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Continuing Education

Continuing Education promotes the lifelong learning process by offering a wide range of programs and services. These programs and services are designed to meet the needs and interests of adults, regardless of their educational background. Some courses and services are offered on a continuing basis while others begin as a result of specific requests by individuals or professional or civic groups.

Courses can be developed on or off campus, day or night, whenever or wherever there is an interest expressed by a sufficient number of people. Courses and services are usually designed to assist in the following areas:

To prepare for entry into an occupation
To upgrade or retrain employed individuals
To provide cultural awareness
To provide self-improvement opportunities

The broad areas of Continuing Education are Basic Skills, Hispanic/Latino Initiatives, Human Resources Development, and Special Programs. Requests and suggestions for additional courses are welcome!

Continuing Education Schedule

Basic Skills
The mission of Basic Skills is to offer adults the opportunity to improve their literacy skills and acquire the necessary knowledge for success in employment, self-sufficiency, higher education, and the family. Basic Skills assists interested adults 18 years or older who have not completed high school. Non-high school graduates 16 and 17 may also enroll with special permission. Basic Skills offers a refresher course to interested high school graduates.

The following Basic Skills programs are offered to assist adults in reaching their goals:

Basic Skills classes allow students to work at their own pace. Some individualized instruction is provided. Basic Skills classes are taught on the Tarboro and Rocky Mount campuses. Off-campus classes are located at various sites throughout Edgecombe County.

Hispanic/Latino Initiatives

Human Resources Development (HRD)

Special Programs
Special Programs creates classes for diverse populations/communities based upon need. These courses offer opportunities reflecting the needs of business, industry, professional and public service agencies, and community services.

Admission
Any adult living within a commuting distance of the college is eligible to attend adult education classes offered by the college on campus or at any of the several adult education centers in Edgecombe County. Any student admitted to class must have reached his or her 18th birthday and the individual’s regular public school class must have graduated, or he or she may be admitted as a person with special needs with written permission from the superintendent of the appropriate local school system.

Fees
Occupational Extension class fees are dependent upon the number of hours the class meets. A class that meets 1-24 hours costs $65.00. A class that meets 25-50 hours costs $120.00. A class that meets for more than 51 hours costs $175.00.

Classes designated as community service classes cost $20.00.

Classes designated as self-supporting vary in cost, as the number of students in the class determines the cost.

Refund Policy
For classes that are scheduled to meet four times or less, a 75% refund shall be made upon the request of the student if the student officially withdraws from the class(es) prior to or on the first day of class(es).

For classes that are scheduled to meet five or more times, a 75% refund shall be made upon the request of the student if the student officially withdraws from the class(es) prior to or on the official 10% point of the classes(es). Request for refunds will not be considered after the 10% point.

For contact hour classes, ten calendar days from the first day of the class(es), is the determination date.

At the time of official withdrawal under this policy, the college shall notify the student of the right to receive a refund.

Accident Insurance
Accident insurance, covering hours in school and transportation to and from school, is available.

Attendance
Students are expected to attend classes regularly. Attendance records are maintained by the class teachers. Certificates are issued, upon request, to any student who satisfactorily completes the course work and attends at least 75% of the class meetings.

Counseling Services
Academic counseling services are provided by the college to help students with their career and educational plans. Counselors are located on both the Rocky Mount and Tarboro campuses from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. A counselor also is available in the evenings from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday, on both campuses.

Grades
The Continuing Education Department awards grades for every course taken regardless of the length of the course. All grades are recorded on a permanent record which will be maintained by the college indefinitely.

Grade Significance:

S	Satisfactory – Represents satisfactory completion of course requirements
U	Unsatisfactory – Given to students who do not complete course requirements or a student who attends less than 75% of the classes
DR	Dropped – Given to students who register but do not attend class again before the 30% point of class
P	Pass – Represents satisfactory completion of course requirements
A	93 – 100
B	85 – 92
C	77 – 84
D	70 – 76
F	0 – 69
I	Incomplete

There are no official forms for withdrawing from class. Those who wish to discontinue class should inform the instructor. A code of DR will be recorded on the student’s permanent record for students who withdraw from class before the 30% point and a U for students dropping a course after the 30% point. There are no provisions for auditing classes. All students who register for class in the Department of Continuing Education will receive a grade which will be posted on a permanent record at Edgecombe Community College.

Course Descriptions
Course descriptions for continuing education and community service programs are not listed in this publication. Only examples or titles of the types of courses that may be offered are listed. Specific course descriptions are given in course schedules or may be furnished upon request. Courses not listed in this publication may be offered if the need and interest is made known and provided a qualified instructor, equipment, and funds are available.

Continuing Education Unit
The Continuing Education Unit (CEU) was designed to recognize and record individual and institutional participation in non-traditional studies and special activities. The CEU meets the need in adult and special activities. The CEU meets the need in adult and continuing education for uniformity in the planning of educational experiences for technical and professional people, to name a few, who seek to improve their competency and skill levels through staff development-type training. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools recognized the need for a uniform unit of recognition for such specialized activities and incorporated the Continuing Education Unit into Standard Nine in December 1971.

Edgecombe Community College has adopted the CEU as a system for record-keeping and quality control in programs of educational activities in continuing education. The functions of organization, instruction, and record-keeping are performed according to CEU standards in programs of continuing education.

CEUs are awarded for teacher certificate renewal courses in terms of “units of credit.” Other certificate renewal CEUs are in Cosmetology, Real Estate, and Real Estate Appraisal. There is an application to the governing agency for CEU course approval. All other courses awarding CEUs will be approved on a course by course basis using the criteria listed below. Adult Basic Education, GED, and most general adult education and self-supporting courses will not be measured in institutional CEUs.

Edgecombe Community College’s policy in regard to CEU courses requires all the following criteria be met before CEUs will be awarded.

The activity will be sponsored, CEUs determined, and faculty personnel approved by the Continuing Education Department at Edgecombe Community College.
The amount of CEUs for any course shall be determined prior to the course offering announcement.
In the preplanning sessions, there is active involvement by the target population, appropriate instructional personnel, and representation by Edgecombe Community College.
There is an articulated activity description, an identification of the target population rationale, education need(s), objectives, sequential outline of the program, and a vehicle for evaluation.
Each participant duly registers for CEUs by completing an appropriate registration form.
A permanent record must be maintained for each student.
The local administrative responsibility will rest with the Associate Vice President of Instruction.

Tarboro: (252) 823-5166 2009 W. Wilson St. Tarboro, NC 27886

Rocky Mount: (252) 446-0436 225 Tarboro St. Rocky Mount, NC 27801

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