Adult Education
General Educational Development (GED) Preparation
GED students prepare to pass the high school equivalency (GED) test to earn their Illinois High School Diploma, develop academic skills to advance in employment, and/or prepare for college-level courses. Instruction is individualized to meet the needs of the student. Subjects include writing, reading, mathematics, social studies, science, and the United States and Illinois constitutions. For more information call the Outreach Center (309-796-8399), the Adult Learning Center (309-794-1072), or the Community Education Center (309-854-1875).
English as a Second Language (ESL)
ESL classes offer non- or limited-English speaking adults the opportunity to learn English at a basic or intermediate level. For more information, call the Outreach Center (309-796-8399), the Adult Learning Center (309-794-1072), or the Community Education Center (309-854-1875).
Optional Education Program (High School Completion)
Optional Education is a collaborative effort by the six Rock Island County public secondary school systems, Black Hawk College and the Regional Superintendent of Schools, to provide educational alternatives for truant and dropout youth. Students may earn high school credits leading to a diploma or prepare for GED testing. Classes are offered at the Outreach Center and the Adult Learning Center. For more information call 309-796-8399.
Adult Career Pathways
Adult Education provides opportunities for students to explore and prepare for a variety of career pathways toward training and post-secondary education leading to employment.
Bridge Programs
Classes in the Bridge program provides Adult Education students an opportunity to explore a specific career area and includes exposure to industry requirements, vocabulary, necessary basic skills in reading and math, industry guest speakers and facility tours. Students will have a better understanding of entry level careers and be better prepared to enter and succeed with training programs and college level courses.
Integrated Career and Academic Preparation (ICAPS) Programs
The ICAPS program provides career and personalized advising and support while students are enrolled in a career and technical certificate program. Students attend program courses as a team as well as a support class. Advisors work with students to provide additional career and employability training.
Professional and Continuing Education (PaCE)
Professional Development
Black Hawk College’s Professional and Continuing Education courses are designed for professionals in careers for which certification and continuing education is beneficial and/or mandatory. To keep current in many professions, CEUs or CEs are required by the state or the credentialing entity. For more information, call 309-796-8223 or visit www.bhc.edu/pace.
Food Protection Manager Certification
Food protection manager classes use ServSafe (an ANSI-CFP accredited exam provider) and are designed to prepare students for the FSSMC examination in food service. Classes are available in English and Spanish instruction.
Cannabis Certificate Programs
The PaCE Department has partnered with Green Flower to offer three certificates in the cannabis. These 9-week programs are offered online.
Floral Design
This program is designed for a student to achieve a career path in the field of floral design. Students learn about flower choices, different arrangements, and tools needed, learn about line, form, proportion and color.
Health Care Careers
To meet the growing need for skilled health care professionals, courses are comprehensive, fast-paced, and are intended to prepare you for entry-level positions. Prerequisites for all PaCE Health Care Career programs: 18 years of age, and high school diploma or GED.
EKG Technician
The class includes important background information on the 12-Lead EKG, including set-up in the office or hospital setting. Students will learn about the anatomy of the heart physiology, and medical disease processes, medical terminology, medical ethics, and legal aspects of patient contact, bloodborne pathogens, and heart medications. Required textbook must be purchased at the Black Hawk College Bookstore (www.bhc.edu/bookstore) prior to the first class.
Phlebotomy Technician
Train in the basic blood drawing procedures for both venipuncture and capillary puncture techniques. The class will address the proper handling, processing, and documentation of samples. Class includes: OSHA guidelines and safety rules, anatomy and physiology of the circulatory system, and quality assurance and methods of quality control. Equipment, procedures, and precautions for skin puncture and venipuncture will be reviewed. Upon completion, students will have an understanding of the skills, knowledge, and level of responsibility required to perform professionally and competently as entry-level phlebotomy/lab personnel. Required textbook must be purchased at the Black Hawk College Bookstore prior to the first class.
Online Courses
For more information about our instructor-moderated and self-guided courses as well as the career training programs through PaCE, call 309-796-8223 or visit www.ed2go.com/Blackhawk or https://careertraining.bhc.edu.
Technology
PaCE offers computer training for people of various skill levels and ages. From computer basics, smartphones, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Access), photography, 3D printing, and iPad, a wide selection of day and evening classes are available.
Language
Offerings include beginning languages for travelers as well as for those wanting to increase their language skills in the workplace. Classes are available in Spanish, Italian, and American Sign Language.
Community Education
Classes are available in the following areas: arts and crafts, at home, community health and wellness, genealogy, writing, personal enrichment, and music.
