Continuing Education January—August 2018 Professional Development and Lifelong Learning Welcome! Millennial (noun): a person born in the 1980s or 1990s. Minneapolis voters elected the city’s first millennial Mayor, Jacob Frey, on Election Day 2017. Earlier in 2017, my millennial daughter graduated from college and started at her new job. In 2016, millennials overtook “baby boomers” as America’s largest generation.
Fittingly, our 2018 Spring Continuing Education Course Catalog highlights courses in three areas linked to opportunities created by the millen- nials’ ascension: Coaching, Communications, and Languages. Coaching: We’ve partnered with Learning Journeys to offer Coaching Certification courses for the first time. Coaching courses teach senior members of an organization how to pass along their knowledge and expertise to younger organization members, while positioning senior members for success in consulting roles. Communications: Our 2018 Spring Catalog includes 11 communication courses, including 6 new communication courses.
With all but the youngest millennials having now started their adult lives, we now interact with individuals from at least four different generations at work, in our volunteer organizations or social clubs, and our neighborhoods. Our ability to communicate effectively with others from generations not our own will greatly impact our success and happiness. Languages: In a 2015 survey published in The Atlantic magazine, 83% of millennials stated that “knowing a foreign language” is one of the ten skills necessary to have a successful career. Our 2018 Spring Catalog continues our commitment to excellence in continuing education language instruction with courses in 11 languages.
Whether you are a millennial, a baby boomer, or a proud member of “Gen X” or “The Greatest Generation,” I invite you to join other lifelong learners from our wonderfully diverse and ever- changing Minneapolis area community by registering for one or more of our 2018 Spring Continuing Education courses. Thank you for choosing MCTC-your community college-as your continuing education provider. | Dean Continuing Education and Workforce Development School of Business and Economics School of Trade Technologies Minneapolis Community and Technical Collegeis an equal opportunity employer and educator A member of Minnesota State This document is available in alternative formats to individuals with disabilities by calling Accessibility Resource Center at 612-659-6730, through MN Relay Service at 1-800-627-3529, or by emailing accessibility@minneapolis. Front cover photo by Warren Wong on Unsplash | Back cover photo by Brandon Morgan on Unsplash Table of Contents 4 Customized Training We can help you optimize the talent you hired with training tailored to your organizational needs, delivered when and where you need it.
6 Arts & Culture Art & Design, Communication, Dance, Music, Photography, World Languages, American Sign Language 20 Business & Leadership Management, Administrative Meet you at MCTC! Professional, Finance, Marketing, Start with an unbeatable location on the edge of downtown Minneapolis, Project Management, Sales overlooking Loring Park and surround- ed by restaurants, shops, museums, 30 Computers & Technology and businesses large and small. Add a vibrant college campus, home to one Architectural Technology, of the most diverse student bodies in Computer Support & Networking, the state and equipped with top-notch, Graphic Design, Web Development, high-tech amenities for teaching and Microsoft Applications learning. In the midst of this you’ll find MCTC’s Continuing Education depart- ment, offering a range of classes de- 40 Health & Human Services signed to enhance your experience and Allied Health, Nursing Assistant broaden your perspective. Whether Test Out, BLS/CPR, Counseling you’re seeking specific new tools for the next step in your career or just & Social Work, Fitness, Holistic looking to indulge your love of learning, Health & Wellness we’re here to welcome you to MCTC.
Please take a moment to check out 50 Trades & Industry what we’ve planned for the upcoming HVAC & Solar Technologies, term. You’ll find an array of fast, flexible and focused classes, with an emphasis Manufacturing, Welding on quality, relevance and innovation. Registration is easy and we’re happy to 52 Instructor Biographies answer any questions – just give us a call. We’re looking forward to meeting you at MCTC! 58 Registration Information Deanna Koenig Director of Continuing Education & Workforce Development Deanna.edu 612-659-6509 Customized Training Your People Deserve the Best! • Does your team need training in basic or advanced computer technology? • Could your team benefit from on-site project management training? • Would motivational interviewing skills help your staff engage more effectively with your clients? MCTC Workforce Development can provide training for all of these things, and much more! We can customize any continuing education class to suit your needs.
We can train at your location or ours. Our qualified instructors propel your workforce to the next level. Why Our Clients Choose Us: • Innovative training solutions that respond to your business challenges. • Tailored programs that meet training needs of employees at all levels and from all backgrounds.
• Industry expertise in a variety of sectors from healthcare to information technology. • Elite instructors with years of hands-on experience. MCTC Workforce Development has a strong record of working with non-profit and government agencies to train people to become job ready. And we have a history of working with dozens of businesses to successfully sharpen the skills of existing employees.
Thumb through the catalog a few times. Show it to the people in your life. Consider MCTC as your company, agency or organization training partner. You hire the best and brightest – let us help maximize their potential! FOR MORE INFORMATION Deanna.edu/continuinged | 612-659-6500 Featured Program Coaching Certification We are pleased to announce our partnership with Learning Journeys, The International Center of Coaching.
The education and skills gap is growing and it’s getting harder to train, engage, and retain top talent. Coaching gives highly skilled employees a platform to share expertise and knowledge on a consulting basis. How can coaching help you and your organization? See page 22. MCTC Certificates Over 20 NEW Classes! Obtain a valuable certificate Find new class offerings throughout in one the following areas: the catalog in these areas: • Business Excellence 21 • Arts & Culture 7, 8, 10 • Social Media Marketing 27 • Business / Marketing 20, 28 • Project Management 29 • Health / Wellness 43–48 • Microsoft Applications 31 • Trades & Industry 50 • Administrative Professional 33 Look inside for details.
