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Certified Renewable Energy Specialist
Professional Development Professional Skills
BUSINESS SOFTWARE
Excel 2019/365: Level 1
Get to know Excel, and how to use its many features, as you create and format worksheets, build formulas and use functions. You’ll receive an introduction to charting and also gain skills to maintain and enhance a worksheet, insert and delete columns and rows and manage workbooks.
BOS 1285 $150 | mandatory fee: $10 | CEUs: 0.8 Kim Novak
38755 Tue, Thu 6-8 p.m. May 17-26 MAI
Excel 2019/365: Level 2
Take your skills to the next level. Learn how to create formulas with additional Excel functions, work with larger worksheets, build 3D formulas within a workbook and use data features, such as sorting and filtering.
BOS 1280 $150 | mandatory fee: $10 | CEUs: 0.8 Kim Novak
38756 Tue, Thu 6-8 p.m. Jun 7-16 MAI
CONSTRUCTION AND CODE COMPLIANCE
Certified Renewable Energy Specialist
This class is for those who want to pursue or advance in a career in the exciting field of renewable energy—includes engaging and interactive quizzes, games and activities with a focus on the new generation of technologies that will fuel power grids for decades to come.
CON 1003 $2,395 | CEUs: 43.5 State of Michigan
39074 ONLINE: Open Registration; 24/7 Access
MIOSHA General Industry: 10 Hour Course
In today’s challenging business climate, many employers are faced with the need to have their employees perform new or multiple job functions. As personnel shifts to accommodate business needs, it is essential to have staff understand the importance of safety and health management and the underlying effect it has on business. This class offers the resources and tools to create or enhance an effective safety and health management system, a review of the MIOSHA Act and highlights key general industry safety and health standards.
FMA 4011 $198 | CEUs: 1.4 WCC Trainer
38020 Wed, Thu 9 a.m.-4 p.m. May 18 & 19 MAI
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Strategies for Hiring the Right Employees *
Discover winning techniques for recruiting, interviewing and hiring top-notch employees. Learn how to define positions, develop hiring strategies, filter applicants, conduct interviews, make offers and onboard new hires.
BMG 1218 $129 | CEUs: 0.6 38008 Wed 1-5 p.m. Jun 8 Yvette Adams
WEB
Succession Planning: Preparing for the Future *
Learn how effective succession planning and proactive business strategies can smooth the path of change. Discover how to pack power into hiring new employees, selecting and grooming employees to become leaders and preparing employees for retirement.
HSC 1078 $119 | CEUs: 0.5 38751 Wed, Fri 9-11:30 a.m. Yvette Adams
May 18 & 20 WEB
Talent Management: Investing for Success *
Develop a more skilled workforce and attract better skilled employees. Discover how to recruit and retain the right people to improve performance and productivity.
BMG 1238 $129 | CEUs: 0.6 38752 Fri 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Jun 10 Yvette Adams
MAI
LEADERSHIP/MANAGEMENT
Coaching and Mentoring Managers *
Lead and motivate your team to produce positive results. Learn techniques to groom new managers and challenge experienced ones. Explore ways to create a supportive environment that will bring success to the whole team.
BMG 1223 $119 | CEUs: 0.5 38750 Wed 1-5 p.m. May 11 Yvette Adams
MAI
*SHRM Credits
WCC is recognized by the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® .
Small Business Support. Big Business Impact.
SBDC SPOTLIGHT
Mary Cambruzzi
Owner of Found — ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
What started as a hobby for Mary Cambruzzi evolved into a booming retail business. Creating a space that sold work by local artists, vintage finds and pieces made with reclaimed materials, Found opened in 2005. With a deep passion and a little help, Found has endured. Cambruzzi works closely with Ron Stevens, associate regional director and business consultant at the MI-SBDC Greater Washtenaw Region, based at WCC, building strategies for growth, annual budgeting, retail and training practices, and staffing plans—which has helped her sales triple over the years. “Ron was instrumental when we were looking at spaces. He helped us understand the financial breakdown from a lens of what we needed to sell to be a sustainable retail business,” says Cambruzzi. “The most challenging part was managing the build-out and securing loans. Ron guided us through these aspects of the expansion. “Found has really become an important part of the neighborhood, as a destination for locals and people from all over the region,” says Cambruzzi.
