Special Interest Classes
Have fun, expand your knowledge on a subject or learn something new! Computer skills, art, dancing, beekeeping and more.
Have fun, expand your knowledge on a subject or learn something new! Computer skills, art, dancing, beekeeping and more.
Date(s): | 9/24/2024 to 10/10/2024 |
Day/Times: | Tue/Thu 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM |
Location: | MCCTC, Facility: Adult Career Center, Room: B-02 |
Cost: | $69 + supplies |
Hours: | 15.00 |
Instructor: | Michael Vigliotti |
Date(s): | 2/11/2025 to 2/27/2025 |
Day/Times: | Tue/Thu 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM |
Location: | MCCTC, Facility: Adult Career Center, Room: B-02 |
Cost: | $69 + supplies |
Hours: | 15.00 |
Instructor: | Michael Vigliotti |
If you have ever wanted to capture the beauty around you in a drawing, here is your opportunity to learn how to do just that. Whether you are a beginner or intermediate artist, this class will help you explore your creativity. Learn how to design detailed and realistic drawings by using both different grades of drawing pencils and blenders. Explore toning, shading and the use of different pencils to create textures for different subjects. Step-by-step instruction, in a pleasant and relaxed learning environment, will help you develop the confidence you need to work towards mastering the skill of drawing. A supply list will be mailed to you before class begins.
Note: A blending Stump also known as a Tortillon is a very important tool when doing a drawing in pencil. This allows the student to blend and shade to achieve realistic results.
These are suggestions for supplies, but any combination of these or other brands will do.
Fall Date(s): | 10/24/2023 to 11/9/2023 |
Day/Times: | Tues & Thurs 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM |
Location: | MCCTC |
Cost: | $69 + supplies |
Hours: | 15.00 |
Instructor: | Michael Vigliotti |
Spring Date(s): | 4/9/2024 to 4/25/2024 |
Day/Times: | Tues & Thurs 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM |
Location: | MCCTC |
Cost: | $69 + supplies |
Hours: | 15.00 |
Instructor: | Michael Vigliotti |
Take time for yourself this year. Learning how to paint with watercolor is a beautiful, fun way to express yourself creatively. Designed for beginner and intermediate artists, this course will help you explore various techniques in watercolor, such as mixing colors, applying glazes, using the dry brush technique, wet on wet application, and lifting of paint from an area to achieve desired effect. Hands-on instruction in a relaxed environment will help you learn foundational skills, explore your artistic side and also teach you to embrace new techniques. Art is an adventure, and you are invited to explore with us as you learn the unique skill of painting with watercolor! A supply list will be mailed to you before class begins.
Fall
Date(s): | 11/4/2024 to 11/25/2024 |
Day/Times: | Mon/Wed 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM |
Location: | MCCTC |
Cost: | $145.00 |
Hours: | 14.00 |
Instructor: | Gary Capone |
Spring
Date(s): | 3/3/2025 to 3/24/2025 |
Day/Times: | Mon/Wed 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM |
Location: | MCCTC |
Cost: | $145.00 |
Hours: | 14.00 |
Instructor: | Gary Capone |
This is a new course, combining former courses Computer Basics and Windows 10, now Windows 11. If you are relatively new to using computers, or want to learn more about Windows 11, then this is the course for you. Some of the topics to be explored are: external and internal hardware, including modems, routers, and different type cables. Also, you will learn about browsers, search engines, portals, VPNs, and hyperlinks, and internet safety. You will be introduced to the Windows 11 computer home screen, surfing the Web, and working with files.
Microsoft Excel I
Microsoft Excel I empowers participants with key skills to create, design, edit, and print worksheets by using the formatting and page layout features. Learn basic calculations, formulas, and enhanced functions. Utilize the Quick Analysis Tool. Create data visualizations with conditional formatting, tables, charts, sparklines, and graphs. Sort and filter detailed data within tables. This course can be of great value for participants wishing to move their Excel skills to a higher level by learning how to create accurate and professional spreadsheets.
