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Curriculum is available in 9-week sequential segments (OAT
A, OAT B & OAT C) to maximize opportunities for student
success and certification. Lab time (hours outside of class)
and evidence of same is mandatory.
Two online programs add value to the students’ experience: a
Gregg Quick Filing Practice online tutorial and an interactive
tutorial covering 2007 Microsoft applications and the Vista
Operating System. Students successfully completing the
program will have approximately two years’ access to the
tutorial.
Development of soft skills in OAT B & OAT C—team
work, communication, customer service—is as important as
developing hard skills. In addition to providing another job
reference, Service Learning enhances the students’ résumés
and puts them in the “real world” of work while completing
their training.
Students who complete 80 percent of the course competencies
with a rating of “3” or higher will receive a Certificate of
Professional Development.
Office Administration and Technology A (OAT A) offers
a flexible 9-week curriculum, with industry-validated
competencies and a learning how-to-learn training foundation.
The course provides awareness and/or development of
basic, pre-entry-level job skills, professional behaviors,
self-esteem enhancement, and ethical expectations of the
business environment through on-campus orientation
(prior to start of course), off-campus Service Learning, and
comprehensive sequentially based competency acquisition.
Integrated foundation competencies include keyboarding
speed and accuracy reinforcement, electronic calculator and
numeric keypad by touch, alphabetic filing, computer literacy
(Windows environment, file management), introduction to
word processing and spreadsheet, and job search skills.
Office Administration and Technology B (OAT B) provides a
flexible 9-week curriculum to continue development of job
search skills and foundation competencies, to include tables,
letters, page numbering, section breaks. These intermediate
computer literacy skills will prepare students for success in
OAT C.
Office Administration and Technology C (OAT C) provides a
flexible 9-week curriculum which includes job search skills
and refinement of the basic and intermediate skills with the
goal of producing cost-effective documents and spreadsheets.
Computer skills will be used to perform Internet research,
work on “live” projects, and enhance job preparation skills.
Students successfully completing OAT A, B, or C may apply
for the internship program for work experience. Please see the
internship course description for more information.
Absences of three or more days may qualify for a leave of
absence (LOA). The program counselor or instructor will
initiate the request. Upon approval from the agency counselor,
the student’s end date will be extended to reflect the LOA
days missed.
Extensions, in five-week blocks, are available in OAT A, OAT
B, OAT C and OAT A, B & C, as needed to complete the
competencies.
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