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September 8, 2014

Support Staff Academy:

Attending SSA pays big dividends by increasing knowledge and skills! EducationPlus Credit can be used for all of these sessions! Reserve space today!

The annual EducationPlus Support Staff Academy is a program designed to provide professional development to area schools' educational support professionals: administrative assistants, secretaries/ office personnel, maintenance/ custodial, food service, security, teachers' and library aides.

For 2014-15, SSA is offering technology classes designed to meet the needs of education support staff with MS Office and Google Drive. Classes will take place in the Innovation Room at 1460 Craig Road.

Half-day sessions are $59 for EducationPlus members and $74 for non EducationPlus members. EducationPlus Credits apply to all sessions! Reserve space in these classes by registering online today.

You can see all of the 2014-15 SSA sessions by clicking here. Each session is a bring your own device class, and a certificate of completion is presented to each attendee. For questions on SSA, contact Karen Vaughan.

Take Advantage of these Special Bundled Classes!

(If bundled packs do not work with your schedule, you may take classes individually).

MS Word 2010: Working with Text, Columns and Templates Level 2 Advanced Beginner Nov. 13	Google Drive: Docs Level 1 Beginner/Intermediate Pre-requisite: must have a Google account and/or gmail Sept. 17	MS PowerPoint: Foundation Level 1 Beginner Feb. 19
MS Word 2010: Working with Tables and Tabs Level 3 Intermediate Nov. 20	Google Drive: Spreadsheets Level 2 Beginner/Intermediate Pre-requisite: must have a Google account and/or gmail Oct. 2	MS PowerPoint: Creating Powerful Presentations Intermediate Feb. 26
MS Word 2010: Working with Images, Shapes and More Level 4 Intermediate Dec. 5	Google Drive: Forms Level 3 Intermediate Pre-requisite: must have a Google account and/or gmail Oct. 9	MS PowerPoint: Using Text More Effectively in PowerPoint Intermediate March 5
MS Word 2010: Mail Merge and Proofreading Level 5 Intermediate Dec. 11

Other available classes include:

Organize and Access Your Favorite Bookmarks Anytime, Anywhere on Oct. 16
Social Networking 101: Building Safe Online Relationships on Oct. 30
MS Word 2010: Foundation Level 1 Novice or Basic Refresher on Nov. 5
MS Excel 2010: Foundation Level 1 Beginner on Jan. 15
MS Excel 2010: Charts, Functions and More Level 2 Intermediate on Jan. 22