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GROSSMONT ADULT EDUCATION SPRING 2018 CATALOG & COURSE A MEMBER OF SCHEDULE EAST REGION ADULT EDUCATION Registration starts JANUARY 2, 2018 CAMPUS DIRECTORY GROSSMONT ADULT EDUCATION El Cajon Adult Campus GROSSMONT-CUYAMACA COMMUNITY 1075 E. Madison Ave., El Cajon, CA 92021 COLLEGE DISTRICT Foothills Adult Education Campus (619) 401-9750 1550 Melody Lane, El Cajon, CA 92019 elcajonadult.guhsd.net Grossmont College (619) 588-3500 Located adjacent to El Cajon Valley High 8800 Grossmont College Drive adultschool.guhsd.net School. Bus Route 873 El Cajon, California 92020 Located near Granite Hills High School Office Hours: (619) 644-7000 Bus Route 874 (last service 6:00 pm) Monday – Thursday 8:00 am – 8:30 pm Office Hours: Friday 8:00 am – 3:30 pm Cuyamaca College Monday – Thursday 8:00 am – 8:30 pm Principal ESL Programs: Sam Lund 900 Rancho San Diego Parkway Friday 8:00 am – 3:30 pm ([email protected]) El Cajon, California 92019 Principal Academic Programs: Kim Bellaart (619) 660-4000 ([email protected]) East County Career Center Principal CTE & LLE: Jeff Wood 924 E. Main St., El Cajon, CA 92021 MOUNTAIN EMPIRE ([email protected]) (619) 590-3950 Alternative Education, Mountain Empire eccc.guhsd.net High School Health Occupations Center America’s Job Center – East Region 31360 Highway 94, Campo, CA 91906 9368 Oakbourne Rd., Santee, CA 92071 Bus Routes 815 and 874 (619) 473-9022, ext. 2214 (619) 956-4300 Center Hours: meusd.k12.ca.us hoc.guhsd.net Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Director: James Bloch Located adjacent to West Hills High School Tuesday 8:00 am - 7:30 pm ([email protected]) Office Hours: Manager: Jeff Meredith Monday – Thursday 8:00 am – 6:30 pm ([email protected]) Friday 7:00 am – 3:30 pm Director of Programs: Carol Otjens ([email protected]) HEALTH OCCUPATIONS CENTER Lakeside Santee 52 67 GROSSMONT COLLEGE 125 8 EL CAJON ADULT CAMPUS El Cajon EAST COUNTY FOOTHILLS ADULT CAREER CENTER EDUCATION CAMPUS To San Diego 8 La Mesa Spring Valley CUYAMACA COLLEGE Lemon Grove 94 125 94 REGISTRATION AND ENROLLMENT CAMPUS DIRECTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS Enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis. Many courses are open entry/open PROGRAM AREAS exit format. Registration is required for all programs and courses. ESL and Academic Programs classes are free. Lifelong Education Career Technical Education 6 courses are self-supporting, fee-based • Introduction to Career Technical Training and Certification 6 courses. Materials and book fees vary for each • 21st Century Manufacturing 6 course and are subject to change. Checks, VISA, MasterCard, or Discover are accepted • Welding 7 except where noted. • Automotive 8 Students can register for Grossmont Adult Education courses in person or online. • Cosmetology 9 1. For registration, enrollment, and refund information about HOC Medical Career • Real Estate 9 courses, go to hoc.guhsd.net or call the • Food Safety 9 Health Occupations Center at (619) 956-4300. For HOC refund policies, • Business and Education Technologies 10 go to hoc.guhsd.net. • Finance 11 2. For walk-up registration, go to any Grossmont Adult Education campus. • Medical Careers 12 3. For registration online, go to adultschool.guhsd.net/ and click on the Academic Programs 18 “Registration” tab. • On the registration page, you may type English as a Second Language / Citizenship 22 a section number or key word into the search box to locate a course. You may Career Readiness and Employment Services 24 also browse by subject area in the menu to the left. • After you have located your course, Lifelong Education 26 click on “Register Now,” to register for HEALTH OCCUPATIONS CENTER Lakeside the course. If a fee is associated with the course, you will be required to Santee 52 67 pay by VISA, MasterCard or Discover. MISSION STATEMENT Your credit card statement will reflect a charge from A.S.A. The mission of Grossmont Adult Education is to enrich the lives of Online Registration. our community members by providing high quality, affordable, lifelong 4. Courses may be closed due to low or lack GROSSMONT COLLEGE educational opportunities; fulfilling personal, academic, and workplace of continued enrollment. A full refund will be made if Grossmont Adult Education goals for an increasingly diverse population. cancels a course. 125 5. Refund Policies 8 EL CAJON ADULT CAMPUS • Please request all refunds through El Cajon EAST COUNTY FOOTHILLS ADULT Grossmont Adult Education. Contact EDUCATION CAMPUS CAREER CENTER the Foothills Adult Education office at (619) 588-3500 To San Diego • No refunds for fee-based courses are 8 made after the second course meeting. • For refunds requested before the second course meeting, there will be La Mesa $5 processing fee for all courses $149 or less. • There will be a $25 processing fee for all courses $150 or more. • There will be a $25 processing fee for customer-initiated reverse charges on Spring Valley CUYAMACA COLLEGE Lemon Grove a credit card. To avoid this fee, please 94 contact the office for a refund. 