Lifelong Learner
Lifelong Learner Lunches
Black Hawk College offers a luncheon series on various topics of interest held at area venues. Past lunch topics include Vincent van Gogh’s September Paintings, Rock Island Arsenal - 150 Year os Innovation, and Echoes from Riverside Cemetery.
Seminars
Select from topics in art history, history/travel, and history, Past seminars include Early Italian Renaissance Painting, Exotic Thailand, and Trials and Triumph of the Great Depression.
CommUniversity
This program meets four Sunday afternoons in February and offers classes in areas such as arts/humanities, personal enrichment, and theology/spirituality. The PaCE Department offers this higher learning opportunity to the community (ages 18 and older). www.bhc.edu/cu
College For Kids (CFK)
The 5-day program is designed for students who are entering sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth grades and score at the 90th percentile or above on one of the following: total math, total reading, science, social studies OR on the most recent ability test score. Students are identified by their schools using the CFK criteria. For more information, call 309-796-8223. www.bhc.edu/cfk
The Younger Generation
Throughout the year, classes are offered to engage minds and problem-solving skills by working with Legos or preparing to take onteh responsibilities of babysitting. During the summer, Black Hawk College offers classes such as robotics, money skills coding, crocheting, and creative writing. For students entering 3rd - 5th grade, four very different campus are available in art, language, music, and technology.
Professional and Continuing Education (PaCE) Registration
For more information visit www.bhc.edu/pace.
Eligibility – Who Can Enroll
- Enrollment is open to anyone 16 years of age or older, unless indicated in the description.
- Under certain circumstances a student 15 years of age or younger may enroll with special permission from the instructor.
- For questions, please call 309-796-8223.
Cancellation Policy
Without incurring obligation, Black Hawk College reserves the right to:
- Cancel classes due to insufficient enrollment.
- Change the time, date, or place of class.
- Make other revisions in course offerings as it becomes necessary.
Refund Policy
Emergency come up? Change your mind? Withdrawals must be completed by phone to the PaCE Department (309-796-8223).
Business Training Center (BTC)
Workforce Improvement
The Business Training Center is a comprehensive unit that enhances the economic well-being of our district by providing customized contract training, targeted to meet the unique business needs of the community. Staff and instructors at the BTC work closely with companies to identify specific workforce needs that bring greater efficiency and productivity to the workplace. By evaluating and prioritizing business challenges, staff design solutions customized to company needs in the form of training, consulting, coaching, assessments and audits.
Business Training Center trainers are experts in their subject matter areas and are skilled in creating interactive learning sessions. For business convenience, employers may choose to conduct training at their workplace or at a college location. Below are examples of topics frequently taught. Additional descriptions are available on the BTC website: www.bhc.edu/btc.
Computer Skills
Microsoft Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Publisher.
CNC Production Machine Operator
Individuals with shop floor experience can expand their education with this entry level 64-hour evening class focused on practical application of CNC operation.
CWI Consulting, Testing or Training
The Business Training Center offers weld certification testing to the welding procedure selected. We offer consulting in understanding the code book, writing PQR’s, WPS’s. We can also train new hires to your standard before they enter the shop floor.
For more information, call 309-796-5718 or visit the BTC website www.bhc.edu/btc.
Drinking and Wastewater Classes
Participants gain knowledge and skills for working in the field of public water works and for completing the EPA exam and certification. Classes are held one night a week from 6 - 9 PM for 11- 14 weeks.
Fork Truck Training
This public class covers the safety and procedural aspects of fork truck driving along with driving practice. Certificate of Completion earned at end of this four-hour class.
Leadership and Interpersonal Skills
Developing talent and improving performance is accomplished through a series of sessions that begin with self-awareness. The DiSC Profile is typically used as a beginning point. A comprehensive leadership program is design around the following topics: new supervisory skills, coaching, personal accountability, team building, blending a multi-generational workforce, effective communication skills, decision making and problem solving, conflict resolution, giving feedback.
Industrial Training
Basic welding, advanced welding, CWI certification testing, blueprint reading, GD&T, ISO internal auditing, mistake proofing, root cause analysis, logistics, inventory control, APICS certifications, CNC, measurement tools, SPC, production math, math for welders.
OSHA and Safety
Hazardous material handling, 10-hour OSHA for general industry or construction, chemical spill response and refreshers, confined space, forklift safety, written policies and programs, creating a safety manual.
Language Skills
Sign Language, Workplace Spanish, German.
Production MIG Welding
The Business Training Center also teaches an award winning six-week Production MIG Welding class that prepares individuals for entry level employment in manufacturing fields. A new advanced welding program is also available.
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