League Reaffirmation - Johnson County Community College

Center for Business
and Technology
JCCC’s Center for Business and Technology offers continuing
education, workforce development and economic development
to businesses in Johnson County and the greater metropolitan
area. The center initiates strategic partnerships with businesses
and educational institutions on a countywide, regional and
national basis.
The center differs from other training services in that it is a
“one­stop shop” serving all employees within a business, from
executive training for the CEO to computer classes for the
administrative assistant to grant applications and
administration for the company as a whole. Its offerings
include:
• Continuing education: Licensing and CEUs for
professionals in health and human services, real estate,
mediation, education, payroll and human resources,
police, fire, emergency medical technology and audio
engineering
• Workforce development: Customized contract training and
development with key companies, including solutions for
leadership, management, mentoring and coaching at
various levels
• Computer training: Public and contract training in
computer applications and information technology
• Small Business Development Center/Entrepreneurship
Center
• Special events: Executive Speaker Series, Administrative
Professionals Day TM , National Council for Continuing
Education and Training
In addition to supporting industry training needs, the center
also assists local companies in applying for grants available
from the Kansas Department of Commerce to pay for
workforce training for newly created jobs or jobs requiring
new skills. Through this partnership, companies have accessed
more than $106.6 million from the Department of Commerce
since 1983 to support local workforce development.
In 2006­2007, more than 17,800 people enrolled in one of
the center’s 2,000 public seminars on topics ranging from
management skills to computer applications. Nearly 500
companies and organizations took advantage of contract
training courses specifically tailored to fit their organizational
needs, either on the JCCC campus or at their location.
“JCCC has been extremely responsive in
providing resource recommendations
for all of our employee development
requests. The contract sales staff
understand how to build a quality
training organization from the ground
up and have helped Community
America Credit Union build a
competency­based organization
through a customized job analysis
initiative. We are also looking to JCCC
to support our new leadership
development curriculum upon its
completion. All of the resources they
provide are of the highest professional
quality and are reasonably priced. The
level of customer service they provide
is exceptional. They are even helping
us explore gaming simulations in our
new­hire courses. JCCC is a partner
that will continue to support our
diverse and growing employee
development needs.”
– Marsha Moore,
employee development director,
Community America Credit Union
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