Career and Technical Education Center

Prepare for a career in under a year!
Our short-term courses are designed to prepare students for today's job market. Offerings include classes in-demand skill areas, as well as, comprehensive courses.
Career and Technical Education Center awards certificates of completion
and does not transfer hours between or into programs offered at MDAE.

REGISTER EARLY TO RESERVE YOUR PLACE
AND TO ENSURE ENOUGH ENROLLEES TO RUN THE CLASS.

Mailed and faxed registrations are not confirmed. Call to check registration status.
If a class is canceled, you will be notified by phone and given a full refund.
Please decide carefully; no refunds once a class begins.

Please see refund policy for details.

Questions? Call 685-7340, ext. 6730

CTE Certificate Programs and Courses

For certificate information and required course list, click here

Learn the fundamentals of double-entry bookkeeping: journalizing, posting, trial balance preparation and financial statements. First class session is mandatory.  Class fee includes text and workbook (also used for Bookkeeping and Accounting II).

Almost everyone uses a computer on the job. Proper keyboarding skills are essential for efficiency. In this class, learn to keyboard with immediate success.  You will learn correct posture, hand and arm position, and proper key stroking to keyboard faster with fewer errors. Great course to prepare for other computer courses or to meet the 35 wpm speed requirement for our own Medical Assistant course.

Do you possess enough computer applications skills to be competitive in the job market? Our comprehensive course starts with the basics and quickly advances to popular Microsoft applications.

Welcome to Windows 7 (1 week)
Microsoft Word Levels 1, 2, 3 (3 weeks)
Microsoft Publisher (1 week)
Microsoft Excel Levels 1, 2, 3 (3 weeks)
Microsoft Access Level 1 (1 week)
Microsoft PowerPoint Levels 1, 2 (2 weeks)
Microsoft Outlook (1 week)

Keyboarding speed of 25 net words per minute is required to take this course. If you do not want to take this full program, individual sections are available below. Textbooks and supplies included in fee and provided in class. Minimum attendance (80%) and successful scores on competency skill assessments required to earn certificate. Successful completion meets partial requirement of the Administrative Assistant Certificate. If interested in the Administrative Assistant certificate, contact Julie Davis at davisju@mdusd.org.

Be better prepared to enter the job market! Develop and practice important skills that meet your employment goals or to meet the requirements for the Administrative Assistant certificate.  This is also a great class for practicing skills learned in other computer classes.  Complete the listed modules and earn a certificate of competency for each.  For beginners, it may take more than one term to complete the modules.  Regular attendance is required.  New students accepted on Mondays only.  Register any day to begin the following Monday.  Prerequisite: Beginning Keyboarding course or 25 net words per minute speed.

Modules include:

• Building Keyboarding Speed and Accuracy for employment
• Windows 7 Basic
• Office Documents
• Office Equipment
• 10-key Speed and Accuracy Development
• Filing Skills
• Math Review
• English Review
• Employment Test Practice
• Employment Search Skills (off site)
• Customer Service (off site)
  
  

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None this term.  Registration for fall classes will start mid-August for the following:

Welcome to Windows 7
Microsoft Word 2010 Levels 1, 2, 3
Microsoft Publisher 2010
Microsoft Excel 2010 Levels 1, 2, 3
Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Levels 1, 2
Microsoft Outlook 2010

**Courses with 2 asterisks are part of the Computer Applications Training course.
You may enroll in these classes on a space-available basis.

Classes in this department are subject to change and, depending upon registration response, courses may be added to the schedule mid-term or canceled.
Call the Career Technical Education Dept. for information about current schedules,
(925) 685-7340, ext. 6730

In one week, develop confidence to work positively with customers in a variety of situations and attain the customer service skills necessary to obtain and keep a job. Earn a certificate that demonstrates to potential employers that you possess desired customer service skills. The National Retail Federation Foundation Certification assessment is offered on Friday each week of training for only $50 (fee waiver may be available). 

