DIRECTIONS

Discovering Your Passion

Leanna Fredrich
Do you desire more from life? Deepen your life experiences and increase your fulfillment with this life-changing workshop. Rediscover your passions, find your Inner Genius, and create a life purpose. Complete this class and become prepared and focused, ready to begin measuring and structuring your life around your genius, values, and passions.

Tue, Feb 21-Mar 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 4 wks      Littleton Campus
BUSI 1016W01-80166      $99, $7 material fee to instructor

JOBS

Power Job Club

Linda Sorrento
Get your career on track or jump start it with the following:

• the best and worst ways to look for a job accessing the hidden job market; telephone tips
• researching, including social networking and job research engines
• assessing of your skills, interests and abilities.
• transferring your skills to a new career
• sharpening your resume or creating
• marketing letters - their purpose and using them
• getting ready for the interview
• Interviewing skills-asking good questions and answering the tough ones

Thu, Jan 26-Feb 16, 6:30-9 p.m., 4 wks      Littleton Campus
BUSI 1098W01-80746      $119

WEDDING PLANNER

So You Want to be a Wedding Planner? An Overview

Steven Stokes
With over 2 million weddings in the United States each year and an average wedding budget of $30,000 (in Colorado) there is an amazing market for wedding planners today! While wedding planning is a lot of fun, to be successful in the industry you must know what to do and do it well as it is also a very competitive industry. Come see if this career is something for you.

Wed, Mar 7, 6-9 p.m.      Littleton Campus
BUSI 1020W01-80159      $49

EVENT PLANNING 

Want to be an Event Planner? Discover The Basics

Steven Stokes
Most of us have had the chance to plan a party, a wedding, or an event for a family member or a friend. Some find this work totally exhilarating and fun, but what if you want to become an event planner in real life? What kind of jobs would you look for, what skills would you utilize, and what would it really take to do this work on a day-to-day basis instead of just one time a year? What event niche fits your skills and desires? While event planning is a relatively new career field, there is training that helps one break into the field. Come to this overview of the industry and discover the titles that match an event planner job description and learn what you need to know to be a successful event planner.

Thu, Feb 9, 6:30-8 p.m.      Littleton Campus  Class closed
BUSI 1047W01-80254      $44

VOICE OVER

You’re On The Air: How to Really Make it in Voice-Overs!

Lisa Foster
Voice-overs are hot today! You don’t have to be an actor to get voice-over work, but it certainly doesn’t hurt! With such notable talent as Morgan Freeman, Glenn Close, and Alec Baldwin lending their voices to commercials, films, and videos, one would think that it would be next to impossible to break into this field. Not so! Discover some exciting new ways to get around the competition and actually turn voice-overs into a thriving full or part-time business! Step up to the mic and do some practice recording. Discuss the all important ‘demo’ and how to have it produced.

Thu, Feb 23, 7-9 p.m.      Littleton Campus
BUSI 1019W01-80165      $54

TRAVEL CAREERS

Hottest Travel Careers  

Ron Stern
Did you know that travel is the world’s biggest business and one of the fastest growing? Make $$ as a P/T or F/T home-based travel agent. Travel for free arranging group tours. Cruise for as little as $35 per day on a luxury cruise line in this little-known opportunity. Make money and see the world as a director. How to take a free vacation in Spain, just by speaking English. Live for free in a foreign country for up to a year as an English instructor. Learn how others will pay your way to write about travel and take interesting photos. *Optional book fee of $10 is for Ron’s “Getting Hired” booklet.

Mon, Feb 6, 5-7 p.m.      Littleton Campus  Class closed
TRVL 1013W01-80187      $49*

How to be a Travel Writer: The Easy Way

Ron Stern
Veteran travel photojournalist Ron Stern has been teaching this popular course for many years in Denver and Boulder. Travel writers stay in the best hotels, eat the finest foods, and experience VIP treatment-all for free! Get started now! Discuss inside information to this fast track career. Use the Internet to explore free trips and find the best sites for writers. Build a media contact list, obtain assignments, approach airlines for free airfare, conduct interviews, create a portfolio, take photos that sell, and more. If you have wanderlust but lack the money to pay for it, then take this class! *There is an optional $25 material fee paid to the instructor for 2 booklets that provide many more opportunities for discount travel as well as Ron’s list of media contacts which is loaded with insider contacts in the travel industry.

