Albert Lea Community Education

Session 1 (Winter): Beginning of February Session 2: (Spring): Beginning of April Session 3: (Summer): Beginning of June Session 4: (Fall): Beginning of September No class sessions offered in December and January. This is a three month online certificate program available to you at your convenience during the three month duration. You will be emailed a certificate of completion upon finishing the course. Data Analysis is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after skills in the workplace. Companies have vast amounts of data, but it is rare to have someone with the ability to analyze that data to see trends and make predictions. Add a whole new skill set to your portfolio, and make a big difference in the success of your organization by acquiring data analysis skills. Begin with getting a basic understanding of how to analyze data in a business setting. Then learn how many of your business decisions involve comparing groups for differences. You will know the statistics behind these group differences and relationships. Finally you will find out how to perform inquiries that will be useful to your business or organization, and have the skill necessary to communicate these results through graphs and text that your fellow employees will understand. Whether your business is home based or a large company, this certificate will take you to the next level where important decision-making is concerned. The grammar knowledge you'll gain from this certificate applies to whatever kind of writing you do now or aspire to create in the future. Everything you learn will elevate your communication skills and help you polish and edit your writing. An invitation into the classroom will be emailed to each student the Thursday before the course begins. That invitation will arrive from the email address: teacher@ugotclass.org. Students accept the invitation, and from there they will be able to create a password. Their login will be their email address. Once students have created a login, their classroom will be listed in their student profile. CEUs/ILUs: 4.8 Length (in hours): 48 Frequently Asked Questions

Session 1 (Winter): Beginning of February Session 2: (Spring): Beginning of April Session 3: (Summer): Beginning of June Session 4: (Fall): Beginning of September No class sessions offered in December and January. This is a two month online certificate program available to you at your convenience during the two month duration. You will be emailed a certificate of completion upon finishing the course. Whether you're a student or a professional, a career changer or a job seeker, Effective Grammar will improve your grammar, punctuation, and writing skills without making you feel like you’re back in eighth grade English class. Effective Grammar is a fun, down-to-earth, comprehensive course in English grammar for anyone who wants to enhance their communication skills. - Don’t understand the parts of speech? - Struggling to identify the subject and predicate of a sentence? - Not sure how to spot a run-on sentence or how to correct it? This certificate covers all that and lots more! You’ll master everything from commas to complete sentences to common sense writing. After completing Effective Grammar, you’ll be able to send in your well-written essay, submit your winning résumé, or produce a polished report for your employer, confident that your writing will attract attention for all the right reasons. Put an end to grammar mistakes that detract from your work and open the door to career opportunities as you learn to communicate more effectively. CEUs/ILUs: 3.2 Length (in hours): 32 Frequently Asked Questions

Session 1 (Winter): Beginning of February Session 2: (Spring): Beginning of April Session 3: (Summer): Beginning of June Session 4: (Fall): Beginning of September No class sessions offered in December and January. This is a three month online certificate program available to you at your convenience during the three month duration. You will be emailed a certificate of completion upon finishing the course. Especially geared for future leaders in the Gen Y generation (born 1980-1999), the certificate provides how-to practical information on advancing your leadership potential and making a difference in both the workplace and in society. Find out what it takes to become an effective leader. Discover your style of leadership. Discuss task completion, building relationships with your subordinates, becoming socially perceptive to changes in the workplace, utilizing your emotions in a positive and effective manner, and addressing challenging goals. Then learn the unspoken secrets that leaders know and the strategies they employ/exhibit in for influencing others. Leadership skills are acquired and learned. You can become a leader if you know the do’s and don’ts; what to say, what not to say; what to do, what not to do. At the end of completing the three course certificate, you will come away with a new understanding, new toolbox of leadership skills, and the information to move your leadership development into high gear. An invitation into the classroom will be emailed to each student the Thursday before the course begins. That invitation will arrive from the email address: teacher@ugotclass.org. Students accept the invitation, and from there they will be able to create a password. Their login will be their email address. Once students have created a login, their classroom will be listed in their student profile. CEUs/ILUs: 4.8 Length (in hours): 48 Frequently Asked Questions

Session 1 (Winter): Beginning of February Session 2: (Spring): Beginning of April Session 3: (Summer): Beginning of June Session 4: (Fall): Beginning of September No class sessions offered in December and January. This is a three month online certificate program available to you at your convenience during the three month duration. You will be emailed a certificate of completion upon finishing the course. New research and information is coming out frequently now about how your learners - and you - learn. Here’s what we know. In the last century, you taught everyone equally by teaching them the same. But we know we each learn differently. So in this century, you teach everyone equally by teaching them differently. In this Certificate in Learning Styles, you get the most advanced information about the three most important and most prevalent characteristics you experience with your participants: generation, gender, and the autism spectrum. Your instructors are some of the foremost authorities in the world on these subjects. They write, and speak around North America, on learning styles. An invitation into the classroom will be emailed to each student the Thursday before the course begins. That invitation will arrive from the email address: teacher@ugotclass.org. Students accept the invitation, and from there they will be able to create a password. Their login will be their email address. Once students have created a login, their classroom will be listed in their student profile. CEUs/ILUs: 4.8 Length (in hours): 48 Frequently Asked Questions