Want to start or grow your small business? We can help.
For more information, contact us today.
sbdc@wccnet.edu | 734-477-8762 sbdcmichigan.org
Industry-Based Certifications
Certification testing at WCC is convenient and accessible.
The Workforce Certification Center at Washtenaw Community College offers state-of-the-art testing facilities for over 200 different industry-based certifications as well as State of Michigan testing for licensing.
CAREER TRANSITIONS CAREER TRANSITIONS
In Transition?In Transition?
The Center for Career Success at WCC can assist The Center for Career Success at WCC can assist you in finding your next job by helping you:you in finding your next job by helping you:
uu Assess your employability skillsAssess your employability skills uu Further your professional developmentFurther your professional development uu Pursue certificate or degree programsPursue certificate or degree programs uu Locate apprenticeship opportunitiesLocate apprenticeship opportunities uu Connect to job search resourcesConnect to job search resources
Join us for our all-new series of weekly webinars Join us for our all-new series of weekly webinars designed to help you land your next job. Find designed to help you land your next job. Find out more at wccnet.edu/career-events.out more at wccnet.edu/career-events.
+Coaching This class includes a one-on-one coaching session with the trainer.734-677-5155 or careers@wccnet.edu734-677-5155 or careers@wccnet.edu
Lead Your Team to Powerhouse Status +
Good leadership is essential to an organization’s success. Learn best practices for creating highly productive teams in small business and corporate settings. Explore strategies for leading highperforming teams to make optimal impact.
BMG 1137 $99 | CEUs: 0.3 38820 Tue 9 a.m.-12 p.m. May 17 Rick Harkness
WEB
LEGAL
Advanced Legal Research and Writing
Discover advanced and specialized approaches for using legal resources. Learn how to formulate Westlaw search queries and effectively use other online and manual legal research methods for legal writing. Find out how to locate, interpret and use various types of legal authorities, write a legal analysis and draft a memorandum of law and briefcase opinions.
LAW 1006 mandatory fee: $995 | CEUs: 5 Center for Legal Studies
38616 ONLINE: Open Registration; 24/7 Access
Personal Injury for Paralegals
Learn the legal terms, causes of action and remedies available to victims of personal injury accidents. Review the negligence theory of torts (the basis of many personal injury claims) and discuss interviewing, investigating and other case-building techniques vital to a personal injury paralegal’s success in a law office.
LAW 1008 mandatory fee: $995 | CEUs: 5 Center for Legal Studies
38615 ONLINE: Open Registration; 24/7 Access
+Coaching This class includes a one-on-one coaching session with the trainer.
Huron Valley Area Code Officials (HuVACO)
Continuing Education Units
HuVACO and WCC Workforce and Community Development offer eight monthly classes taught by recognized industry leaders, exclusively for HuVACO members. Participants will receive a certificate of attendance for their recordkeeping purposes. Approval by the Bureau of Construction Codes and Bureau of Fire Services is sought for: • Building Officials • Certified Fire Inspectors • Building Inspectors • Plan Reviewers
HuVACO membership is $95 per year.*
Membership includes tuition for the eight monthly classes and admission to an annual expo in January. *Membership rates are subject to change.
For information or a membership application, please call 734-677-5060 or go to wccnet.edu/huvaco.
Jump-Start Jump-Start Your Your Career Today! Career Today!
