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ALC Enrollment

Fill in this form to sign up for classes at the Adult Learning Center. A Gmail account is required. If you do not have a Gmail account, you can create one here. Please feel free to stop by the ALC if you need assistance.

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ESL Classes

The off-campus Adult Learning Center offers English as a Second Language (ESL) to help non-native English speakers improve their English language skills. The classes also aim to help adults acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to obtain employment, become full partners in the educational development of their children, improve economic opportunities for their family, and aid in the transition to postsecondary education and training. The program begins with an orientation and reading and listening tests that determine the student’s skill level. Instructors meet with students individually throughout the session to ensure goals are met. Some adult learners have found that doing online courses such as Effortless English Club easier to fit around their everyday life, while they learn the language. Some learnings also benefit from a free crossword puzzle maker consider using one when you want to reinforce what you’ve already learned to share with others.

The Center offers multiple levels of classes in the fall, spring, and summer. Classes meet for ten to twelve weeks for two hours each day, Monday through Thursday. Classes are available in both mornings and evenings.

ESL students can also take a US citizenship class that meets one hour a week.

For more resources click here.

GED Prep Courses

The Center also offers GED preparatory courses in English and Spanish. Classes meet 10 am to 12 pm and 5 to 7 pm, Monday through Thursday.

Accelerating Opportunity: Kansas

Accelerating Opportunity: Kansas (AO-K) provides an opportunity for adults to gain new skills for a good job. With education and credentials beyond high school, students have better options in today’s economy.

AO-K serves adults with families and people who haven’t been in school in years. Even if you didn’t finish high school or earn your high school diploma, you can find a path to success in today’s workplace!

This is a perfect program if you need a GED and a job, and you need both fast.

You’ll simultaneously receive academic instruction and earn in-demand technical certificates to launch a successful career.

AO-K uses a team-teaching approach to maximize individual attention and success. A specialized teaching team will help you improve your basic reading, writing and math skills within the context of career technical training. Students can choose from a variety of short-term certificate programs building to associate degrees to gain the credentials and skills needed to secure good, family-sustaining jobs and long lasting career opportunities.

You may even qualify for full tuition for pathway courses.

Current pathways include:

    • Building Construction
    • Para Nursing
    • Welding

For more information please call DC3 Adult Learning Center: (620) 225-0186 or contact through email: Maria Rojas: mrojas@dc3.edu, Karina Coca: kcoca@dc3.edu

Other Adult Learning Center Services

      • Computer and Technology
      • Citizenship Skills
      • Writing Skills
      • High School Equivalency Program (HEP)

Additional Information

The Adult Learning Center serves individuals 16 and older. Participants who are 16 or 17 must have a disclaimer from the high school in their resident district.

For additional information, please call or come visit us.

Adult Learning Center

Off-Campus

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Phone

(620) 225-0186

Mailing Address

700 Avenue G
Dodge City, KS 67801

Senior Discount:

Enrollees, aged 55 years and above, receive a 50% reduction rate of the enrollment fees from the Adult Learning Center.

Payment Plan Option:

The Adult Learning Center is eager to work with those in the community who wish to receive services, and showcase this by offering a payment plan option. To learn more about the details, please come by during regular business hours, and the dedicated Adult Learning Center staff will assist you.

Fees:

  • $200 enrollment fee for in-person classes.
  • $200 enrollment fee for Hyflex (a combination of in -person classes and online)
  • $200 enrollment fee for online classes.

Half ($100) is due at enrollment and minimum payments of $25 must be paid weekly until the balance is paid in full.
All fees are nonrefundable.
Fees are subject to change.

The ALC enrollment fees are used as a way to designate how many spaces are available to interested students who wish to use the ALC services. This way, we are able to allocate the correct amount of resources and staff to match the number of students who have reserved their spot in their chosen class.

A “reservation” automatically occurs when the enrollment payment is accepted, of which there are numerous ways to satisfy the payment, and a place in the student’s chosen class—Citizenship, ESL, GED, etc.—is saved for the student and they do not need to pay more. For instance, if an ESL student pays the fee, their spot is reserved, and if they choose to do a GED Spanish elective, then they do not need to pay extra for the elective because of their reservation.

Compare this to a four-year institution, where classes are paid for by credit hour, or that some ALC students who claim that they pay, for example, $100 for being in class four days a week. However, this is not true, because the ALC only takes the payment to reserve a spot for the student in the class.

Again, students are able to receive a variety of services, with no additional costs being incurred.