• Graphic Design 35 • Web Development 37 • Personal Trainer 45 Special Pricing • Nutritional Therapy Practitioner 47 SAVE! Find special pricing and discounts throughout the catalog.edu/continuinged | 612-659-6500 5 Arts & Culture Art & Design Beginning Drawing Are you interested in learning how to draw what Ceramics: Handbuilding you see? You can! In this beginner’s class, you will learn to see like an artist and to develop the This fun and creative handbuilding course will kind of hand-eye coordination that accurate introduce you to the magic of clay. Whether drawing requires. Using techniques developed you’re a practicing potter, a clay beginner, or by the author of ‘’Drawing on the Right Side of seeking a refresher, you’ll enjoy designing and the Brain,’’ we will focus on transferring three- creating plates, bowls, cups and more with the dimensional information to the two-dimensional use of a low fire white clay. You will learn the picture plane, using contour-line, figure-ground, basic techniques of handbuilding using pinch, angular measurement, and other tricks of the slab, and coil construction, as well as various trade.
Perfect for novices, this class will help forms of decoration, glazing, and firing. You will you gain confidence as well as technique in a be provided with 25 pounds of clay, tools and supportive learning environment. Remember to dress comfortably. No fee of $3 is payable to the instructor in class experience needed.
and covers all required supplies. Just bring Instructor: Kizzy Carter yourself and your desire to learn! 44191 Sat 2–5 pm Feb 10–Mar 31 Instructor: Susan Shields T.0800 $235 42124 Mon 6–9 pm Jan 22–Mar 5* F. Build Your Own 3D Printer The explosion of interest in 3D printing has now made this technology easily within reach Intermediate Drawing of anyone with moderate mechanical aptitude. Are you ready for a new way to approach your This class is your opportunity to build your own drawing style and process? Intended for artists 3D printer to take home! You’ll start with an who have gone beyond the first steps in draw- introduction to current 3D printing technology ing what they see, this class will engage your covering hardware, software, and consum- hand, eye and mind in new and exciting ways.
You’ll learn about 3D printer architec- We will work in various media, as we explore ture, including stepper motors, controllers, which ones speak to you the most. Bring your drivers, firmware and 3D part design. Then, own supplies to the first class (papers, char- you’ll assemble your own fully-functioning 3D coal, contes, erasers, whatever you already FDM (fused deposition modeling, an additive have), and the instructor will provide individu- manufacturing technology) printer, and learn alized lists of any additional materials which how to configure, troubleshoot, and maintain might be needed. Once your printer is built, you’ll move onto turning your ideas for 3D printed items into Instructor: Susan Shields reality.
You’ll learn basic 3D design skills using 44197 Mon 6–9 pm Mar 19–Apr 23 OnShape 3D CAD software and practice print- F.2100 $189 ing your designs. All materials and components are supplied, along with a free membership in the Twin Cities 3D Printing Alliance. Instructor: Rick Beddoe SAVE! Register for Beginning 42126 Wed 6:30–9 pm Feb 7–Mar 21 and Intermediate Drawing for $340.edu/continuinged | 612-659-6500 Communications Taking the Leap into Creative Writing Is there a story inside you calling to get out? Many of us have a desire to write fiction, but find it difficult to get started. Or we get started only to stall or find the words aren’t coming out as we imagined the story in our head.
Taking the Leap into Writing will take you from ideas on starting the creative process— where writers come up with ideas—through building vivid characters and settings, to methods of organiz- ing and planning a novel, research, and editing. Instructor: Laura Vosika The Secret of Watercolor Painting 1 42767 Tue 10 am–noon Feb 6–Mar 27 Learn how to capture the sparkle of sunlight on S.2420 $275 water, paint a face so that eyes look alive, and create paintings that will endure for centuries. Writing Your Memoir Designed for beginning watercolorists, in this class you will learn special skills such as the We all have a story to tell. But as clear as the three brushwork methods, the secret of see- scenes of our life may be in our head, getting ing, painting undertones, and how to correct it out on paper is sometimes not easy.
You’ll learn about the safe use of Your Memoir will help you do that. We’ll talk materials as well as pigments, different water- about ways to get started, writing exercises color papers, and brushes. Required materials and prompts, and ways of focusing and orga- list available online. Class is held in the Whitney nizing a memoir.
We’ll talk about the elements Fine Arts building. that bring a story to life on the page. Each class will include writing time and critiquing time for Instructor: Stephen Nesser those who wish to read and get feedback. 42128 Wed 7–9 pm Jan 31–Mar 7 Instructor: Laura Vosika F.2100 $129 42768 Tue 12:30–2:30 pm Mar 6–Apr 24 S.2420 $275 The Secret of Watercolor Painting 2 Learn how to paint hair so it looks like it is Poetry for Writers of Prose moving, forests as if they were real, and the colors of light so that the time of day is shown As writers, we too often stick with the study in each portion of your painting.
This mid-to- of our own particular craft. Studying writing out- advanced level watercolor painting course side our own niche, however, has a great deal provides instruction in advanced color theory to teach us about the use of language.