Explore our
apprenticeships
Explore our apprenticeships Explore our apprenticeships & Earn while you Learn & Earn while you Learn& Earn while you Learn Specially designed for today’s in-demand skills and high-growth industries, Washtenaw Community College offers a chance to learn from the experts Specially designed for today’s in-demand skills and Specially designed for today’s in-demand skills and and get paid doing it. high-growth industries, Washtenaw Community high-growth industries, Washtenaw Community
College offers a chance to learn from the experts College offers a chance to learn from the experts Why Apprenticeships?and get paid doing it. and get paid doing it.
Why Apprenticeships? Why Apprenticeships?
Earn a paycheck while you learn
Earn a paycheck Earn a paycheck while you learn while you learn
Gain industry skills with hands-on training
Gain industry skills Gain industry skills with hands-on training with hands-on training Ease the transition from school to career
Ease the transition Ease the transition from school to career from school to career
Build academic credit
Build academic credit Build academic credit toward a degree toward a degree toward a degree Receive industry Receive industry Receive industry credentials credentials credentials
Connect with mentors Connect with mentors Connect with mentors in your chosen field in your chosen field in your chosen field
Who Benefits?
Who Benefits? ✓Recent high school graduates ✓Career changers looking to switch industries ✓Current workers who want to advance in their jobs Who Benefits? ✓Recent high school graduates ✓Career changers looking to switch industries ✓Current workers who want to advance in their jobs ✓Recent high school graduates ✓Career changers looking to switch industries ✓Current workers who want to advance in their jobs
Contact us today! Contact us today! Contact us today! 734-677-5393 apprenticeship@wccnet.edu 734-677-5393 apprenticeship@wccnet.edu 734-677-5393 apprenticeship@wccnet.edu
OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
Executive and Personal Assistants: Learning the Tools of the Trade
Master the tools necessary to become a successful executive or personal assistant. Learn what it takes to effectively manage a schedule, organize a meeting, be a successful gatekeeper and more.
BMG 1213 $99 | CEUs: 0.4 38754 Tue 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Jun 7 Yvette Adams
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SOFT SKILLS
Customer Service +
Acquire insight into the varying types of customers and how to best serve them. Improve your in-person and phone skills to generate return business and learn strategies for dealing with difficult customers.
BMG 1207 $119 | CEUs: 0.4 38753 Thu 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. May 5 Yvette Adams
WEB
Secrets of Goal Setting for Personal Success +
Obtain the skills you need to complete more tasks and get things done. Learn strategies to deal with distractions, overcome procrastination and increase satisfaction in both your professional and personal life.
BMG 1216 $99 | CEUs: 0.3 38821 Thu 9 a.m.-12 p.m. May 24 Rick Harkness
WEB
+Coaching This class includes a one-on-one coaching session with the trainer.
BIGGER RESOURCES for SMALLER BUSINESSES
Our Entrepreneurs-in-Residence program brings the experts to you with virtual 1-on-1 mentoring.
VALIDATE ideas with
experienced leaders
INSPIRE business
growth strategies
IDENTIFY your
champion customers
BUILD stronger business plans
ENHANCE your
marketing efforts
STRENGTHEN your
professional network
From dreamers and start-ups to practiced change makers and everyone in between, we are dedicated to elevating small business leaders at any stage of the journey.
Visit wccnet.edu/entrepreneurship and sign up for our newsletter! entrepreneurship@wccnet.edu | 734-249-5880
Find Your Path to Success.
Pathway classes help you increase key academic skills and knowledge for college and career readiness. Earn a GED credential or improve your English language skills. Instruction is learner-centered. Learn from home with our virtual class option.
ESL classes in partnership with WISD and Ypsilanti Twp. Community Center
Classes include:
• Teacher-led instruction • Integrated computer instruction • Integrated career and job readiness skills • Individualized tutoring options • Fast-track to college and training • FREE GED testing vouchers
For more information, contact the Adult Transitions team at 734-677-5006. Follow us: Facebook.com/GEDatWCC
Professional Development | CATEGORYProfessional Development SCECH: Teaching and Education
Welcome Educators!