This comprehensive course covers safe food handling practices and sanitation.  Successfully completing the course meets the requirements of California Health & Safety Code Section 113947.  Registration required prior to class start date to pick up textbook.  Fee includes book and exam. Re-test $75, if taken within one year of original Mt. Diablo Adult Education test date.

Do you need a certificate verifying your typing or ten-key speed? Both certifications include warm-up, a practice test, and two 5-minute sustained timed writings or 10-key tests. They are scored immediately and you will leave with written verification. 

Call (925) 685-7340, ext. 6820 to schedule an appointment (afternoons only).
Regretfully, we cannot administer unscheduled certifications.

Do you work in a school office or classroom? Do you often need to communicate with Spanish-speaking parents or students? Would it help you to know basic Spanish? Then this class is designed for you (the beginner). Learn basic conversational Spanish in 12 sessions. Textbook included in fee.

See also:
Customer Service
Orientation to Health Careers
CPR: Healthcare Provider
Keyboarding/10-key Speed Certification

Requirements for Entrance to Health Career Courses
and Administrative Assistant Course:

• Minimum age requirement of 18 years.
• Successful scores on entrance assessments (see Spring assessment schedule or pick one up in C-5, LVAC)
• Attendance at Orientation to Health Careers (see Spring assessment schedule)
• Current CPR for Healthcare Providers card.
• Fully completed Medical Course Requirements packet (provided at Part II of the assessment).
  • Please submit copies, as these will not be returned. Requirements include: copy of high school diploma, transcript or GED certificate, current vaccinations, doctor's health clearance, medical insurance, current CPR for Healthcare Providers card.
  • Some courses have additional requirements, such as background checks - check packet for details.
  • Time sensitive, start the process early

Successful reading and math assessment scores are required for admission into the following programs: Administrative Assistant, Medical Assistant, Dental Assistant, Sterile Processing Technician and Emergency Medical Technician. The assessments include: 30 multiple choice reading comprehension questions; 32 multiple choice math competency questions, (problems include fractions, decimals, percents, measurement, graphs, charts, and critical thinking). For practice tests, go to: https://www.casas.org/product-overviews/curriculum-management-instruction/sample-test-items

This orientation course meets one of the prerequisites for Mt. Diablo Adult Education's health occupations courses.  Includes assessment results, health care employment outlook, job requirements, options for study, student and school expectations, required documents for registration, and more.  Upon successful completion, eligible prospective students may register for the health occupations class of choice. Register in class.

“Jump start” your career in the health profession by learning the basics of medical terminology - essential for anyone wishing to enter or further a health career. Learn to decode medical words (including prefixes and suffixes) system by system using color coding, word games, and clever ways to improve your memory. No prerequisites. Everyone welcome. This course meets the Medical Terminology prerequisite for Medical Assistant course. Textbook and supplies included in fee.

For healthcare workers. Learn two-rescuer CPR, management of foreign-body airway obstruction (FBAO), use of barrier devices for ventilation and use of the Automated External Defibrillator (AED). Fee includes materials and CPR card.   IMPORTANT:  Register at least 24 hours prior to class to pick up and read required materials.

Within one year, learn all the skills necessary to be a Registered Dental Assistant in our California Dental Board accredited course.  Start with the evening class covering the foundations of dental assisting (including tooth anatomy, infection control, OSHA requirements, and more).  Then advance to the daytime class to learn registered dental assistant (chair-side) skills along with dental radiology, coronal polishing, and pit and fissure sealants. Conclude with a 256-hour externship in a dental office or clinic. We offer three enrollment opportunities per academic year for this program:  Fall, Winter, and Spring.  This course is Pell Grant eligible. To enroll in this course, meet the listed requirements. 

This required course for Dental Assistants covers all aspects of infection control in a dental setting including disinfection and sterilization, universal/standard precautions, operatory set-up and clean-up. Also included are the dental assistant’s responsibilities in following the updated CDC guidelines and regulations from the Dental Board of California. Successful completion meets the requirements of sections 1750 or 1752:1 from the Dental Board of California as well as the Orthodontic Assistant permit (Section 1750:2) and Oral Sedation permit (Section 1750:4).

