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Grace Institute. Our next semester will begin in January 2015!

Grace Institute

Grace Institute serves 300 women annually through 2 six-month cycles. Classes are held from 9am-4pm from Monday through Friday. Grace Institute is proud of its diverse student body! We train underserved women, ages 18-64 who live in the New York metropolitan area. We are HRA accredited and provide social service support with challenges that may arise during the training. We have five requirements that our applicants must meet: Have a HS diploma or GEDBe able and willing to attend our program full time Speak English fluentlyBe eligible to work in the United StatesDemonstrate an 8th grade baseline academic level Additional application procedures will include:

Opportunities For A Better Tomorrow. Adult Employment Services OBT has a contract with Consortium for Worker Education to administer the Jobs to Build On (JtBO) program.

Opportunities For A Better Tomorrow

This FREE service provides placement to eligible (unemployed, low income, etc.) individuals 18 and above. Registration: Ongoing Adult Education and Literacy ProgramESOL, GED, Pre-GED, and ABE This program was launched in 2007 to provide ESOL, GED, and Pre-GED classes to adults in the communities we serve. Bushwick Workforce Resource Center The mission of the Bushwick Workforce Resource Center is to facilitate greater access to education, job training, and employment services for the people of Bushwick, and to develop community partnerships that can provide additional support to local residents.

The BWRC serves over 1,500 local residents per year. Referrals are also made to local agencies for government benefits, health insurance, immigration assistance, vocational services and many many more. Office for New Americans. How much is it- The entire SDS online experience, which includes test administration and a comprehensive report, costs only $9.95.

How much is it-

The detailed report includes… A three-letter Summary Code that represents the three personality types that best describe the individual’s work personality. A list of occupations that correspond to the code, along with the levels of education they each require. A list of the fields of study that correspond to the code. A list of leisure activities that correspond to the code. Carnegie Mellon School of Design. Students in our doctoral studies program conduct research in the following three research areas: Design Studies.

Carnegie Mellon School of Design

Institute for Sexuality and Enlightenment. American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT)* Track Programs ISEE is an Organizational Provider of AASECT credit hours.

Institute for Sexuality and Enlightenment

Our certification programs provide all of the educational hours in the Core Knowledge areas necessary to be AASECT certified as a Sexuality Educator, Counselor or Therapist. They also provide some sex therapy training hours, some sex education training hours, consultation hours for sex educators and the Attitudes & Values Training (SAR). Individual classes may be taken for AASECT credit, or students can enroll in the certificate programs below. New York Campus - Sex Therapy Post Grad Institute. Kio Stark » Don’t Go Back to School excerpt. School is broken and everyone knows it.

Kio Stark » Don’t Go Back to School excerpt

Public schools from kindergarten to graduation have been crumbling for decades, dropout rates are high, and test scores are low. The value—in every sense—of a college education and degree is hotly contested in the news every day. Students face unprecedented debt in an economy with a dwindling middle class and lessening opportunities for social mobility. This has a significant effect on lives and on the economy itself. The student debt crisis reaches through every facet of people’s lives.

Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies: The First Step in Entrepreneurship. About the Course #1 Entrepreneurship Course on Coursera* #3 Overall Business Course on Coursera* *CourseTalk's "Top Rated" MOOCs (October, 2014) This course assists aspiring entrepreneurs in developing great ideas into great companies.

Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies: The First Step in Entrepreneurship

With strong economies presenting rich opportunities for new venture creation, and challenging economic times presenting the necessity for many to make their own job, the need to develop the skills to develop and act on innovative business opportunities is ever present. Design Thinking Action Lab, Stanford University. All humans are born as creative beings, but as we grow up, school and work offer few opportunities to cultivate and apply our creativity.

Design Thinking Action Lab, Stanford University

At Stanford’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design - known as the d.school - students of all disciplines learn the design thinking process as a methodology for creative and human-centered problem solving that empowers them to collaborate across disciplines and tackle the world’s biggest challenges. In this experiential course - free and open to all - you will learn the design thinking process by tackling a real world innovation challenge. The $10,000 Technology Degree. Everyone knows that the tech industry is a good one to be in these days.

The $10,000 Technology Degree

Information Technology is in the top-20 projected fastest growing industries in the United States between 2010 and 2020, with 4% annual growth, according to the federal government. Occupations across the industry from computer programmers to software developers and systems analysts have high annual earnings, in the $70-$95,000-a-year range. Specializations. Canvas Network. Specializations. Social Intrapreneurship – Innovation Within Institutions.

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Social Intrapreneurship – Innovation Within Institutions

Canvas Network. Learn. Collaborate. Innovate. Take online courses from top Universities and educational institutions through NovoEd. Portland State School of Business Administration: Impact Entrepreneurs. Lessons - Hack Design.