Mon, Jan 30, 7-9 p.m.      Littleton Campus
TRVL 1008W01-80162      $49*

MEDICAL BILLING AND CODING

Explore the Medical Coding and Billing Field

Lisa Mostek
Want to be a medical coder or biller and work from home? Learn about the requirements of the job, how to get trained, the pros and cons and marketing strategies to own your own business and work from home.

Tue, Mar 6, 6-8:30 p.m.      Littleton Campus
BUSI 1012W01-80188      $49

RN Refresher

Are you an RN but have been out of the workforce for a few years? Check out our RN Refresher Program and update your skills to get a job as a nurse. For information, call 303.734.3701.

CAREER EXPLORATION ONLINE

Get career training FAST and CONVENIENTLY in your home or at work. Hundreds of classes are offered online to help you move up in your current career or get a new one. Visit the online section and follow the links to ed2go to see how easy and fun it is to take these and other great classes.

Section Numbers Chart:

• M03      August 17
• F01      September 21
• F02      October 19
• F03      November 9
• F04      December 14

Remember to include course number (below), section number (above), course title and course start date when registering and completing your registration form for all courses.

ONLI 1001     Secrets of the Caterer
ONLI 1003     How to Become a Veterinary Assistant
ONLI 1005     Start and Operate Your Own Home Based Business
ONLI 1006     Starting A Consulting Practice
ONLI 1007     Learn to Buy and Sell on eBay
ONLI 1080     Administrative Assistant Fundamentals
ONLI 1133     Professional Sales Skills
ONLI1180      Administrative Assistant Applications
ONLI 1240     Business Marketing Writing
ONLI 2098     Become an Optical Assistant
ONLI 2103     Business Law for the Small Business Owner            

CAREER SEARCH ONLINE

ONLI 1123     Resume Writing Workshop
ONLI 1171     Listen to Your Heart and Success Will Follow
ONLI 2063     Making Age an Asset in Your Job Search                

FOR TEACHERS
The following online classes are designed especially for teachers. These classes may also be eligible for recertification credit. For more information, call us at 303.797.5722 .

ONLI 1008     Big Ideas in Little Books
ONLI 1009     Survival Kit for Teachers
ONLI 1010     Ready, Set, Read!
ONLI 1011     The Classroom Computer
ONLI 1012     Using the Internet in the Classroom
ONLI 1013     The Creative Classroom
ONLI 1015     Get Assertive!
ONLI 1016     Leadership
ONLI 1017     Enhancing Language Development in Childhood
ONLI 1018     Understanding Adolescents
ONLI 1019     Guiding Kids on the Internet
ONLI 1108     Creating a Classroom Web Site
ONLI 1186     Intro to Teaching ESL and EFL
ONLI 1187     Teaching Math: Grades 4-6
ONLI 1228     Solving Classroom Discipline Problems
ONLI 2067     Reading Strategies That Work 
ONLI 2068     Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 in the Classroom
 

GET TRAINED! GET A JOB!

Discover dozens of in-depth, fast track, training programs for which you will receive a certificate upon successful completion. These programs will enhance your job prospects. Work with a career counselor to help guide your transition from the classroom to the workplace. All materials, workbooks, and software are part of the course fee. Payment plans are available.

Online certificate training programs are available in:

• Business and Professional
• Healthcare and Fitness
• IT and Software Development
• Management and Corporate
• Media and Design
• Hospitality and Gaming
• Skilled Trades and Industrial

Go to www.arapahoe.edu, click on Community Education and follow the online links.