Session 1 (Winter): Beginning of February Session 2: (Spring): Beginning of April Session 3: (Summer): Beginning of June Session 4: (Fall): Beginning of September No class sessions offered in December and January. This is a three month online certificate program available to you at your convenience during the three month duration. You will be emailed a certificate of completion upon finishing the course. A must-have skill to succeed in business, whether an entrepreneur or a valued employee, is the ability to create, edit and manage spreadsheets. Microsoft Excel is the most used spreadsheet tool in the world. Begin with learning how an Excel worksheet is constructed, populated with content, and edited for delivery. Discover how various menu items, commands, settings and processes affects the look of your Excel worksheets and workbooks. Then, increase your efficiency by learning how to organize, display and calculate your data into useful information. Identify different types of data and how data can be best visually represented or formatted, by using different data tool techniques. Finally, you’ll learn a variety of Excel’s most powerful features to analyze data quickly and easily. This Certificate will help you discover how to attractively visualize your data into meaningful information with confidence. An invitation into the classroom will be emailed to each student the Thursday before the course begins. That invitation will arrive from the email address: teacher@ugotclass.org. Students accept the invitation, and from there they will be able to create a password. Their login will be their email address. Once students have created a login, their classroom will be listed in their student profile. CEUs/ILUs: 4.8 Length (in hours): 48 Frequently Asked Questions

Session 1 (Winter): Beginning of February Session 2: (Spring): Beginning of April Session 3: (Summer): Beginning of June Session 4: (Fall): Beginning of September No class sessions offered in December and January. This is a two month online certificate program available to you at your convenience during the two month duration. You will be emailed a certificate of completion upon finishing the course. Non-profits today need to be run like a business in many respects. You have competition, a need to generate income and a surplus, and staff need to be even more productive. Get the best training on revenue generation for nonprofits, and program evaluation for nonprofits, with our Certificate in NonProfit Administration. You will come away with the latest best information from instructors who train people in nonprofits. An invitation into the classroom will be emailed to each student the Thursday before the course begins. That invitation will arrive from the email address: teacher@ugotclass.org. Students accept the invitation, and from there they will be able to create a password. Their login will be their email address. Once students have created a login, their classroom will be listed in their student profile. CEUs/ILUs: 4.8 Length (in hours): 48 Frequently Asked Questions

Session 1 (Winter): Beginning of February Session 2: (Spring): Beginning of April Session 3: (Summer): Beginning of June Session 4: (Fall): Beginning of September No class sessions offered in December and January. This is a three month online certificate program available to you at your convenience during the three month duration. You will be emailed a certificate of completion upon finishing the course. For those new to teaching online, or those already teaching online. Get the best instruction from the foremost authorities in online learning. Thousands of people have taken this fundamental yet advanced training in teaching online. From building an online course to improving an online course, from fostering online discussion to encouraging student interaction, from traditional assessment to online tests, the program will give you both the fundamentals of teaching online, as well as the most advanced tips and techniques in the business. Your instructors are authors, speakers and consultants in online learning and teaching. CEUs/ILUs: 4.8 Length (in hours): 48 Frequently Asked Questions

Session 1 (Winter): Beginning of February Session 2: (Spring): Beginning of April Session 3: (Summer): Beginning of June Session 4: (Fall): Beginning of September No class sessions offered in December and January. This is a three month online certificate program available to you at your convenience during the three month duration. You will be emailed a certificate of completion upon finishing the course. In today’s business environment, there is a need for good project management. Project management provides visibility of project health to the business and the customer. Through continuous monitoring, early detection of variations to plan, schedule, and budget can be communicated to stakeholders for quick resolution, including project cancelation. Project management is one of the fastest paths to promotion by increasing your network through greater exposure. First, gain the skills, tools and templates to confidently develop and maintain a project. An overview of salaries, certification costs, education and experience requirements are provided. Then acquire a well-rounded knowledge of the five Project Management Processes relating to the Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide. This basic information will assist you in learning the beginnings of Project Management, whether you are interested in project management, in a project management field, or in any line of work. Finally, learn the ten Project management Knowledge Areas and their support role and relationships to the five Project Management Processes. An invitation into the classroom will be emailed to each student the Thursday before the course begins. That invitation will arrive from the email address: teacher@ugotclass.org. Students accept the invitation, and from there they will be able to create a password. Their login will be their email address. Once students have created a login, their classroom will be listed in their student profile. CEUs/ILUs: 4.8 Length (in hours): 48 Frequently Asked Questions