125 6. There will be a $25 charge for 94 returned checks. GROSSMONT ADULT EDUCATION A MEMBER OF EAST REGION ADULT EDUCATION adultschool.guhsd.netadultedworks.org 1 WELCOME Dear Student ACCREDITATION Welcome to Grossmont Adult Education. As the Grossmont Adult Education is calendar turns from 2017 to 2018, many of us will use this opportunity to make resolutions or start afresh. accredited by the Western Association Brad Paisley is quoted as saying “Tomorrow is the first of Schools and Colleges. Accreditation blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one.” I is an assurance of quality and a hope you aim high when you choose your goal and guarantee that courses taken for that we become a page or even a chapter in your book. Grossmont Adult Education is here to help you attain credit will be accepted by other your workforce and/or education goals as well as educational institutions. Teachers getting healthy or beginning a new passion. are certified in their teaching area by Grossmont Health Occupations Center (HOC) offers a the State Commission for Teacher variety of courses to help prepare you for a new career Preparation and Licensing. in the medical field. The health industry is always in need of employees and HOC graduates are ready to enter the workforce because they PUBLISHER STATEMENT have the skills required by employers. Take a look at the Medical Careers section to find out about the many courses offered at HOC. The catalog is published by Grossmont Adult Education, a Many other Career Technical Education (CTE) classes are offered to assist you in finding member of East Region a new career or updating your skills for your current career. Welding, Automotive, Real Adult Education. Estate, Cosmetology, and business education are just a few of the courses offered. Visit the CTE pages for a complete list of classes. DISCLAIMER The East County Career Center (America’s Job Center) can help you with your job Every effort has been made to ensure search. ECCC has classes to help you prepare for interviews, explore a new career, update your resume, and even how to use social media to search jobs not listed that all information in this catalog is elsewhere. Contact the ECCC for the next available class. accurate. However, the information in this publication is subject to change If your goal is to earn your high school diploma or pass the high school equivalency test, without notice. Students should we offer classes to fit any schedule. It takes one simple step to begin the process. Visit our website at adultschool.guhsd.net to sign up for an orientation. You will be surprised consult the website (adultschool. how easy it is to enroll and ultimately reach your goal. guhsd.net) and the appropriate campus for updates, most recent Our Lifelong Education (LLE) program is quite extensive. Classes from A to Z: art, information, and special requirements aerobics, calligraphy, cooking, creative writing, crochet, dancing, guitar, hiking, jewelry, knitting, parent education, photography, quilting, stained glass, upholstery, yoga, zumba. or regulations. And that’s not all. A complete list of classes is posted on the LLE pages. 2018: a new year, a new book of 365 pages. The 2018 book we are writing together includes more than what’s on the page. As a member of East Region Adult Education HOLIDAYS we are able to offer you access to services and programs at Grossmont and Cuyamaca Community Colleges as well as provide transition services that support you in getting from one chapter to the next. It’s going to be an exciting year. Thank you for allowing all For all registration and course start dates, of us in the Grossmont Adult Education family help you reach your goal this year. please check the respective program websites. (NO CLASSES) January 15 Martin Luther King Day February 16 Lincoln’s Birthday Robyn Wiggins February 19 Washington’s Birthday Director, Adult Education March 26 – April 6 Spring Recess East Region Adult Education May 28 Memorial Day [email protected] 2 adultedworks.orgadultschool.guhsd.net CATALOG AND COURSE SCHEDULE SPRING 2018 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES Student Transition Services Academic Advising Think College (a collaboration • Orientations and introduction to • Review of assessment results with GCCCD) ACCREDITATION adult education in general and and transcripts • College Readiness Workshops Grossmont Adult Education is accredited by the Western Association to specific programs • One-on-one discussion of • Field trips of Schools and Colleges. Accreditation • Development of education educational plans, goals, and • Special workshops and one- is an assurance of quality and a maps and other specialized courses with an academic on-one meetings with student guarantee that courses taken for tools to ensure retention and program advisor ambassadors credit will be accepted by other successful program completion • Ongoing support through • Discussion of available college educational institutions.