, will be happy to answer any questions you may have about the NEWFDA courses. You may call her at 413/552-2112 or email Elaine at ehebertdancik@hcc.mass.edu For further information on online credit courses, degrees, and credit certificates, please click here for the E-Institute at HCC. |
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Ed2Go offers online, asynchronous courses that you can take from the comfort of your home or office when it is most convenient to you. The courses run from 6-8 weeks, include 12 lessons (24 hours of instruction) with new sections starting monthly. Each course has an instructor, lessons, quizzes to test your understanding, assignments, course related resources and discussions where you can ask questions at any time during the course by posting messages on the course discussion page. Ed2Go areas of study:
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ONLC is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner for Learning Solutions, Citrix Authorized Learning Center and a charter member of United Training. ONLC provide hands-on, instructor-led training that helps clients to deploy the best technologies for their needs and to make their investment-in both technology and people-a success. ONLC offers a public schedule of live training classes at various sites (see below) and synchronous Remote Classroom Instruction (RCI) Training. The curriculum is extensive and includes courses for those new to computers as well as advanced technical topics for IT professionals. ONLC areas of study:
ONLC Sites are located in the following states:
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GATLIN EDUCATION is the largest asynchronous web-based training provider offering self-paced courses with open enrollment. The courses are highly interactive and facilitated by experts in the field who offer one-on-one interaction available via email or phone. GATLIN EDUCATION Career Training Programs are in the areas of:
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PLATO® Adult Education Solutions include targeted, technology-based curriculum that is easy to use and accessible online-anytime, anywhere. The award-winning self-paced, interactive instruction is aligned to National Reporting System (NRS) standards and other national tests (i.e. TABE, CASAS) to help students achieve their academic or vocational training goals, upgrade their math, reading, writing or job skills in preparation for employment or advancement, or study for the GED and a variety of state-mandated high school graduation exams. PLATO courses include:
Plato is administered through Holyoke Community College. Feel free to look around the Plato web site by clicking on the Plato logo or one of the links below. Contact HCC for more information or on how to lease a Plato license from HCC. If you are looking for courseware for elementary school students, click HERE to view available solutions. If you are looking for courseware for secondary school students, click HERE to view available solutions. If you are looking for courseware for post-secondary school students, click HERE to view available solutions.
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ACT provides computer-based services consisting in computer-based testing and training. The testing component takes place in a computer lab at the HCC ACT Test Center. The Internet-based training courses can be delivered anywhere. ACT offers approximately 3,000 work-force development titles created by leading training providers. The courseware library focuses on eight popular categories with numerous sub-categories in each area:
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Attention Massachusetts Employers: Do you know that the Massachusetts Workforce Training fund can provide eligible Massachusetts companies with funding of up to $250,000 to help train your workforce in English, basic educational skills (Reading, Writing, Math, Using Graphically Presented Information, etc.), technology, and other skills that can close employee skill gaps? There is approximately $21,000,000 available annually in this fund, and is accessible to most companies who pay into the unemployment fund. Companies must either be located in Massachusetts or the employees needing training must work in Massachusetts. There are special funds for companies with 50 or fewer employees, and for employers who hire new employees who have been out of work for a year or more OR who have been permanently spearated from their former employers.
For more information, go to Workforce Training Fund (WTF) then contact Keith M. Hensley, Executive Director of Workforce & Economic Development, at Holyoke Community College at 413/552-2506 or khensley@hcc.mass.edu. Quote: What’s worse? Not training employees because you’re afraid they will leave, or not training them and having them stay? | ||||||||||||