Session 1 (Winter): Beginning of February Session 2: (Spring): Beginning of April Session 3: (Summer): Beginning of June Session 4: (Fall): Beginning of September No class sessions offered in December and January. This is a two month online certificate program available to you at your convenience during the two month duration. You will be emailed a certificate of completion upon finishing the course. Save time, track money, and get important insights with Quickbooks Online. Quickbooks Online is the leading online accounting platform. It is the preferred choice for small business managers, owners, bookkeepers and accounting professionals. There area patches and regular automatic upgrades to the software. Get a comprehensive understanding of QuickBooks Online. Then learn how to work with more advanced Quickbooks Online topics. An invitation into the classroom will be emailed to each student the Thursday before the course begins. That invitation will arrive from the email address: teacher@ugotclass.org. Students accept the invitation, and from there they will be able to create a password. Their login will be their email address. Once students have created a login, their classroom will be listed in their student profile. CEUs/ILUs: 3.2 Length (in hours): 32 Frequently Asked Questions

Session 1 (Winter): Beginning of February Session 2: (Spring): Beginning of April Session 3: (Summer): Beginning of June Session 4: (Fall): Beginning of September No class sessions offered in December and January. This is a three month online certificate program available to you at your convenience during the three month duration. You will be emailed a certificate of completion upon finishing the course. Online users say a website’s design is the number one criteria for deciding whether a company is credible or not, according to recent research. Understanding what it takes to produce effective web design is essential in today’s market of highly saturated digital competition. First discover the basics of web design using HTML and CSS. No prior knowledge of HTML or web design is required. After the first course you will have the info you need to plan and design effective web pages. Then find out how to create effective and dynamic websites/applications. Take away a functioning web application hosted on a web server that is both accessible and Search Engine Optimized. Finally, learn about responsive design process, advanced layout and design features using the Bootstrap framework. Plus explore CMS frameworks and industry standard technologies and frameworks. An invitation into the classroom will be emailed to each student the Thursday before the course begins. That invitation will arrive from the email address: teacher@ugotclass.org. Students accept the invitation, and from there they will be able to create a password. Their login will be their email address. Once students have created a login, their classroom will be listed in their student profile. CEUs/ILUs: 4.8 Length (in hours): 48 Frequently Asked Questions

Session 1 (Winter): Beginning of February Session 2: (Spring): Beginning of April Session 3: (Summer): Beginning of June Session 4: (Fall): Beginning of September No class sessions offered in December and January. This is a three month online certificate program available to you at your convenience during the three month duration. You will be emailed a certificate of completion upon finishing the course. Good communication in the workplace is more important than ever. And critical to your career advancement and success. Come get a comprehensive and intensive preparation with skills and techniques you can put to use on Monday morning. Take back a workable conflict management model, along with successful and practical conflict management strategies. Then work with a pro to learn how to improve your negotiation skills for a win-win outcome, including helping others to get what they want, so you get what you want. Finally, find out more about yourself and others using personality profiles for better work performance. You will be learning from some of our more popular instructors, and taking away new how-to skills that work. An invitation into the classroom will be emailed to each student the Thursday before the course begins. That invitation will arrive from the email address: teacher@ugotclass.org. Students accept the invitation, and from there they will be able to create a password. Their login will be their email address. Once students have created a login, their classroom will be listed in their student profile. CEUs/ILUs: 5.6 Length (in hours): 56 Frequently Asked Questions

Session 1 (Winter): Beginning of February Session 2: (Spring): Beginning of April Session 3: (Summer): Beginning of June Session 4: (Fall): Beginning of September No class sessions offered in December and January. Coding is becoming one of the most in-demand skills in the workplace today. As a result, coding has become a core skill that bolsters one’s chances of becoming a higher value to organizations. The highest demand is for programming languages with broad applicability. Begin by getting introduced to the basics of computer programming and various programming languages. Then go to the next level and acquire all the basics of HTML and CSS. You will learn the relationship between these two industry-standard web page coding languages and the step by step process of hand coding and building web pages. Finally, discover the advanced features of CSS and learn how to use this very powerful language. An invitation into the classroom will be emailed to each student the Thursday before the course begins. That invitation will arrive from the email address: teacher@ugotclass.org. Students accept the invitation, and from there they will be able to create a password. Their login will be their email address. Once students have created a login, their classroom will be listed in their student profile. CEUs/ILUs: 4.8 Length (in hours): 48 Frequently Asked Questions

Coed camp for incoming 3rd-7th grade students. Come join Albert Lea Volleyball Coaching Staff and High School players for youth camp. Campers will dive into the fundamentals of passing, serving, and attacking through engaging drills and activities designed for their age group. Whether your child is brand new to the sport or looking to refine their skills, our camp provides a supportive and fun environment where every participant can learn and grow!

