As the Warren County Career Center enters 2009, we look forward to completion of our improvement and expansion construction project Phase I. It is on target to be completed by the start of the 2009-10 school year in August. We will have a more secure and welcoming entrance, new media center, academic wing with six classrooms and two science labs, and an expansion of our Commons area, which serves as our cafeteria and meeting area for school assemblies and events such as our annual Business Advisory Kickoff Meeting.
Our focus continues to be on providing our youth and adults with the academic knowledge and career technical skills and competencies they need to enter, compete and advance in their chosen careers.
The Adult Education Full Service Center is in full swing as hundreds of displaced workers come to us for career counseling and retraining into a career that is in demand in the job market. Our Adult Education staff is working hard to provide enough classes to keep up with the demand, and to help those who are completing to apply for jobs with area employers. Our impact on the region’s economy is significant as we provide meaningful, affordable and short-term training in order to get people back into the workforce.
New program offerings for high school students in 2009-10 will include Electrical Power Line Mechanic and Biotechnology. Enrollment for next year is going on now.
The Gateway to Success program, a collaboration with Miami University Middletown, enables youth and young adults who have not completed high school and have been out for at least one year, to return to school and earn a high school diploma. Subject matter is delivered online and in a classroom setting which is located at Miami Middletown’s campus. Students who complete their high school requirements will be more comfortable in a college setting and should be ready to go on for post-secondary education. We have had several young people complete this program, now in its second year, and many of them are going on for more education in colleges and technical schools.
In another partnership with Miami University Middletown, we offer a dual credit senior English program at the career center this school year. Students in the class must have scored at a specific level on the COMPASS (the entry level test required at MUM) and submitted writing samples that were reviewed by the staff at MUM.
The partnerships we have established with business and industry continue to benefit our students by ensuring that they are receiving training in the latest technology and are preparing for careers that are in demand right here in Warren County as well as around the world. Our fall Business Advisory Kickoff brought hundreds of business people in for advisory meetings and a special program with speaker Doug McNeill of Atrium Medical Center.
As positive as last year was, we are excited to move forward into the future. We can now say that we have served Warren County for 31 years. We appreciate the community’s continued support and value our relationships with our partner school districts: Franklin; Lebanon; Kings; Springboro; Little Miami and Waynesville. We understand and look forward to the challenges we face related to continued growth, improved quality and outstanding student performance. The Warren County Career Center is committed to creating a future of opportunities for each of our students.
If you have questions or need additional information visit our website at mywccc.org or call us at 513-932-5677 for high school or 513-932-8145 for adult education.
Maggie Hess
Superintendent
513-932-5677 ext. 5200
maggie.hess@mywccc.org