Earning your Michigan State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECH) is easy as 1, 2, 3 at WCC. Choose from a wide range of interactive, affordable and convenient noncredit classes you can take entirely online.
Creating Safe Classroom Environments
Students flourish when they feel physically, socially and emotionally safe. Learn how to build an environment that welcomes, values and accepts the social identity and culture of each student. Get the skills in this class to build a socially, emotionally safe environment and a positive, trustworthy, challenging curriculum that empowers your students.
SCECH 1070 $195 39136 ONLINE: Open Registration; 24/7 Access Online Trainer
Differentiation for the Elementary Classroom
Today’s elementary schoolteachers are under tremendous pressure to help ensure students meet a set of rigorous standardized learning topics. Get guidance about the division of time, resources and efforts to effectively instruct your students.
SCECH 1089 $195 39122 ONLINE: Open Registration; 24/7 Access Online Trainer Flipped Learning for the Elementary Classroom
Flipped learning involves providing direct instruction for each student learning outside of class, allowing for more strategic use of in-class time for group work. Explore how to teach different flipped subjects, incorporate technology and how to provide differentiated instruction.
SCECH 1058 $195 39126 ONLINE: Open Registration; 24/7 Access Online Trainer
Grant Writing 101
Are you seeking grant writing skills for your position in a nonprofit or as a freelance grant writer? This is the class for you! Gain a full understanding of grant writing from identifying potential grant seekers to finding funders and building your own grant writing business.
SCECH 1091 $195 38950 ONLINE: Open Registration; 24/7 Access Online Trainer
Preschool Fun Ideas!
Discover the fundamentals of creating engaging and nurturing learning centers, the importance of each learning domain, examples of activities to incorporate into your daily schedule, and a hands-on experience creating your own lesson plan.
SCECH 1062 $195 38941 ONLINE: Open Registration; 24/7 Access Online Trainer
Project-Based Learning Techniques
Get the guidance you need to effectively implement project-based learning (PBL) techniques in your classroom. You’ll learn about the theories behind PBL, planning PBL activities, conducting assessments, and feedback and reflection strategies.
SCECH 1073 $195 39139 ONLINE: Open Registration; 24/7 Access Online Trainer
Rookie Teacher Survival Guide
New teachers in the world of early childhood education can easily become overwhelmed by lesson plans, behavior management and the individual needs of each student. Gain an understanding of proper reflective teaching practices, tools to reflect on lesson plan activities and suggestions for monitoring and encouraging student achievement.
SCECH 1075 $195 38942 ONLINE: Open Registration; 24/7 Access Online Trainer
SMART Board Training
If you’re an educator, engaging and inspiring your students is a must. Streamline your presentations with SMART Board, the interactive whiteboard. Come learn about SMART Board software in this class. Learn how to create give-and-take lessons or unique presentations that capture your students.
SCECH 1093 $195 38943 ONLINE: Open Registration; 24/7 Access Online Trainer
STEM for Teachers in Grades 4–8
Are you a new or seasoned educator struggling with incorporating STEM concepts and techniques into your classroom? This class will show you how to select and adapt high-quality STEM lesson plans to energize and help your students grow. You’ll gain the assessment skills to understand the concepts and procedures of your students, discover how to use project-based learning styles, and how to help your students develop important critical thinking and collaboration competence.
SCECH 1071 $195 39130 ONLINE: Open Registration; 24/7 Access Online Trainer
Student Engagement and Learning
Enhance your teaching practice and improve student learning in your classroom with new and exciting techniques to engage your students. You will learn key research on classroom formative assessment and how these practices have a greater impact on educational achievement than most other reforms.
SCECH 1077 $195 39120 ONLINE: Open Registration; 24/7 Access Online Trainer Teaching Gifted Learners
Since not all gifted students are alike, differentiating curriculum is so important. This course will teach you how to identify gifted students and implement successful, research-based strategies in your classroom.
