College Catalog 2016-17

EAST CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

students can increase their academic self-awareness and develop the most current learning and study strategies necessary for success in the college environment. The purpose of the Success Center is to provide academic success skills, tutorial and computer assisted instruction for students who need assistance with academic studies. The ECCC Success Center will provide faculty-led individualized tutoring to support student learning; relevant, updated academic support resources to students; and a powerful resource in the attainment of educational goals. The Center’s components will be implemented by the Director of the Success Center/QEP with the advice of the Success Center’s Advisory Committee in policy recommendations and performance assessment activities. The following services are provided: 1. Coordination: The Success Center/QEP Director will meet with the Success Center’s Advisory Committee to facilitate services and determine needs of students. 2. Subjects: Assistance and tutorial services will be provided for all academic subjects following a published tutoring schedule. 3. Referral: Students may be referred to the Success Center by faculty or counselors, or may seek assistance upon their own initiative. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER The mission of the Workforce Development Center staff is to support businesses, industries, individuals, and communities with assessment, training, job placement, consultation, and educational “solutions” designed to improve the economy by enhancing the employability skills of the citizens in the East Central Community College district. Specialized advanced technical training classes and apprenticeship programs are available at East Central Community College main campus in Decatur or any of the College’s Workforce Development training locations. Short-term computer applications training classes are offered at Workforce Development computer labs in each county. Short-term medical training classes are offered at our at East Central Community College main campus in Decatur, at the Integrated Technologies Training Center in the Choctaw Advanced Tech Parc, at the Productivity Enhancement Lab in Philadelphia and at the Louisville Career Advancement Center in Louisville. Customized sessions are designed, curricula developed and training facilitators provided to businesses and industries that address workforce improvement, technical skills upgrade, professional skills development, basic skills enhancement and Adult Basic Education. Private counseling, workshops and seminars are available for individuals interested in establishing and growing small businesses. WORK-BASED LEARNING The Work-Based Learning program creates an opportunity for technology students which combine school- based education/training through an East Central Community College career-technical program and structured parallel work site experience in local businesses and industries. The program’s objectives are to better equip students for employment in technical careers and to effectively manage the quality of technology instruction. Placed in work environments that complement classroom instruction, the Work-Based Learning students master skills and competencies that have been cooperatively outlined by participating businesses, industries and technology instructors. In doing so, Work-Based Learning participants earn competitive wages while learning from skilled, professional mentors. Work-Based Learning students enter the workforce equipped with proven employability skills and an 4. Schedule: The Success Center will be open the following hours: Monday through Thursday...........................8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Friday................................................................8:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. Evening hours to follow published tutoring schedule. 5. The Success Center is located in the Burton Library.

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