State Personnel Development Center

Physical Address:
101 West Peace St.
Raleigh, NC 27603

Mailing Address:
1333 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1333

(919) 733-8338

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Schedules -
Dates & Times for Fall 2009
1- & 2-Day Workshops (August - December)

Note: Some other courses offered at the SPDC this fall:

  • Other Continuing Education classes here at the SPDC this fall. Registration for these classes is done through Wake Technical College.
  • Some of the Human Resource Development classes offered through Wake Technical College will be held here also. Registration details are given on our HRD webpage.

If you need to find out more about what is taught in one of our classes, visit our Course Concepts.

Courses at a Glance (table of dates)

Your Foundation Courses

File Management (1/2 day)
Windows XP Level 1
Windows XP Level 2
Windows Vista Level 1

Level 1 of a Windows is the required knowledge for all other courses listed below. The half-day File Management course and the Level 2 Windows course are optional classes that offer a bit more or less than the Level 1, depending on how much you want to know! Windows XP cover skills that work in most older versions of Windows (98, 2000, XP). Vista covers the newer Windows operating system.
Microsoft Office
Web Development
Graphics

New course
Microsoft Office 2007 Upgrade
Microsoft Office 2007

Excel 2003 Level 1
Excel 2003 Level 2
Excel 2003 Level 3
Excel 2003 Level 4

Excel 2007 Level 1
Excel 2007 Level 2
Excel 2007 Level 3
Excel 2007 Level 4

Excel Topics: Charts

Outlook 2003

PowerPoint 2003 Level 1
PowerPoint 2003 Level 2
PowerPoint 2003 Level 3

PowerPoint 2007 Level 1
PowerPoint 2007 Level 2
PowerPoint 2007 Level 3

Word 2003 Level 1
Word 2003 Level 2
Word 2003 Level 3
Word 2003 Level 4

Word 2007 Level 1
Word 2007 Level 2
Word 2007 Level 3
Word 2007 Level 4

Word Topics: Page Formatting
Word Topics: Tabs vs. Tables

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

DreamweaverCS3 Level 1
DreamweaverCS3 Level 2
DreamweaverCS3 Level 3

Flash CS3 Pro Level 1
Flash CS3 Pro Level 2

JavaScript for Non-Programmers

Web Design Techniques
(Usability & Accessibility)

XHTML Level 1
XHTML Level 2
XHTML Level 3

Fireworks CS3 Level 1

Adobe Illustrator CS3 Level 1

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Level 1
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Level 2

Digital Photography for Beginners
Digital Photography with PhotoShop CS3

Web Site Graphics

New course
Microsoft Visio Level 1
Databases
Desktop Publishing

Access 2003 Level 1
Access 2003 Level 2
Access 2003 Level 3
Access 2003 Level 4

Access 2007 Level 1
Access 2007 Level 2
Access 2007 Level 3
Access 2007 Level 4

Access Application Development
Access Topics: Reports
Access Topics: Expressions & Built-in Functions

New course
MySQL Level 1

Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Pro. Level 1
Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Pro. Level 2

Adobe InDesign Level 1
Adobe InDesign Level 2

Publisher 2003 Level 1
Publisher 2003 Level 2

 

New course
Publisher 2007 Level 1
Publisher 2007 Level 2

 
Project Software Self-Paced Online Course
General Courses

MS Project 2003 Level 1
MS Project 2003 Level 2

MS Project 2007 Level 1
MS Project 2007 Level 2

Project Management 1

Office Productivity
Design & Media

Grammar for the Workplace
Business Writing for the Workplace

Spanish I
Notary Public
Electronic Notary


Administrative Professional Certificate Program (APCP)

Offered through the Office of State Personnel/Human Resource Development and the Professional Skills Program

Contact: Betsy Knocklein at (919) 733-8338

This certificate program is an intense six-month study that provides skills necessary to increase competence as an administrative assistant. Topics include communication skills, records management, business ethics, stress management, written communications, preparation of travel arrangements, meetings and conferences, and introductory skills in computer applications. This course will start Fall 2009.

Prerequisites: Typing speed of 35 words per minute minimum and a strong background in Microsoft Windows.

 

Reminder: Allow yourself a few extra minutes to arrive early for class. When you arrive at the State Personnel Development Center, go to the front office receptionist to get a free parking pass and place it on the dash of your car. No pass is required after 5:00 p.m. on weekdays and all day on Saturdays.

All one- & two-day courses (with the exception of Notary Public) begin promptly at 8:30 a.m.! If students arrive later than one-half hour after the class start time, they will not be allowed to enter the classroom. Tuition will not be waived for a missed class.

For more information about the certificates & degrees offered through the Computer Information Systems Division at Wake Technical Community College (main campus), please visit http://cet.waketech.edu/index.html.

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