Medical Career Courses

Medical Assistants are important members of health care teams assisting physicians with patients from scheduling appointments to taking vital signs, from rooming patients to performing laboratory tests, and from filing medical records to assisting with medical procedures.  Our dynamic class covers both the clinical and administrative functions of the medical office so that you are crosstrained and, therefore, more employable.  Didactic training is followed by a required 320-hour externship* in a doctor's office or clinic.  This course is Pell Grant eligible.  Prerequisites: Medical terminology, basic computer skills and 35 net wpm typing speed. To enroll in this course, meet the requirements listed in the Requirements for Entrance to Health Career Courses section. Students will be placed on rotation for externship to complete 320 hours to be performed after successful completion of didactic portion of program.

* Clinical externship placements are on a rotational basis and may not immediately follow the didactic portion of the course. Depending on hospital schedules, placement may take longer than 6 months.

The main duty of a Sterile Processing Technician is to insure that instruments used by medical personnel are contaminant-free. In the Sterile Processing Technician program at Mt. Diablo Adult Education, students are instructed on proper techniques to clean and sterilize medical instruments and to understand microbiology and infection control methods. Students learn the proper names and categories of medical instruments and how to properly transfer and store instruments to keep them contaminant-free. The program includes classroom lecture/study and practice in lab environments. Successful students will be placed in a 200-hour clinical externship in a hospital to complete the program.  To enroll in this program, meet the requirements listed in the Requirements for Entrance to Health Career Courses section.

Clinical externship placements are on a rotational basis and may not immediately follow the didactic portion of the course.  Depending on hospital schedules, placement may take longer than 6 months.

Train to work as a surgical technologist. As an integral member of the surgical team, you will learn how to maintain sterility, prevent contamination, pass instruments, inventory instruments, utilize surgical equipment, identify and preserve specimens, anticipate the needs of the surgeon, and provide for the needs of the patient. The didactic courses include anatomy and physiology, basic medical terminology, pharmacology, surgical instrumentation, surgical technology theory, and hands-on labs in mock operating room. Successful students will serve 560 hours of clinical externship in surgery centers and hospitals during terms 2 and 3. The national CST exam is required for completion of course (exam fee included in course fees) and details will be provided by the instructors. This course is Pell Grant eligible. To be considered for the Fall 2014 cohort and to receive information about requirements for admission, please send an email with your name and contact information to brown.dodi@mdusd.org.  The initial requirements to apply for admission are:  

• Pass reading assessment at 11th grade level and math assessment at 10th grade level.
• Completion of written application (scored by 3 readers).
• Highest scoring applicants are invited to interview (3 interviewers). Based on CAAHEP accreditation, we can accept a maximum of 15 students in the cohort.

Surgical Technologist Information Packet

Surgical Technologist Assessment Schedule
Please check back to this page for the 2014-2015 Surgical Technology Program assessment date information after January 17, 2014.

An Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) is a licensed health care provider who administers treatment or life support care to sick or injured persons in emergency situations. Licensed EMTs may be employed in a variety of settings (as an EMT on an ambulance; a first
responder; an emergency room technician in a hospital; with a fire department; on a search and rescue team). In our EMT program, learn all of the required skills necessary to become licensed. Graduates are qualified to register with the National Registry of EMTs (NREMT) and take the EMT certification exam. Our instructors are licensed paramedics and our skills instructors are NREMTaccredited. In our lab, learn and practice the required skills with a 5-to-1 student-teacher ratio for optimal learning and skills application. CPR for Healthcare Providers is now included in the course. This program may also be a pathway to other health care careers
for you (paramedic, nursing, firefighter). Start your career today! To enroll in this course, meet the requirements listed in the Requirements for Entrance to Health Career Courses section. 

This 24-hour class meets the requirements to recertify for EMT license in accordance with Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.  EMTs who need just a few CEs may register for specific modules if space is available for a prorated cost of $12 per CE unit.  Prerequisites: copy of EMT card and current Healthcare Provider CPR card.

None this term.