About Us


Mission Statement

Lanier Technical College 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 literacy and education services.

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.

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.