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Mission Statement

The Educational Services Center is an adult learning center that promotes academic basic skill development through quality education and services while fostering personal growth, leadership, and opportunity to a culturally diverse community.

The goals of Mesalands Community College’s Educational Services Center are to support and encourage activities that:

• Promote lifelong learning.

• Encourage learner literacy.

• Develop skills necessary for employment and self-sufficiency.

• Promote completion of secondary school education.

• Encourage involvement in student's education.

The Educational Services Center is a multifaceted department that provides a broad spectrum of learning services and resources for all qualified learners. The center provides students with opportunities to develop or expand educational skills at a number of levels. This includes the most basic areas, such as literacy and citizenship, through post-graduation and career services.

Pre-Collegiate Services

Adult Basic Education (ABE)

The ABE program offers a variety of services for building basic skills. The program offers free materials and instruction in the following areas:

General Education Development (G.E.D.)

The General Education Development Test offers students 16 years of age or older an opportunity to earn a high school diploma.


College Success Services

Success Assessment/Placement Testing

The Success Assessment/Placement Test (ACT COMPASS Test), which is administered through the Educational Services Center, is used to place students in appropriate math, English, and reading classes to help ensure their success while enrolled at Mesalands Community College.

All students pursuing diplomas or associate degrees and any student enrolling in core math or English classes must complete the assessment prior to enrollment.

Collegiate and Career Planning

Students are screened in an effort to determine basic career interest. Guidance is provided on careers, career information, educational opportunities, and employability trends. A primary focus is the selection of career interests.

Success Workshops

 Various workshops are provided each semester for student enrichment. Topics include note-taking skills, academic success strategies, time management, searching for scholarships, staying healthy, relaxation techniques, identifying your learning style, anger management, computer literacy, voter registration, Web CT, and others.


Career Center Services

Guidance

The Career Center is located in the Educational Services Center and is open Monday and Wednesday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; and Friday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., in the fall and spring semesters. During the summer semesters the center is open from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Career Center is staffed by Student Services personnel to assist students in career choices, prospects, trends, and educational requirements.

The Career Center staff works actively with students and groups to assist them in finding employment and investigating areas of interest as possible career choices. Access to a number of resources is available to students to investigate career and educational opportunities, to develop job-seeking skills, and to learn how to compete for jobs.

Resources

The Career Center contains resources for students seeking information on job search skills, the labor market, employment trends, or educational programs. Computers are available with multimedia career software for career exploration and resume preparation.

A career assessment is available through state-of-the-art software programs. These assessment instruments provide a number of career inventories for student use, and allow students to identify their career interests by taking a self-guided interest/skills inventory. They may also select a skills inventory assessment based on previous employment. With these programs, specific job descriptions are available for most jobs in the United States. After a student determines his or her specific career interests, he or she is provided with extensive information on colleges and other programs offering training in those fields.

Students may select career interest videos from a library of more than 200 titles. Reference books are available on topics such as job retention, labor market trends, interviewing skills, resume writing, and transitioning assistance. In addition, employer data files and job postings are maintained for students needing job placement assistance.
 

Students with Special Needs

Mesalands Community College is committed to helping qualified challenged students with special needs reach their goals. The College attempts to address student needs within its available existing resources. Students assist the faculty and/or staff through self-identification, so a determination can be made for appropriate services. Challenged students may be eligible for free assistance, determined on an individual basis, and based on functional limitations, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Learning Assistance
• Tutors
• Alternative Keyboards
• Computer Software Adaptations
• Alternative Assessments
• Specialized Career Information
• Voice Activated Software
• Referral and Liaison for many of the above services

Students requesting learning assistance are required to submit verification of the challenge. Please see the Dean of Student Services.