Gatlin Education Services
Academy Continuing Education Program Expands New Online Offerings
St. Johnsbury Academy’s Continuing Education program has partnered with the ed2go firm and Gatlin Education Services (GES), the world’s largest provider of asynchronous web-based training to colleges, universities, and other educational institutions, to offer an extensive catalog of online technical skill and personal enrichment classes.
The Division of Continuing Education is part of the Academy’s Department of Career and Technical Education which provides technical education for high school students across the region. The Division of Continuing Education expands this mission to all adults in the area providing further training and career advancement in their current occupation or even the opportunity to explore other career fields.
Ed2go recently purchased GES, allowing the offering of career-oriented programs that are longer in duration with some offering certification, such as Medical Billing and Coding (240 hrs), AutoCAD 2009 (150 hrs), Grant Writing (300 hrs), Video Game Design and Development (500 hrs), Microsoft® Office Specialist (120 hrs), and Women’s Exercise Training and Wellness (200 hrs.).
The partnership with ed2go focuses on shorter, six-week long classes beginning on the 15th of each month in diverse areas of Foreign Language, Business, Computer Training, Writing, Health Care, Test Preparation, and others.
GES standardizes online methodology, including system administration, evaluation and instruction with its custom-designed, browser-based courseware. A growing number of programs include externship opportunities with major companies, and GES also offers optional career services to the students it serves.
In addition, GES’ online career training programs allow educational institutions to either jump-start their online education programs or augment existing distance-learning options.
The firm’s methodology combines high quality online content, textbooks, CD-ROMs, and an online instructor/mentor.
Listings of course titles are available by visiting the ed2go and GES websites at www.ed2go.com/stjacademy and www.gatlineducation.com/stjacademy.
Additional information about the Academy’s Continuing Education program is available by visiting the school’s website at www.stjohnsburyacademy.org, the Caledonia Essex Technical Education Region Continuing Education website at www.nekcareersolution.org, or contacting Tom Manges, the program’s director, by e-mail at tmanges@stjacademy.org.