Adult training will be offered

Classes range from computers to yoga.
BY AMANDA GARRETT
VINDICATOR TRUMBULL STAFF
CHAMPION -- The new Adult Training Center at the Trumbull Career and Technical Center will offer downsized GM and Delphi Packard Electric workers the opportunity to train for a new line of work.
The center, which will have its grand opening Thursday, provides 44,000 square feet of space in a $6.4 million facility.
TCTC is working closely with both GM and Delphi to provide information about job re-training, Superintendent Wayne McClain said.
Both companies are distributing TCTC catalogs at their local plants, and GM Lordstown is sponsoring the training center's open house.
The training center addition is connected by enclosed walkways with the older part of the facility, which teaches 1,000 high school students.
Programs offered
The training center offers programs in health care, computer technology, trade and industry and personal enrichment.
Most of the full-time degrees can be completed in nine to 11 months, McClain said.
The LPN nursing program and the computerized office technology program are two of the most popular degrees with the training center's 3,000 adult students, McClain said.
Some of the other full-time programs TCTC provides are automotive technology, building mainten-ance/construction trades and medical administrative specialist.
In addition to job re-training, the center also offers personal enrichment courses like yoga and quilting.
"We have the ability to be flexible with our catalog," McClain said. "We offered a course in conversational Italian because someone who was going to Italy suggested it."
The new building is on the far east end of Educational Highway in Champion and can be seen from the state Route 5 bypass.
The training center will be handicapped accessible and will feature larger classrooms and a commissary. Every classroom will be equipped with a projector that can screen the Internet or DVDs.
Reason for new center
Previously, TCTC's adult education had been at the Gordon D. James Career Center in Lordstown.
TCTC's board decided to build the adult learning center because of the yearly $240,000 lease on the facility.
"They decided that if we were paying so much already, it would be better to have our own facility," McClain said.
The addition also gives TCTC the advantage of having everything on one campus, McClain said.
Another boon to the training center was the 10 year, 2.4-mill levy that passed in November 2004. The levy has provided a stable source of income for the training center project, McClain said.
"I believe that levy passed because so many people were familiar with us," he said. "They had come and taken our classes, and they know we provide a cost efficient education for adults."
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Anyone wishing to register should call the training center at (330) 847-0503 Ext. 1600. Students must have a high school diploma or GED to enroll, although the training center offers GED classes