New Training Collaboration Leads to First Graduation

NOVA Staff, Wendy Tetteh, Job Center Coordinator and Students.
NOVA Staff, Wendy Tetteh, Job Center Coordinator and Students.

 

NOVA’s Workforce Development Division is pleased to announce a training collaboration with the Fairfax County Department of Family Services *(VIEW program).  This collaboration has given us the opportunity to offer an Administrative Assistant Training Program at their new Fairfax Job Center in the Fairfax County Department of Family Services.  The new Fairfax Job Center opened its doors during the first week of September, and we are honored to support their initiatives and look forward to serving the needs of their clients through ongoing customized training.

The first training class was presented Certificates of Completion by their instructor, Yvonne Morton, Adjunct Professor at Northern Virginia Community College on Friday, October 11.  Ms. Morton opened her comments to the ten students with the following group rally: “IT ONLY GETS…(cheered in sync) BETTER!” This group rally is indicative of the collaboration that was established between NOVA and the VIEW program.  We look forward to a long-term contract training collaboration with this vital community program.

 

* The Virginia Initiative for Employment not Welfare (VIEW) supports the efforts of families receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to achieve independence through employment. VIEW focuses on the participants’ strengths and provides services to help them overcome job-related challenges, as well as personal, medical and family challenges that affect employment.

 

Workforce Development Division to Host “The Chancellor’s Awards Recognition Program”

The VCCS has chosen NOVA’s Workforce Development Division to host The 2013 Chancellor’s Awards Recognition Program.  This is an annual event that recognizes top instructors throughout the State of Virginia.  This year’s honorees represent Germanna, Lord Fairfax and Northern Virginia Community Colleges.  Their efforts have benefitted countless individuals and have transformed lives by offering career changing opportunities.  The instructors efforts have helped to increase student success and retention, which has resulted in the colleges being recognized as a provider of choice by local and state organizations. This year’s program will take place on October 22, 2013 at the Woodbridge Campus, Arts & Science Center, located in Woodbridge, VA.

 

 

Workforce Development Division Offers Pre-Licensing for Life, Health & Annuities Insurance Course

This 3-day course, offered in conjunction with Virginia Association of   Insurance Agents (VAIA), will assist students in passing the Virginia Life   & Health exam. Students will learn about life & health insurance   basics and Virginia laws and regulations. Types of life insurance policies,   annuities, policy options, retirement plans, and the different types of   health insurance are included. Frequent quizzes and exams are administered to   help students prepare for the state exam. (Registration and payment for the   state exam is administered through Pearson Vue.) VAIA is affiliated with the   Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia: www.IIAV.com  For more information and to register for   this informative course please visit our website http://www.nvcc.edu/wdce/pwregional/ or call 703-257-6631.