Continuing Education

Fall 2010 Schedule is available,

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Southern University at Shreveport is dedicated to presenting dynamic, flexible, and preeminent programs to the community and throughout its service area. The University is totally committed to lifelong learning that goes beyond initial career preparation, traditional concepts, of full-time study, and degree completion. Community Education encourages educational renewal. Further, the University seeks to provide life-long learning for people of all ages and ethnicity to develop personal and professional potential, upgrade job-related skills and prepare for informed participation in the civic, cultural, and political life of the community.

The Department of Community Education offers lifelong learning opportunities for the community and individuals interested in enhancing their quality of life through professional, cultural and other leisure learning enrichment opportunities which allow for personal growth and enjoyment. Programs and/or classes support learning opportunities for the citizens of our service area.

The Community Education Program is devoted to offering critically needed training that leads to immediate employment according to the needs of business, industry, and government agencies. Course offerings/program offerings lend themselves to training for workers for immediate start-ups in an effort to improve deficient basic academic skills and condensed block-time classes rather than the traditional semester schedule.

Southern University at Shreveport's Community Education Program will award continuing education units (CEU's) to individuals who participate in approved, non-credit activities administered by the University. One (1) CEU is equal to ten (10) contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction, and qualified instruction. In no instance should the award of CEU's be equated with college credit applicable toward a degree.

Classes are offered during the day, evenings, and weekends and will be provided when a reasonable number of students are enrolled. Non-credit courses are opened to interested individuals without regard to the eligibility standards for admission to regular college-credit programs.

Continuing Education Fall 2010 Schedule 

Potential Instructors

If you are interested in teaching a course, please contact: 

Beverly Parker

Director of Continuing Education and IWTP

 318-676-5651 or  bparker@susla.edu

Other Programs Coordinated by Continuing Education:

Incumbent Worker Training Program (IWTP)

The Incumbent Worker Training Program (IWTP) was created by the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC), formerly called the Louisiana Department of Labor (LDOL), to assist business and industry in developing / upgrading the skills of their existing employees.  The IWTP is a partnership comprised of the LDOL, employers and training providers.  As a training provider, Southern University at Shreveport (SUSLA) collaborates with Louisiana employers by assisting them in the completion of their application for funding, developing training curriculums, overseeing the training process and disbursement of funds after the employer’s application has been approved.  It is the expectation that the training will result in the creation of new jobs, the retention of jobs that otherwise may have been eliminated, and an increase in wages for the trained workers.

To be eligible for participation in the IWTP, businesses must have operated in Louisiana and contributed to the state's Unemployment Insurance System for at least three years.  Additionally, an employer or consortium of employers with similar needs must have a minimum of 15 employees to be trained.  It is imperative that employers seeking an IWTP grant make a long-range commitment to employee training

A sampling of a few of the many courses offered to employers through IWTP includes:

Click here for Registration Information

Administrative Staff

Beverly J. Parker

Director of Continuing Education and IWTP

Southern University at Shreveport (SUSLA)

1406 Hawn Avenue

Shreveport, LA  71107

318-676-5651

318-459-3912 (fax)

bparker@susla.edu

 

Jeffrey Batiste

IWTP Specialist II 

Southern University at Shreveport (SUSLA)

1406 Hawn Avenue

Shreveport, LA  71107

318-676-5653

318-459-3912 (fax)

jbatiste@susla.edu

 

Latrecha Goings

IWTP Specialist II

Southern University at Shreveport (SUSLA)

1406 Hawn Avenue

Shreveport, LA  71107

318-676-5564

318-459-3912 (fax)

lgoings@susla.edu

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