Adult and Continuing Education
The Adult and Continuing Education Division of LaGuardia CC is
the largest among the CUNY campuses and is one of the most comprehensive
in the country. Over 30,000 students from all corners of the world
come to take non-credit courses in the Division each year. These
life-long learners come with varied life experiences, cultures,
and educational backgrounds. They come to learn the skills that
will enable them to become full and successful participants in our
society. They come to advance their careers, to improve their businesses
and to enjoy a better life. They are served by an outstanding full
and part time staff numbering over 140 and by a committed faculty
devoted to improving the future options of their students. For further
information on our programs, browse through the links indicated
below, or visit the Office of Adult and Continuing Education, M-141,
or call (718) 482-7244.
Click here to view our award-winning Fall Catalog (CEANY 2007).
| Programs |
| Adult Learning Center offers classes for adults
that range from beginning reading through High School Equivalency
preparation. In addition, the Center provides beginning to advanced
levels of English as a Second Language and one low level Spanish
Literacy class. Most of our classes are free. All classes require
placement testing before candidates are accepted in the program.
For additional information, call 718/482-5380. |
| Career and Professional Programs provide professional
and personal development courses in a wide variety of fields
including telecommunications, networking, computer repair, software
applications, import/export and construction management. Online
courses are also available. For more information, call 718/482-5125. |
| Career Development Center is a comprehensive
adult career and employment counseling center that provides
services and programs to help adults make successful career
transitions. We focus on serving adults who want to change their
careers, displaced workers, union employees who want to access
educational benefits, workers who want to be promoted, adults
who are returning to work, recent immigrants, retirees, and
others. For additional information call 718/482-5355. |
| Center for Community Education, which includes the CUNY Catch program for youth-at-risk,
provides literacy education, college preparation, and vocational
training and support services to specific populations living
in or making a transition from a variety of institutional settings,
including jails and homeless shelters, as well as to other low-income
youth and adults creating change through economic and personal
development. The Center’s mission relates to the educational,
social and economic advancement of our students. For more information,
call 718/482-5128. |
| Center for Corporate Education provides programs tailored
to meet the specific needs of businesses and organizations in
such areas as management and supervision, sales and marketing,
computer applications, industry specific ESL and a wide range
of communication skills courses to over 120 companies. For more
information call 718/482-5330. |
| Center for Immigrant Education and Training provides comprehensive
educational and training programs designed to help low-income
non-English speaking immigrants improve their economic status
and become effective participants in the life of our City. Our
programs combine English classes with services such as career
exploration, job training and referrals for job placement and
to community resources, and seek to provide the kind of support
our students need to help them overcome the multiple barriers
that face them. For more information call 718/482-5460. |
| Center for Veterans, Youth and Adults serves as a fulcrum where veterans, youth-at-risk and other marginalized adults are assisted in making the transition from negative public school experiences, incarceration, the military, unemployment, underemployment and homelessness to more successful lives as members of families, communities and workers through academic, vocational, self-empowerment, technology and life skills. The Center provides evening GED and College/Work Preparatory courses, career counseling and academic advisement. For more information, call 718/482-5128. |
| College for
Children (pre-kindergarten to high
school) offers academic, cultural and creative expressions classes
for children and teenagers. These Saturday classes encourage
youngsters to explore a variety of subject matter: math, reading,
science, languages, music, computers, and theater. For more
information, please call 718/483-5334. |
| College
Prep provides information and advice to prospective students
about how college studies can help them meet their personal
and professional goals, including individual assistance with
an academic counselor and access to computer and Internet services
for career information and for college selection. For more information,
call 718/482-5966. |
| CUNY Language Immersion Program allows English as a Second
Language students to spend an intensive period of time, 25 hours
per week for up to one year, studying English before entering
undergraduate studies. Immersion students have been accepted
to LaGuardia or other CUNY colleges and have chosen to defer
their enrollment in order to concentrate on English language
studies. Immersion students at LaGuardia enter the program at
the beginning levels of English language proficiency. For more
information, call 718/482-5966. |
| Emergency Medical Technician/Paramedic Program trains individuals
in Basic Pre-Hospital Emergency Care. New York State certification
will depend upon satisfactory attendance, successful completion
of course exams, and passing of a final exam to be administered
by the New York State Department of Health Bureau of Emergency
Medical Services. For more information, call 718/482-5768. |
| Interpreter Education Programs prepares students to become
ASL/English interpreters and grants a BA degree or Professional
Certificate. Classes are also provided for professional interpreters
who want to enhance their skills and knowledge. For more information,
call 718/482-5313. [click here for staff bios] |
| LaGuardia Small Business Development Center works directly
with small business owners helping them to understand the importance
of a business plan, discover sources of funding, prepare for
e-commerce, identify avenues for exporting goods & services,
develop marketing plans, assess an invention’s viability
and comply with licensing & regulations. For more information,
call 718/482-5098. |
| NY Designs/Incubator Program is a business center whose mission is to grow design firms, focusing on New York based designers working in the fields of: product design, industrial design, fashion design, graphic design, interior design, architecture, lighting design, set design, jewelry and craft (artisans). For more information, call 718-663-8403.
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| Personal Enrichment/Lifestyles program offers opportunities for enriching your life with courses in the arts, crafts, wellness, and personal growth. Classes are offered after work and on Saturday and are available to the general population as well as the college community. You can take Floral Arrangement, Ballroom and Latin Dancing, Voice, Piano and Guitar, Oil Painting, Watercolors, Art Workshop and Portraiture, Decorative Painting and Feng Shui Your Home, Yoga, and more. For more information call 718/482-5323. [click here for staff bios] |
| Programs
for Deaf Adults has provided the largest, most comprehensive
model post-secondary program for Deaf and hard of hearing students
in the New York City area. Students pursuing associate degrees
are supported by academic and personal counseling, registration
assistance, classroom interpreters, and tutors. Courses offered
under continuing education include GED, Regents Preparation,
Adult Basic Education, Intensive Study for Foreign Deaf Students,
American Sign Language, college preparation, and computer courses.
For more information, call 718/482-5324 or TTY: 718/482-5353. [click here for staff bios] |
| Programs for Older Adults provide courses such as Let’s have Lunch!, Computers and Yoga for Older Adults. They engage seniors with the college campus by offering free and low-cost monthly workshops, discussion groups, theater club and an annual major event. They encourage seniors 60 and older to enlist in the Entry to College for Mature Adults where seniors can enter the college credit program at a special registration rate of $80 per semester. Call Admissions Office at (718) 482-5118 or Marian Blaber at 718-482-5966. For information on Programs for Older Adults call (718) 482-5323 or emailing abailis@lagcc.cuny.edu |
Taxi Program offers programs including driver-applicant
initial training, continuing professional education, courses
for those who violate Commission regulations and Department
of Motor Vehicle point reduction classes. We provide information
concerning all aspects of professional driving from acquiring
to maintaining a license. For more information, call 718/482-5336.
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| The English
Language Center is one of the largest ESL programs in the
New York City metropolitan area serving approximately 7,000
students a year. Since 1971, TELC has offered a variety of English
language programs geared to meet the particular English language
needs of our culturally and academically diverse student population.
For more information, call 718/482-5360. [click here for staff bios] |
Workforce Education Center provides leadership in the development and offering of comprehensive
high quality free or low cost short and long-term occupational
skills training, targeted high school equivalency preparation
and academic enhancement services to low income youth and
adults
representing the diverse communities of New York City. For
more information, call 718/482-5340. [click here for staff bios] |
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