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Grant Funding Opportunities for Workforce Training
 

In Winter & Spring 2024, SUNY Adirondack Continuing Education is offering Front-End JavaScript Fundamentals, Front-End Web Development, Python 2: Python for Data Analytics and CCAR Recovery Coach courses with free tuition through the SUNY Transformation Grant and WRAP Reimagine grants for those who qualify. To find out if you're eligible, please fill out this short form.

 

About the SUNY Transformation Grant: This grant funds the Front-End JavaScript Fundamentals course. Governor Hochul advanced The SUNY Transformation Fund to enhance student support services, support innovation, and help meet workforce needs.

About the WRAP Reimagine Grant: This grant funds the Front-End Web Development, Python 2 and CCAR courses. SUNY Adirondack’s Workforce Readiness Academies Program (WRAP) Reimagine Grant provides free training opportunities for residents 18 years of age and older who were impacted by COVID and are seeking occupational skills training to launch a career or switch into a high-demand industry such as industrial manufacturing or health care. Included in the program are customized services based on participant need, such as success coaching and career services resources. The SUNY Reimagine Workforce Preparation Training Program is fully funded by the United States Department of Education as part of an award totaling $18,067,845.02, with 0 percent financed from state and/or non-governmental sources.

 


Front-End Javascript Fundamentals (currently full)
Feb. 12 to May 13 (No class April 1 or 3)
Mondays & Wednesdays | 5:45 to 8:45 p.m. | Live synchronous
 
Please note: This course is currently full and we are no longer accepting interest forms or registrations. If you would like information about possible future offerings, please email Deborah McGloine at mcgloined@sunyacc.edu.
 
Prepare yourself for the world of web applications. This course teaches the fundamentals of JavaScript, building a solid foundation to stand on before learning front-end web frameworks like React, Redux, Vue.js and Angular. Students will begin with the basics of programming using JavaScript. Learn how to solve algorithms with concepts such as callbacks, closures, high order functions and recursion. Following that, explore how to make applications come alive in the browser, how to communicate with a remote server and how to organize your code.
 
Instructor: CanCode Communities
CRN: 20146
Price: $2,050
 
 

Front-End Web Development (currently full)
Feb. 12 to May 13 (No class April 1 or 3)
Mondays & Wednesdays | 5:45 to 8:45 p.m. | Live synchronous
 
Please note: This course is currently full and we are no longer accepting interest forms or registrations. If you would like information about possible future offerings, please email Deborah McGloine at mcgloined@sunyacc.edu.
 
This 12-week course in front-end web development is structured around tutorials, assignments and individual and group projects to give students hands-on practice building the pieces of code that determine how an online experience feels and connects the user experience into the back-end processes. Through lectures and individual assignments, students will establish solid foundations in key tools of front-end developers: HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript and collaborative workplace/version control tools Git and GitHub. The latter part of the course features team-based portfolio-building projects for community organizations, giving students real-world experience in web design and development. This course may be of particular interest to graphic designers, as it teaches the technical skills necessary for UI (user interface) development and wire-framing. The course may also be attractive to beginning programmers with aspirations to create mobile applications, as it establishes foundations in JavaScript that support eventual progression into full-stack web development.
 
Instructor: CanCode Communities
CRN: 20152
Price: $2,050
 

Python 2: Python for Data Analytics (currently full)
Feb. 12 to May 13 (No class April 1 or 3)
Mondays & Wednesdays | 5:45 to 8:45 p.m. | Live synchronous
 
Please note: This course is currently full and we are no longer accepting interest forms or registrations. If you would like information about possible future offerings, please email Deborah McGloine at mcgloined@sunyacc.edu.
This course is designed for students with a fundamental understanding of programming in python. Students will learn fundamental data science concepts using the programming language Python, specifically as a tool for collecting, analyzing and visualizing data. Python is one of the world’s most popular programming languages, and more businesses are introducing Python into their work. The course will take students through the process of a data project from start to finish building from clean and processing a data set to delivering meaningful recommendations based on the students’ findings. Basic statistics will also be covered to help students interpret data, such as basic summary statistics and how to recognize common statistical distributions. All this will culminate in the analysis and visualization of real data sets of the students’ choosing. This course meets two evenings per week, three hours per session. Occasional labs outside of classes will provide further opportunities for mentoring and networking.
 
