2018 PROGRAM SCHEDULE - National Urban League

1 2018 PROGRAM SCHEDULE . AT A GLANCE. fiber optic Broadband and Premise Cabling Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC). Hours: Monday - Thursday, 6 - 9 Hours: Monday - Thursday, 8:30 - 1:30 Jan 8th - Feb 9th Feb 26th - March 29th Jan 16th - April 5th May 29th - Aug 23rd WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. April 16 - May 18th June 4th - July 9th Sept. 17th - Dec. 6th programs OVERVIEW. July 23 - Aug 23rd Sept 10 - Oct 11th NCDOT Highway Construction Trades Academy Oct 30th - Nov 30th Hours: Monday - Thursday, 6 - 8:30 Jan 22nd - March 16.

2 Microsoft Office and Customer Service March 19th - May 10th Hours: Monday - Thursday June 4th - July 26th Microsoft Office - 9 - 12 Aug 20th -October 11th Customer Service - 1 - 4 Jan 8th- Feb 15th Duke Energy Lineworker Apprenticeship (CAST). Feb 26th - April 5th Hours: Monday - Thursday, 6 - 8:30 - MOBILITY. April 16th - May 24th Jan 29th - April 5th June 4th - July 12th June 18th - Aug 9th July 23rd - Aug 30th Sept 24th - Nov 15th Sep 10th - Oct 18th Oct 29th - Dec 6th Graduation Dates ECONOMIC. April 5th Aug 30th T.

3 Dec 13th PLACEMEN. EMPOWERMENT. EDUCATION TRAINING. ALL ULCC programs ARE OFFERED TO CLIENTS AT NO COST. 740 W. 5TH STREET, CHARLOTTE, NC 28202 (704) 373-2256 hours and increase math and reading competency. Participants who pass the exams in reading, science, social studies, math and writing will be eligible to receive a General Equivalency Diploma. Length: 8 week cycle (instructor-led) plus open lab hours Linking Youth to Technology through Education (LYTE). TAKE A STEP. Afterschool PROGRAM Offered at Sterling Elementary, River Gate Elementary, Kennedy Middle and Southwest Middle Schools, This afterschool PROGRAM offers robust math, reading and TOWARD.

4 Technology education. Elementary schools use the i-Ready curriculum which combines a valid and reliable adaptive K 12. diagnostic, individualized online instruction, and teacher-led instruction in a single product. OPPORTUNITY. The Urban League of Central Carolinas' workforce the Greater Charlotte Region. Through our Continuum Digital Connectors*. Students participating in the Digital Connectors PROGRAM engage in leadership development, media education, life skills training, and community service. The technology component development and educational programs successful of Opportunity model, our customers are equipped with of the PROGRAM consists of a 156-hour, instructor-led CISCO.

5 Outcomes are seamlessly aligned with the core skills and National certification pre-apprenticeship IT Essentials curriculum. Students take a final exam to receive central goals of the newly published Leading on job training needed for high demand careers that has their CISCO IT Essentials Certificate. The course also prepares students to begin the self-study required for the CompTIA. Opportunity Report. This report, inspired by the proven to sustain upward economic and social mobility. certification course.

6 2014 Harvard University study on economic mobility An ecosystem of key business and social sectors Urban Youth Empowerment PROGRAM (UYEP). establishing Charlotte as the nations 50th least partners collaborate with ULCC to offer an array of The Urban Youth Empowerment PROGRAM (UYEP) aims to favorable city out of 50 for economic and social mobility opportunities across the Charlotte community to ensure address the employment barriers of court-involved youth and underscored the critical collaborative challenge facing that education, training, and job placement inspires young adults, ages 14 to 24, while helping them attain in- demand occupational and employment skills needed to obtain individual dignity.

7 Sustainable careers. UYEP RISE aims to provide participants with the opportunity to build relationships with positive, caring adults; A targeted educational and workforce curriculum that builds on their interests and goals; Exposure to stipend-paying, construction industries. The objectives are to access real-world opportunities to gain technical and soft skills;. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT programs . the needs, improve soft skills, develop a working Linkages to comprehensive community support and services knowledge of preparing for employment, improve to address barriers to success; The opportunity to give back to carpentry math skills, introduce basic highway construction their communities and reestablish linkages.

8 ALL programs ARE OFFERED AT NO COST TO OUR CLIENTS fields, discuss industry safety standards and introduce Microsoft Office and Customer Service* the Certified fiber optic Technician exams offered through the construction equipment. Project Ready Mentor 4. This course features two tracks in Microsoft Office certification fiber optic Association (FOA). Length: 2 months PR4 helps 11-18 year old students make academic progress, and International Customer Service Certification with optional Length: 5 weeks Hours: Monday - Thursday, 6 - 8:30 benefit from cultural enrichment opportunities and develop scheduling.

9 Clients will also receive development in core job Hours: Monday - Thursday, 6 - 9 important skills, attitudes and aptitudes that will aid in their readiness skills, Working Smart Certification which includes job Duke Energy Lineworker Apprenticeship (CAST) transition from high school and position them for post- readiness, and financial literacy. Job placement services are also Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC)* This 8-week Duke Energy Construction Skills and Trade (CAST) secondary success.

10 Available. HVAC curriculum is focused on the knowledge and hands- prep course is an opportunity to gain entrance into line Length: 6 weeks on skills needed to be ready for certification and immediate technician, solar, construction and other utility positions. CAST Youth Academic Enhancement Hours: Monday - Thursday entry-level employment. topics covered include mechanical training consist of: graphic arithmetic, mechanical concepts, The ULCC Academic Enrichment PROGRAM provides tutoring Microsoft Office - 9 - 12 refrigeration, heating and cooling theory, electricity, controls, reading comprehension and mathematical usage in technical and academic support for youth in grades 6-12 who have Customer Service - 1 - 4 and safety.