The following institutions provide varying forms of career education, utilizing resources for people wanting to learn, grow, and/or improve their skills.
Leon County Schools: ADULT AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION 283 Trojan Trail 850-922-5345 www.leoncountyschools/ace
AVEDA INSTITUTE OF TALLAHASSEE 2020 W. Pensacola St. 850-222-4299 www.avedaflorida.com
BARRY UNIVERSITY Woodcrest Office Park Plaza 325 John Knox Road Bldg. A 850-385-2279 www.barry.edu
CORE INSTITUTE provides 525 hour massage therapy training program along with a 48 hour Myofascial therapy. Both day and evening classes are availaable. 223 W. Carolina St. 850-222-8673 www.coreinstitut.com
EMERY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY Located on campus of TCC 444 Appleyard Drive, 850-201-8330 www.erau.edu
FLAGLER COLLEGE Located on the TCC campus. 444 Appleyard Drive 850-201-8070 www.flagler.edu
FLORIDA GREEN ACADEMY Located on the TCC Campus provides career focused education within the "green" industry/economy. Classes include solar power, green construction, sustainable construction. www.workforce.tcc.fl.edu/florida_green_academy 850-201-9612
LIVELY TECHNICAL CENTER provides career focused education with classes in virtually every trade/occupation. Classes range from welding, car/aviation service and maintenace technology, barbering, electrical/electronics, culinary arts, commerical photography, IV therapy for PNS, motorcycle basic rider course, and tons more. www.livelytech.com 500 N. Appleyard Drive, 850-487-7555
NORTH FLORIDA COSMETOLOGY INSTITUTE, INC 2424 Allen Road 850-878-5269
SCHOOL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY oferrs classes in information and electronics technology, design, business areas leading towards associate and/or Bachelors degrees. 2639 N. Monroe, Suite # 100
SYLVAN TECHNOLOGY CENTER 1410 Market St. 850-386-8707
ALISON (Advanced Learning Interactive Systems Online) ALISON offers more than 400 courses from basic accounting through web design. All their classes are free. It is used world wide by users trying to learn new skills, and upgrade existing ones. It if part of the offical workforce development wweb site in most states. Workforce uses it to help users in "up-skilling" themselves. The site has developed a "flash test' where a job applicant can dermonstrate to a potential employer that he/she does have skills necessary in a particular fireld. The only financial charge is for a crtificte or diploma verifying the student has taken and passed the course. The cost is $30.00.
Tallahassee Community College is helping baby boomers train for new careers. TCC was selected to join the Plus 50 Encore Completion Program. This is a program nationwide that hopes to train older students. 27 other community colleges are joined with TCC in this effort. TCC offers degrees and certificates that prepare students for careers in healthcare, law enforcement, computer programming, and other growing fields. The goal with this new program is to retrain and return Plus 50 students to the workforce in the shortest time possible. Helping them in pursuing higher degrees is part of the goal. The career-focused programs will assist older students in updating their skills to improve job prospects, giving them the training and knowledge they need to transition into completely new careers. If you are interested in the program, visit www.GoToTCC>COm or call 850-201-9766. You can also visit the website of the Plus 50 Initiative at www.plus50.aacc.nche.edu .