Instructor: CanCode Communities
CRN: 20160
Price: $2,050
 

 


CCAR Recovery Coach Academy© 30-Hour Training
Feb. 26 to March 1
Monday through Friday | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Queensbury campus
One-hour lunch on your own
 
This five-day intensive training academy focuses on providing individuals with the skills needed to guide, mentor and support anyone who would like to enter into or sustain long-term recovery from an addiction to alcohol or other drugs. The CCAR Recovery Coach Academy© is conducted in a retreat-like setting and engages participants in learning and rehearsing skills with active listening, effective questioning and so on, as well as discovery and management of personal challenges. Learn more about the CCAR recovery coaching model here.
 
This 30-hour course is required for completion of the Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) certification. Please review the OASAS website to learn more about the CRPA role, work environment, certification requirements, process and fees managed by the New York Certification Board.
 
Prerequisite: All participants must be at least 18 years old and have a high school diploma or equivalent.
 
Please note:
  • Participants must attend all course sessions to complete a required number of hours and earn the certification of completion.
  • Participants in this training typically have been affected by addiction and wish to help others navigate the recovery experience and resources.
  • You will have a one-hour lunch on your own each day; please bring a bag lunch or plan accordingly for purchase of food and beverages.
Registration for this class closes Monday, Feb. 19.
 
Instructor: Katrina Fox-Marshall, Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA), authorized trainer of CCAR Recovery Coach Academy
Price: $425 (Course price includes an $80 materials fee.)
CRN: 20035
 
 
 
CCAR Ethical Considerations for Recovery Coaches© 16-Hour Training
March 4 to 6
Monday through Wednesday | 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. | Queensbury campus
45-minute lunch on your own
 
This 16-hour course focuses on the ethical challenges recovery coaches face while providing a framework for creating good boundaries that allow for the same level of connection without causing harm.
 
Participants who complete this training will:
  • Understand what ethics are and why they are important
  • Learn how to “stay in your lane” as a recovery coach
  • Understand the decision-making process
  • Develop guidelines for making ethical decisions
  • Apply the new learning to your everyday work as a recovery coach
Prerequisites:
  • All participants must be at least 18 years old and have a high school diploma or equivalent.
  • Participants must have successfully completed the CCAR Recovery Coach Academy© 30-Hour Training with a certified trainer before attending this program; please provide a copy of your completion certificate at the time of registration.
Please note:
  • Participants must attend all course sessions to complete the required number of hours and earn the certification of completion.
  • You will have a 45-minute lunch on your own each day; please bring a bag lunch or plan accordingly for purchase of food and beverages.
Registration for this class closes Monday, Feb. 26.
 
Instructor: Katrina Fox-Marshall, Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA), authorized trainer of CCAR Recovery Coach Academy
Price: $230 (Course price includes a $30 materials fee.)
CRN: 20036
 
 
 
Medication Supported Recovery
March 7
Thursday | 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
 
Medication Supported Recovery (MSR, formerly MAT) is an important component of addiction treatment modalities and recovery pathways. This half-day workshop offers recovery coaches and peer recovery professionals the opportunity to understand and explore the realities, myths and stigmas in support of addiction treatment and sustained recovery. In addition to commonly known and prescribed therapies, we will also explore the growing field of harm reduction and alternative therapies. Importantly, this workshop provides recovery support professionals the opportunity to explore their own biases and perspectives toward this often-stigmatized recovery pathway.
 
Instructor: Katrina Fox-Marshall, Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA)

Price: $100

CRN: 20202
 

Building a workforce

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of mid-May, New York state has an unemployment rate of 8.5 percent, among the highest in the country.
The state’s underemployed rate — those who work fewer than 35 hours a week but want to work full time and are available to do so — is 17.8 percent.