This Cross Country Camp is for beginner runners who would like to know more about running. Topics discussed are; What is Cross Country?, Preparation for running, equipment for running, safety and running. Each day runners will be running 1-2 miles. The class will meet rain or shine.

These sessions are for dancers interested in dance team conditioning. We will be focusing on strength, endurance, flexibility, form, and technique as well as specific skill work. Please have cross trainers, dance shoes and bring a water bottle to camp each day. No class June 19, 26 or 27, July 4-6.

Our day trips are organized in collaboration with Austin, Owatonna, and Waseca Community Educations, as well as the Albert Lea Senior Center. Experience a day full of adventure with a relaxing bus ride, eliminating the need for driving. Our day trips cater to a variety of interests, from visiting historical landmarks to enjoying beautiful floral gardens or attending plays and musicals. Join us on our next adventure and let us take care of the details while you focus on enjoying every moment to the fullest.

This is an approved crash prevention class for drivers 55 and older. This 4 hour refresher is for those who have already taken the initial 8 Hour Driver Discount Course within the last 3 years and would like to maintain a 10% discount on auto insurance. No tests are given. Must pre-register. Feel free to bring a beverage and/or snack to class.

Session 1 (Winter): Beginning of February Session 2: (Spring): Beginning of April Session 3: (Summer): Beginning of June Session 4: (Fall): Beginning of September No class sessions offered in December and January. This is a three month online certificate program available to you at your convenience during the three month duration. You will be emailed a certificate of completion upon finishing the course. Come get a fundamental yet advanced introduction to eMarketing, including improving email promotions, analyzing your web site traffic, doing search engine optimization, and how to successfully employ online advertising. Relevant for any type of organization, including businesses, companies, non-profits, and government agencies. No eMarketing experience or expertise is necessary. If you are already at an advanced level, your instructors are experts and can provide the latest most advanced information and answer your toughest questions. An invitation into the classroom will be emailed to each student the Thursday before the course begins. That invitation will arrive from the email address: teacher@ugotclass.org. Students accept the invitation, and from there they will be able to create a password. Their login will be their email address. Once students have created a login, their classroom will be listed in their student profile. CEUs/ILUs: 4.8 Length (in hours): 48 Frequently Asked Questions

WHAT IS ECFE? Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) is an Albert Lea Area Schools program that provides parenting information and support for parents with children ages Birth to Grade 3. Parent-child activities and classes are also available for families with children ages Birth to 5 years old (not yet enrolled in kindergarten). A variety of classes, preschool options, and outreach activities are offered for all age groups. What does a typical ECFE class include? Parent-Child Activity Time Families explore a classroom filled with developmentally appropriate play materials and learning activities planned by a licensed early childhood teacher. Parent Education Time Parents meet with a licensed parent educator to share support, experiences, and information about child development and parenting techniques. Children’s Activity Time Children learn with the early childhood teacher and practice social skills as they interact with one another. View ECFE Parent Handbook here.

What is it? Early Childhood Screening is a quick and simple check of how your child is learning and growing. It identifies possible health or learning concerns so children can get help before starting school. What to expect at a screening appointment: Vision and hearing Height and weight Immunization review Motor development Thinking, language, and communication skills Social and emotional development Is there a charge? IT'S FREE - All children must participate in order to start kindergarten in a Minnesota public school. When should I schedule an appointment? Screening at 3 is preferred, but a child may be screened between the ages of 3 and the start of kindergarten, as required by Minnesota state law. Earlier is better! The purpose of Early Childhood Screening is to identify children who may need additional time and experiences to be ready for school.

What is it? Early Childhood Screening is a quick and simple check of how your child is learning and growing. It identifies possible health or learning concerns so children can get help before starting school. What to expect at a screening appointment: Vision and hearing Height and weight Immunization review Motor development Thinking, language, and communication skills Social and emotional development Is there a charge? IT'S FREE - All children must participate in order to start kindergarten in a Minnesota public school. When should I schedule an appointment? Screening at 3 is preferred, but a child may be screened between the ages of 3 and the start of kindergarten, as required by Minnesota state law. Earlier is better! The purpose of Early Childhood Screening is to identify children who may need additional time and experiences to be ready for school.