About the instructor: Krista McConnahey earned her bachelor’s degree in Comprehensive Business Education and her master’s degree in Instruction and Curriculum. She has been teaching business education at a local high school for over 20 years. Teaching Microsoft Office has been her passion to prepare individuals for the real-world situations at college, professional, and personal levels. She has Industrial Certifications in Microsoft Word, Word Expert, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook and has certified over 150 students in the same Microsoft Industrial Certifications.
Date(s): | Fall dates coming soon |
Day/Times: | Tuesday 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM |
Location: | MCCTC |
Cost: | $145.00 |
Hours: | 15.00 |
Instructor: | Krista McConnahey |
Microsoft Excel II
This advanced course is for intermediate Excel users who want to take their spreadsheet skills to the next level. Learn advanced functions such as lookup, financial, what-if analysis, and nested formulas. Create Pivot tables, Slicers, and Pivot charts. Import data from other sources into an Excel workbook. Learn advance filters and sorting in tables to better organize information. Utilize the advance find and replace features to clean up data. Comprehend macros and the security of including macros in your workbooks. The purpose of this course is to give individuals the knowledge of the power of Excel. **If you did not attend the Microsoft Excel I course, please contact the Adult Career Center office to purchase the course book**.
About the instructor: Krista McConnahey earned her bachelor’s degree in Comprehensive Business Education and her master’s degree in Instruction and Curriculum. She has been teaching business education at a local high school for over 20 years. Teaching Microsoft Office has been her passion to prepare individuals for the real-world situations at college, professional, and personal levels. She has Industrial Certifications in Microsoft Word, Word Expert, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook and has certified over 150 students in the same Microsoft Industrial Certifications.
Date(s): | 4/9/2024 to 5/7/2024 |
Day/Times: | Tuesday 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM |
Location: | MCCTC |
Cost: | $120.00 |
Hours: | 15.00 |
Instructor: | Krista McConnahey |
Manage your accounting efficiently using QuickBooks Online. Learn to set up your company and chart of accounts. Record income and expenses, as well as, your assets and liabilities to ensure accurate financial reports. Sync your bank accounts with QuickBooks Online and reconcile to keep your account balances up to date.
Spring Date(s): | 5/7/2024 to 6/13/2024 |
Day/Times: | Tue/Thu 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM |
Location: | MCCTC |
Cost: | $275.00 |
Hours: | 24.00 |
Instructor: | Michelle Huffman |
Date(s): | One Session – 4/11/24 |
Day/Times: | Thursdays 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM |
Location: | MCCTC |
Cost: | $49 |
Hours: | 3.00 |
Instructor: | Jack Kravitz |
Join local bagel making expert, Jack Kravitz (retired owner of Kravitz Bagels) in using classic boil and bake techniques to make classic New York Style bagels. The class will include mixing, dividing, forming, proofing, boiling, and baking.
Course menu: bagels and spreads.
Date(s): | One Session – 5/9/24 |
Day/Times: | Thursdays 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM |
Location: | MCCTC |
Cost: | $59 |
Hours: | 3.00 |
Instructor: | Jack Kravitz |
You have always enjoyed appetizers as the best part of the meal at your favorite Asian restaurant. Now learn how to make them at home! Asian dumplings, crab rangoon, sesame peanut butter noodles, fresh Vietnamese spring rolls, and ground turkey fried egg rolls.
Date(s): | One Session – 5/30/24 |
Day/Times: | Thursdays 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM |
Location: | MCCTC |
Cost: | $59 |
Hours: | 3.00 |
Instructor: | Jack Kravitz |
The grill is for than just cooking meat. Learn techniques to cook shrimp, grilled vegetables, lettuce salad off the grill, and a grilled dessert.
Date(s): | One Session – 2/15/24 |
Day/Times: | Thursdays 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM |
Location: | MCCTC |
Cost: | $59 |
Hours: | 3.00 |
Instructor: | Jack Kravitz |
Cabbage is the most underrated vegetable. It is the heart of so many Easter European dishes. Learn different varieties such as Napa, Red, Chinese Celery, Savoy, and more as we cook air fryer eggrolls, haluski, stir fry, and instant pot stuffed cabbage.
