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About
Us
Mission
Statement
Lanier Technical College, a Unit of the Technical College
System of Georgia, serves as the leading workforce development
resource for Banks, Barrow, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Jackson,
Lumpkin, and N. Fulton counties by providing
- career-technical
education programs leading to associate of applied
science degrees, diplomas, and technical certificates
of credit;
- customized
business and industry training and economic
development services;
- continuing
education for technical and professional development;
and
- adult
education services.
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Expanded Statement of Purpose
The overall purpose of Lanier Technical College is to
meet the changing educational and technological workforce
development needs of the community by providing adult
education and technical training to support the economic
development and well being of the people, communities,
and companies of Banks, Barrow, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall,
Jackson, Lumpkin, and North Fulton counties. Lanier Technical
College prepares people for successful work; therefore,
the college is a major component in the fabric of life-long
education for the service area. The college helps to minimize
barriers to educational opportunities. It improves the
intellectual and technical skills of area residents by
providing adult literacy training, general academic and
technical education, customized business and industrial
training, economic development services, and continuing
education services that prepare students and trainees
for rewarding employment.
Our
primary educational purpose is to provide high quality
technical certificate of credit, technical diploma,
and associate of applied science degree programs that
meet the needs of area students, employers, and economic
developers. Credit instruction is offered in Business
Technologies, Health Technologies, Industrial and Natural
Resources Technologies, and Personal/Public Services
Technologies. These technical programs and courses are
offered using up-to-date instruction, industrial-standard
equipment, and work-based learning. Instruction is offered
on-site as well as through web-enabled distance-education
delivery.
Lanier
Technical College's economic development programs provide
customized training and other services for business
and industry to help existing companies to remain and
succeed in the service area and to stimulate new business
start-ups. Quick Start training and other economic development
services are provided to attract new companies to the
area, to assist companies to expand, and to help existing
companies to implement new technologies.
Adult
education services, including adult basic literacy,
English literacy, and GED services, are provided throughout
the service area to increase the literacy level of the
workforce, to prepare students to continue their education,
and to create a better quality of life for individuals
and families. English Literacy Program (ELP) services
are being expanded to meet rapidly growing demand for
English literacy instruction and family literacy services
for immigrant parents. Workplace instruction is being
expanded to new sites. All adult education students
are encouraged to increase their literacy levels, enroll
in GED preparation classes, and enter technical programs
or other postsecondary education.
The
college supports seamless, accessible instruction for
all students. Student services help to remove socioeconomic
barriers to education and obstacles between high school
and further education. The college helps its students
reach their full potential by providing support services
including admissions, student records, specialized instructional
services, financial aid, and career placement services.
Collaborations between area high schools and Lanier
Technical College enable the seamless delivery of dual
enrollment technical college courses for high school
students. The college is also working to help area secondary
schools meet the challenge of increasing high school
completion rates.
Lanier
Technical College offers community development services
to expand educational opportunities for people of all
ages within the service area. Community development programs
and services include effective communications and recruitment
efforts, a wide range of continuing education courses,
and encouragement for communities to participate in the
Certified Literate Community Program (CLCP). Lanier Technical
College seeks to support and play a significant role in
civic and educational activities to improve and enhance
the communities within the eight-county region.
The
college offers effective and efficient management, a
well-qualified internal workforce, and quality information
systems and technology. The college strives to acquire,
maintain, and manage adequate and sufficient human,
physical, technological, and financial resources to
provide the most effective services possible. Efficient
operations and sound management practices are applied
to all college services to support the college's ability
to achieve its goals.
Vision
Lanier
Technical College serves as the leading model for postsecondary
workforce development in Georgia by:
- developing
a learning-centered college environment and
contributing to a learning culture for communities
throughout the service area;
- continuing
to provide a wide range of high-quality, occupation-based
programs leading to associate of applied science
degrees, diplomas, and technical certificates
of credit; customized business and industry
training and economic development services;
continuing education; and adult education services
throughout the eight-county service area;
- delivering
new programs and services that support state
and regionally targeted economic development
efforts such as those for growth of entrepreneurship
and small business, tourism, healthcare, and
advanced manufacturing; and those for development
along the Georgia-400, I-85, and I-985 corridors
and the proposed Highway 316 biotech corridor;
- offering
outstanding, unique programs for the region,
state, and southeast in fields such as motorsports
vehicle technology, robotics, medical interpretation
and translation, and others; thereby increasing
the visibility of the college and creating marketing
advantages for the economic prosperity of the
region;
- supporting
students with user-friendly on-site and online
admissions, registration, financial aid assistance,
job placement assistance, scholarships, specialized
instructional services, and other student-centered
services;
- providing
excellent adult education outreach services
for all residents to help produce Georgia's
highest basic literacy levels, strongest GED
program, and largest English Literacy improvements
for non-native speakers;
- responding
to challenges faced by area high schools and
high school students by actively assisting them
in improving high school completion rates, offering
instruction through the Georgia Virtual High
School, and contributing to the GACollege411
website;
- collaborating
with educational entities, local governments,
and others to provide accessible technical programs
distributed to each service-area county and
to achieve the highest number of high school
dual enrollment students and percentage of recent
high school graduates entering technical colleges
in Georgia; and
- partnering
with business, industry, and economic development
entities to incubate new businesses and provide
customized training, technology transfer services,
and other tailored business services to stimulate
and sustain a high rate of economic development.
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Warranty
Policy
Through program advisory committees and input from area
employers, program curriculum standards have been developed
with direct involvement of business and industry. These
standards serve as the industry-validated specifications
for each occupational program. These standards allow Lanier
Technical College to offer our business and industry partners
this guarantee:
If one of our graduates educated under a standard program
or his/her employer finds that the graduate is deficient
in one or more competencies as defined in the standards,
Lanier Technical College will retrain the employee at
no instructional cost to the employee or the employer.
This guarantee is in effect for a period of two years
after graduation.
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