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Description: Businesses, entrepreneurs, writers and other professionals are always on the lookout for skilled individuals who can handle research, administrative duties and other specialized services from a remote location. If you are comfortable with computers and like the idea of working from home, a career as a virtual assistant might be a good choice.
Benefit of Certification: Virtual assistants with marketable skills typically earn between $25 and $60 per hour.
Learning Objectives: Students will learn
- Characteristics of a Virtual Assistant
- How to Start a Virtual Assistant Business
Assessment: Participants will develop a personal Virtual assistant Plan
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Description: The course for child care professionals seeking to fulfill state-mandated training requirements or obtain hours toward the Child Development Associate (CDA) National Credential.
Benefit of Certification: Assist in receiving the Child Development Associate (CDA) National Credential.
Learning Objectives: Students will learn
- stages of childhood development
- best practices in childhood behavior management
- childhood cognitive levels and development
- childhood emotional levels and development
- ethical issues in childcare
Assessment: To receive official credit for the courses, participants must pass a course exam
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Description: Participants will learn effective strategies to improve the learn, assessment, and behaviors of students determined to be at-risk to graduation or grade promotion.
Benefit of Certification: This certificate will demonstrate that the participant understands advanced learning and behavioral techniques which have been deemed t be affective in working with at-Risk youth.
Learning Objectives: Students will learn about
- common classroom causes leading to an at-risk determination
- alternative Learning styles
- alternative Teaching Styles
- alternative assessment methods
- alternative behavior modification strategies
Assessment: Participants will develop detailed lesson plans using techniques and strategies effective with at-risk youth.
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Description: This course is designed to teach the participants the fundamentals of Warehouse Management including working with staff and inventory.
Benefit of Certification: Participants will be better able to attain a promotion or position as a Warehouse Manager.
Learning Objectives: Students will learn
- How to monitor and track inventory
- Schedule Employees
- Safety and risk Management
Assessment: Develop a Management Plan for a Warehouse Management position
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Description: This course is design to teach the participant how to start and operate a recycling business.
Benefit of Certification: Participants will know how to start their own recycling business or to be a valuable employee to an existing recycling facility.
Learning Objectives: Students will learn
- about several Recycling Methods
- Management and Organizational Skills
- Marketing and Advertising
- Collection techniques
- Public Policy
Assessment: Participants will develop a Business Plan for a Recycling Business
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Description: This program is designed to teach the skills and responsibilities of a Non-Profit Executive Director.
Benefit of Certification: This is a significant certification for those seeking to become a Non-Profit Executive Director.
Learning Objectives:
- Students will about
- Policy and Procedures
- Staff Hiring and Training
- Program Development
- Generating Multiple Streams of Revenue
- Working with a Board of Directors
Assessment: Development of a Management Plan
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Description: This course is designed to give the participant the tools and techniques to be a small Business Consultant.
Benefit of Certification: Most small businesses struggle during their development years. More businesses fail than succeed because they are receiving improper advice. This creates a high demand for a Certified Business Consultant.
Learning Objectives:
- Students will learn
- how to develop and analyze a Business Plan
- how to develop and analyze a Budget
- how to develop multiple streams of Revenue
- how to develop and implement effective Policies and Procedures
Assessment: Development of a Business Plan
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Description: Students will learn how to research for funding opportunities; analyze the Notice (RFP) to identify all the requirements and limitations to be able to make the best opportunity selection; how to write the different section of the Application Narrative; how to prepare and present a grant budget; how to properly complete a government grant application form, how to include attachments; and how to submit grant applications.
Benefit of Certification: Organizations all over the world are seeking competitive grant funding. They all need a Certified International Grant Writer who knows what they are doing to get them to the top of the competitive pile.
Learning Objectives:
- Students will learn
- how to research for funding opportunities
- how to read the instructions to determine eligibility, funding priorities, restrictions, etc.
- how to complete an entire international grant application narrative
- how to design and complete a grant budget.
- how to package and present the grant application
Assessment: The completion and submission of one international grant.
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Description: The participant will learn the skills and techniques to write substantial and entertaining works of fiction from short story lines to novels.
Benefit of Certification: There is high demand for good fiction writers in both the Gaming industry and for novels for the general public.
Learning Objectives: Students will learn
- how to outline and design a story line
- how to develop characters
- how to develop plots and sub-plots
- how to market their skills to end users
Assessment: Participants will submit an original short story manuscript, ready for publication.
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Description: This program is designed to teach the skills and responsibilities of a Non-Profit Executive Director.
Benefit of Certification: This is a significant certification for those seeking to become a
Non-Profit Executive Director.
Learning Objectives: Students will about
- Non-Profit Leadership
- Fundraising: Generating Multiple Streams of Revenue
- Program Development
- Organization Management
- Financial Management