Date(s): | One Session – 1/25/2024 |
Day/Times: | Thursday 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM |
Location: | MCCTC |
Cost: | $59.00 |
Hours: | 3.00 |
Instructor: | Jack Kravitz |
Make 5 soups in this class using techniques like the insta-pot pressure cooker. “Cheater” and full chicken stock, wedding soup, hot and sour soup, and butternut squash soup.
Date(s): | One Session – 3/21/2024 |
Day/Times: | Thursday 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM |
Location: | MCCTC |
Cost: | $59.00 |
Hours: | 3.00 |
Instructor: | Jack Kravitz |
Food, friends, and fun! Beet carpaccio, burrata with roasted tomatoes, deconstructed salmon Nicoise salad, shrimp ceviche-chocolate fondue, and yummy mocktails!
Spring Date(s): | 4/9/2024 to 5/14/2024 |
Day/Times: | Tuesday 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM |
Location: | MCCTC |
Cost: | $59 |
Hours: | 9.00 |
Instructor: | Amy Riehl |
Fitness can be fun! Little to no dance experience is needed, just come and learn line dances and enjoy the company of others who like to dance or want to learn to dance. No partner is needed, but please invite a friend to sign up too. Everyone learns at a different pace, and that’s okay. This class is meant to be casual and enjoyable as you learn to line dance with different genres of music.
Date(s): | 9/3/2024 to 11/21/2024 |
Day/Times: | Tue/Thu 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM |
Location: | Virtual |
Cost: | 999.00 |
Hours: | 31.50 |
Instructor: | Katie Brown |
Date(s): | 3/4/2025 to 5/22/2025 |
Day/Times: | Tue/Thu 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM |
Location: | Virtual |
Cost: | 999.00 |
Hours: | 31.50 |
Instructor: | Katie Brown |
Live, Virtual Training! Pursuing your SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP credential makes you a recognized expert and leader in the HR field keeping you and your organization more competitive in today’s economy. Prepare for test-taking success by enrolling in this specially designed test prep course. This class will meet virtually and there will be short, out of class assignments.
About the instructor: Katie Brown is a degreed professional in Human Resource Management offering a 15 year HR career distinguished by proven expertise in human resource management, wellness, benefits, recruitment and retention, training and development, employee relations and performance management.
Date(s): | One Session – 3/28/24 |
Day/Times: | 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM |
Location: | MCCTC |
Cost: | $120 |
Hours: | 3.00 |
Instructor: | Sandy Kerr RN BSN |
Participants will learn first aid basics for the most common first aid emergencies, including how to recognize them, how to call for help, and how to perform life saving skills. In addition, this course trains participants to give CPR, and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) in a safe, timely, and effective manner
This course is designed for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card in first aid/ CPR to meet job, regulatory, or other requirements.
Are you working as a Medical Assistant or completed a Medical Assistant training program and
now need to become a certified healthcare professional? Prepare for test-taking success with
this exam prep class. Taught by an experienced instructor offering a comprehensive overview
of key exam topics. Review practice test questions in a supportive learning environment.
This accelerated program is your perfect opportunity to gain the edge you need to succeed.
Date(s): | 5/7/24, 5/9/24, 5/14/24. 5/16/24 |
Day/Times: | 5:30-7:30 PM |
Location: | MCCTC, Facility: Adult Career Center |
Cost: | $125 |
Certification Exam Cost: | $119 |
Certification Exam Date: | 5/30/24 at 6PM |
Exam: AMCA (American Medical Certification Association) Medical Assistant Certification (MAC) exam
The purpose of this Communicable Diseases, also known as Infectious Diseases, course is to educate professionals and early child care staff on various types of communicable diseases. Students will also learn precautions to protect themselves, and other individuals receiving support, from contracting and/or spreading potential infectious diseases.
This is a 3 hour refresher training approved by ODJFS.
Training is valid for 3 years.
Date(s): | One Session: 5/22/2024 |
Day/Times: | Wednesday 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM |
Location: | MCCTC, Facility: Adult Career Center |
Cost: | 35.00 |
Hours: | 3.00 |
Instructor: | Sandy Kerr |
Apply here: https://mcctc.axstudent.com/#/category/B5/course/Pnl