Grant-Sponsored Programs and Partnerships

STEP (Science and Technology Entry Program) is a pre-collegiate program, successfully running at QCC (Queensborough Community College, Bayside NY) since 2006. The program, which is funded by the New York State Department of Education, seeks to strengthen students' skills in science and math and motivate them to enroll in college and pursue careers in science, technology, and the licensed professions. STEP is offered to students in grades 7-12 who are either underrepresented minorities and/or economically disadvantaged.

Career Exploration & Educational Services Supporting Advancement in Education & Beyond

R.I.S.E. is an inclusive free program with Career and Technical Education Specialists providing unlimited one-on-one meetings to help guide credit and non-credit students with their academic and career journey. Students will create a strategic set of individualized goals that will decrease the barriers they face while boosting the skills needed to increase employment opportunities and job retention.

We offer: Personalized Action Plans, Mentorships, Internship opportunities, Academic Tutoring & Skill-Building Workshops, Resume writing, Career exploration, and the R.I.S.E. Council. For more information, contact Josephine Troia at 718-281-5535 • gtroia@qcc.cuny.edu Apply here - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Perkins19_20

Support for the development/production of this material is provided by a grant under the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act administered by the New York State Education Department.

Funded by the NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS)/New York Alliance for Careers in Healthcare (NYACH), we offer a Certified Recovery  Peer  Advocate (CRPA) Training Program to qualified students, which consists of over 90 hours of training, including a non-credit CRPA Certification Workshop and a three -credit Addictions and Dependencies course.

For more information, contact Luba Fredericks at lfredericks@qcc.cuny.edu.

The free online Google IT Professional Certificate Program enables participants to obtain skills needed for entry-level IT support programs.  It can be completed in 4-6 months and is available to the first 100 students. The five-course program is the result of a collaboration with Google and Jobs for the Future, an initiative that helps ensure that technology-created opportunities are available to everyone.

 

The program consists of five courses:

• Technical Support Fundamentals
• The Bits and Bytes of Computer Networking
• Operating Systems and You: Becoming a Power User
• System Administration and IT Infrastructure Services
• IT Security: Defense Against the Digital Dark Arts

The program follows a largely asynchronous self-paced learning design, with facilitated instructional guidance provided by QCC’s Engineering Technology Department chairperson and a Cybersecurity VP from the Technology industry, as well as career support and wraparound services from our Job Developer, and through Google. Theses services will be available untill December 31, 2020. Courses are completed via the online learning platform Coursera, and individuals can start the program whenever they are ready but must complete it by August 1, 2021. Register Now!

Contact:

Ekaterina Manafeeva

Administrative and Marketing Manager

Queensborough Community College

Office of Continuing Education and Workforce Development

EManafeeva@qcc.cuny.edu

Learn to code for free with CUNY TechWorks Software Development Program at Queensborough. We offer two pathways to learn software and web development at no cost to our students.

Participants may choose to attend either: (1) our ten-week intensive summer boot camp, or (2) our three-semester part-time program, which includes college-credit courses that can be applied towards QCC's AAS degree in Information and Internet Technology. Both options also include support with creating online portfolios, paid internships to gain workplace experience, career counseling, and job placement assistance to help participants successfully enter New York City's booming tech sector.

Visit CUNY TechWorks to learn more about this program.

The Office of Continuing Education and Workforce Development in collaboration with COURSERA would like to provide you with over 3,800 online training courses that can help you and your family in getting better prepared to seek new employment opportunities! This is a limited-time offer, sign-up and complete all of your courses by September 30, 2020.

The courses below are just a sample of the many training courses and certifications available to you with Coursera:

• Introduction to Virtual Reality  - The course will teach you everything from the basics of VR- the hardware and the history of VR- to different applications of VR, the psychology of Virtual Reality, and the challenges of the medium.
• Big Data Modeling and Management Systems -  In this course, you will experience various data genres and management tools appropriate for each. You will be able to describe the reasons behind the evolving plethora of new big data platforms from the perspective of big data management systems and analytical tools. 
• Science of Exercise - Learners who complete Science of Exercise will have an improved physiological understanding of how your body responds to exercise, and will be able to identify behaviors, choices, and environments that impact your health and training.
• High-Impact Business Writing -  Learn how to articulate your thoughts in a clear and concise manner that will allow your ideas to be better understood by your readers. Improve your business writing skill by learning to select and use appropriate formats for your audience, use the correct medium and adjust your writing style accordingly, as well as identify your objective and communicate it clearly.

Enroll today!

The Career Direct program focuses on providing students within the Health, Technology and Business A.A.S. degrees, opportunities that align their education and their career interests.

The Career Direct program offers three areas of support that is focused on 1. Student advisement; 2. Career counseling, individualized counseling, resume preparation, mock interviews with the goal to become job/internship ready; and 3. Internship/employment resources, experiential learning opportunities.

We are committed to providing our students with value added resources, customized solutions that fit their lifestyle and a strategic approach in which we serve our students.

Coding Club

Students will explore different computer applications and gain hands-on experience in: python, javascript and framework library, creating websites/portfolios, app development I0S and android, software deployment, and back-end vs front-end vs programing.

WHO SHOULD JOIN: All matriculated Queensborough Community College students are welcome!

For Both Programs:   Miatta Weisel, MBA, Program Director

Mweisel@qcc.cuny.edu • 718-281-5322

Capital One Foundation Project

Queensborough Community College's Continuing Education & Workforce Development (CEWD) Department was awarded a contract from the Capital One Foundation to research and develop a data-informed model in driving credit/non-credit alignment and developmental success among pre-college students. To that end, we worked with the Business Technology Early College High School (STECH), which was developed in partnership with the New York City Department of Education and the international software company, SAP, to analyze the alignment of credit (college level) and non-credit (high-school level) programs to prepare students for successful careers in the Technology sector. Non-credit Technology and Career Readiness Workshops were designed and offered to STECH students who were entering into Internships with leading NYC employers.

New York City Health &. Hospitals Corporation

Queensborough Community College's Continuing Education & Workforce Development (CEWD) Department was awarded two contracts by NYC Health + Hospitals to develop and implement Workforce Development Training programs to its employees throughout NYC. The programs include:

• Peer Empowerment Behavioral Health Training Program for Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) Professionals and Mental Health Peer Professionals
• Managed Long-Term Care Training Program, focusing on Communication & Patient Engagement, for front-line Professionals, in partnership with other CUNY colleges.

Mount Sinai West

Contract training for 1199 union members who are current employees of Mount Sinai West to upgrade to "Emergency Room Technicians."

Certified Hemodialysis Technician Training

Queensborough Community College's Department of Workforce Development has partnered with the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) to offer the "Out-of-School Youth" population advanced training to become a Certified Hemodialysis Technician.

For more information and additional pre-entry requirements, please contact:

Rodney Shannon, Senior Program Associate 718-281-5522 • RShannon@qcc.cuny.edu