Computer Training Anchorage AK

If you want to teach adults or children about computers in a college setting, you will need an advanced degree to do so. To teach at a computer training school, you will need a certification for a certain application. Many people need guidance to navigate and understand computer programs that could help them in their career. Here are some resources for computer training schools in Anchorage, AK.
Anchorage Job Center Midtown
(907) 269-4759
3301 Eagle Street, Suite 101
Anchorage, AK
A C C F T Local 2404
(907) 562-2660
3211 Providence Dr
Anchorage, AK
Eagle River Job Center
907-696-6832
11723 Old Glenn Hwy., B-4
Eagle River, AK
Barrow Job Center
907.852.4111
1078 Kiogak Street
Barrow, AK
Fairbanks Carpenter Training
(907) 456-5542
6 Timberland Dr
Fairbanks, AK
Anchorage Gambell Job Center
907-269-6414
400 Gambell Street
Anchorage, AK
Anchorage Job Center Muldoon
907-269-0000
1251 Muldoon Rd., Suite 114
Anchorage, AK
International Union Of Operating Engineers Local 302
(907) 586-3850
9309 Glacier Hwy
Juneau, AK
Homer Job Center
907-235-7792
270 W Pioneer Avenue
Homer, AK
Fairbanks Job Center
907-451-5967
675 Seventh Ave., Station D
Fairbanks, AK
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Posted by : Molly Joss 5/31/01Teaching computersGood schools require you to be certified in the application you are teaching about, if a certification exists.

Dear Molly: I am a secondary school science teacher. I want to either supplement my income or (hopefully, eventually) quit my current job and start teaching adults about computers. I love to teach, but the budget cuts and the politics are starting to get to me. Are there any special qualifications or training that I would need to make the switch?

Molly says: To teach at the college level, you normally need a master's degree or PhD in the subject area, although some universities and colleges allow people to substitute experience for degrees to teach computer classes, because it's so hard to find good computer science professors.

The requirements to teach in an independent computer training school vary widely, with some schools requiring no more than a breathing person in the classroom. However, the good schools require you to be certified in the application you are teaching about, if a certification exists. Getting that certification would be your first step.

You may also want to invest some time and money into learning how to train adults in a short period of time. Computer training differs from traditional classroom teaching in several ways--one of the biggest is that you often have only a few days and not several months to convey information.

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