This course is designed to help you prepare for the LPN entrance exam. You will English, Math, and technology skills. For more information, please contact: Susan Oliver at (860) 278-6648.

This course is designed to help you brush up on your English and Math skills to prepare to enroll in college. For more information, please contact Susan Oliver at (860) 278-6648.

Earn Free College Credits! ONLINE COLLEGE EDUCATION PROGRAM through Charter Oak State College. The 1199 Training Fund offers the Long-Term Care Certificate Program. For more information, please contact: Susan Oliver at (860) 278-6648.

This course is designed as a beginner keyboarding class to teach correct typing techniques and development of speed and accuracy. To learn to type quickly and accurately will involve touch control of the keyboard. Once hand coordination has been created, you will feel more comfortable reaching for the keys, and with practice, your keystrokes will become automatic. Keyboarding will build skills to utilize when keying searches for the Internet, learning computer application programs, and writing personal and work-related documents. Faster keyboarding will drastically reduce your time typing your nursing notes, college essays, research papers, and other documents. What could you do with the extra time? Equipment needed: Desktop or laptop computer. MS Word or Google Docs or Notepad is needed on your computer. Contact: Alma Farnsworth at afarnsworth@1199trainingfund.org or call 860-477-0078 (if no answer, please leave a message with your phone number.)

Be prepared to write an effective academic, evidence-based research papers in MLA and APA format. (Most nursing programs require thorough knowledge of APA format.) Though a brief research writing project, you will acquire the knowledge and skills that are essential for success in college classes and in an LPN or RN program. Learn to research your topic, organize your paper through your thesis statement, use various types of sources as evidence to support your points, properly cite your sources, and write your reference page. You will learn other important skills to write a research paper such as: how to annotate your research articles, choose quality quotations, and when to quote or paraphrase your supporting evidence. Also, learn strategies to proofread and edit your paper. These skills are essential to confidently prepare and write a successful academic research paper. Contact: Susan Oliver at soliver@1199traiingfund.org or call 860-278-6648

Preparing for the TEAS test is vital for nursing program admission. Studying for the TEAS test requires time, dedication, study discipline, and in-depth knowledge of the concepts in reading comprehension, mathematics, science, and English and language usage. For most students, it takes a rigorous study program to pass the TEAS test in all four sections. In conjunction with your personal study plans for taking the TEAS test, the Training Fund can provide a tutor to help you study effectively, review and practice the detailed concepts, and gain confidence to improve your scores. Email or call Susan Oliver for more information. soliver@1199trainingfund.org or call 860-278-6648

The Training Fund partners with the Hartford Board of Education to offer the National External Diploma Program (NEDP). The NEDP is a portfolio-based program, appropriate for working adults, which upon completion, earns the participant a High School Diploma issued by the Hartford Board of Education. Currently, the Training Fund is offering the NEDP virtually to eligible members throughout the State of Connecticut. For more information, please contact: Diane LaPointe at (860) 908-5613