Office Administration

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Office Administration

• Diploma/Certificate for Support Staff

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Highlights of Proposal

• Modeled after successful program at St. Clair
  College
• Earn an Office Administration Certificate (1
  year) or Diploma (2 years) at your own pace
• Skills evaluation will be completed to determine
  your personal program of studies.
• Courses can be taken through post-secondary day
  classes or continuous learning evening classes.

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Highlights of Proposal

• Staff are entitled to three paid professional
  development days per year.
• Cost of the program - 20 per post-secondary
  school subject and staff rate for any continuous
  learning credit subject.

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Benefits to Individual

• Career/Professional Development
• Credit for Knowledge
• Financial
• Flexibility
• Access to OFAD Certificate/Diploma

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Ways to Obtain Credit

• Take the required subject
• If an equivalent subject has already been taken,
  credit can be granted
• Portfolio
• Portfolio/Test/E-train
• PLAR - 20
• A committee would review all portfolios
  submitted to assess for credit.

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First Semester Courses

• Accounting
• Communications for Office Professionals
• Excel
• Computerized Document Production I
• Human Relations for Office Professionals

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Second Semester Courses

• Communications for Office Professionals II
• Computerized Document Production II
• Office Technology Procedures
• Introduction to Psychology
• Integrated Document Production

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Second Year Diploma Program

• Choose between the following options
• Medical
• Legal
• Executive
• Program guides provide information about second
  year courses.

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Guidelines for Registration

• There should be no interruption of services or
  service delivery in your department.
• Registration is dependent upon seat availability
  for the selected courses.
• Requires flexibility on part of staff member,
  department, and supervisor as there are no
  budgeted replacement costs.

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If youre interested .

• Discuss and obtain approval from your immediate
  supervisor.
• Contact Human Resources and
• Daphne Brussée

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The End

• Please see Daphne Brussée if you have any
  questions after todays session.