SCECH 1060 $195 39129 ONLINE: Open Registration; 24/7 Access Online Trainer
The Flipped Classroom
Learn about the history of the flipped classroom, and how the roles and expectations of students and teachers change when using this model. No longer are students using textbooks and sitting in rows with a chalkboard. Today’s generation uses the internet and technology to approach learning. Teachers are facilitators and encourage learning through interacting with their students, not lecturing. Walk away with strategies and tips to effectively implement this model into your class.
SCECH 1088 $195 38957 ONLINE: Open Registration; 24/7 Access Online Trainer
Using Technology in Your Classroom
Students today have fingertip access to ever-expanding sources of new information and communications. How is it possible to capture and keep their attention and focus? Find out how to combine technology and curriculum in this essential class.
SCECH 1078 $195 38958 ONLINE: Open Registration; 24/7 Access Online Trainer
Creative Arts
CREATIVE WRITING
Finding Your Voice
The most powerful writing comes from the heart. What do you care about? What inspires you? What is special in your life? Write about the people and things that are dear to you.
ENG 4004 $79 38632 Sat 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Frances Wang
Aug 20 & 27 WEB
Continuing Writing Workshop: Finding the Writer Within
Do you need help releasing the creativity within you? As we explore a variety of tips, tricks, exercises and more, you’ll overcome barriers and learn to use your own unique voice and writing style.
ENG 4163 $169 38811 Sun 12-2 p.m. 38631 Sun 12-2 p.m. Frances Wang
May 1-Jun 5 WEB Jul 17-Aug 14 WEB
The ABCs of Getting Published
Discover the many paths to publishing a book, poem or article. Learn the advantages and disadvantages of self-publishing versus traditional publishing and the various ways to market your finished product.
ENG 4235 $59 38634 Sat 1-3 p.m. Frances Wang
Jun 4 & 11 WEB
Writing Opinion Essays
How do we use writing to touch, inspire, persuade and provoke readers to action? Learn simple but powerful methods to get ideas out of your head and onto the page. Consider different forms including op-ed, persuasive essay, spoken word, social media and art. Part writing, part activism and a lot of heart, this class aspires to help you use the written word to create the change you want to see in the world.
ENG 4018 $65 38630 Sat 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Frances Wang
Jun 4 & 11 WEB
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Aerial Photography with Drones
Explore the fundamentals of aerial photography in this exciting class that will have you soaring! Learn how to operate and control a drone, take drone photos and practice the basics of transferring and editing your photos.
HOB 4032 $89 39224 Sat 10 a.m.-2 p.m. May 7 Detroit Drones
WEB
Camera Raw with Adobe
Ready to take your digital SLR photography to the next level? Learn how to unleash the power of Raw file technology to create stunning images. Get hands-on experience with all of the tools in Adobe’s digital darkroom, and explore the Raw file converters: Photoshop, Lightroom and Elements. Evaluate and adjust exposure, color balance, contrast, sharpness, perspective and a host of other modifications, all before you open the file.
PHO 4040 $125 38641 Tue, Thu 6-8 p.m. Randal Stegmeyer
Jul 19-28 MAI
Digital Cameras 1
Whether you’ve read the manual or not, here’s where you can learn the language of digital cameras and discover your camera’s most important menu options and features. You will explore such topics as resolution, file formats, basic camera operations, composition, building a digital archive and many more. Bring your camera to class and start your photographic journey.
PHO 4012 $129 38635 Tue, Thu 6-8 p.m. Randal Stegmeyer
May 17-26 MAI
Digital Cameras 2
Ready to step up your game and learn how to make professionallooking photos? Advance to topics such as histogram analysis, dynamic range, controlling depth-of-field, photographing a moving subject and Raw file technology. In addition to technical information, you will learn what it means to see like a photographer and differentiate between a good and a great photograph.
PHO 4013 $129 38636 Tue, Thu 6-8 p.m. Randal Stegmeyer
Jun 7-16 MAI
