Established in 1990, CTD (formerly CBIT) is dedicated to assisting organizations in providing career and professional development opportunities for their employees. Towards this end, CTD offers a wide variety of customized training services, including needs assessment, program design and planning, and effective training and follow-up evaluation.

By viewing each training engagement as an opportunity for an enduring training partnership, CTD takes whatever steps are necessary to ensure client satisfaction. This includes flexibility for changing requirements, eagerness to address new challenges, and adaptability for varying needs.

Drawing upon the College's faculty resources, as well as leading professionals in the community, CTD can deliver talent and experience to virtually any training requirement.

CTD offers customized credit, non-credit, certificate and degree programs in short or long-term formats, and in a variety of venues, either on or off campus. Training programs include basic workplace skills, literacy/ESL, computer and information technology, management effectiveness, manufacturing technology, office skills, communication skills, health care, quality improvement, customer service, and many more.

For more information, please call 333-7087 in Lincoln.

The Office of Community Services provides a wide variety of non-credit offerings for the Rhode Island community, including workshops, seminars, conferences, courses of general interest, occupational skill training programs, and various state-mandated certification courses.

Many of the activities, courses and programs that Community Services sponsors are in direct response to the needs of the Rhode Island community. School bus driver training, motorcycle rider safety training, wastewater facility operator certification, asbestos and lead abatement supervisor/worker certification, certified nursing assistant training, alcohol counseling and education, and commercial driver license testing are examples of the many courses and activities that the Office of Community Services offers because of community need.

The Office also provides General Educational Development (GED) preparation and testing to individuals who are attempting to acquire a High School Equivalency Diploma. It also offers English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) courses to individuals who need to improve their conversational English skills. The Office of Community Services administers workplace literacy programs, job preparation programs and occupational skill training programs that are funded through various state and federal governmental departments. These programs provide a variety of services to unemployed or underemployed adults, recent immigrants, dislocated workers, single parents and welfare recipients. For more information call 333-7070 in Lincoln or 825-2000 in Warwick.

The Institute provides affordable, high-quality organizational skills training to increase individual and organizational effectiveness. Training opportunities serving organizational needs at all levels, from frontline employees to upper-level management, are available in modularized programs focusing on specific aspects of performance improvement, leadership skills, teamwork, quality improvement, supervisory skills, workplace basics and interpersonal communication. These training systems are designed to provide the maximum opportunity for customization in order to best meet an organization's specific needs.

For more information, please call 455-6188 in Providence.

Recognizing that the development of a strong entrepreneurial base can contribute significantly to the Rhode Island economy, CCRI has initiated a series of entrepreneurship skills training programs to equip individuals to identify and develop the skills, values and attitudes that will enable them to succeed in business. The College's entrepreneurship skills training courses are designed for a broad population who have a business idea to develop or those who would like to explore opportunities that exist or that can be created.

The Office of Entrepreneurship Skills Training is also responsible for preparing high school teachers for instituting an entrepreneurship curriculum at the high-school level.

CCRI offers a 45-hour, 15-week, non-credit course in Entrepreneurship Skills Training to the general public and has the expertise to custom design a program to meet the needs of any group or business.

If you have any questions on these courses and programs or need further information, call 333-7207 in Lincoln.

In addition to the main campuses in Lincoln, Warwick and Providence, the college offers classes in many other Rhode Island communities. These include Middletown, Newport, Newport Naval Base, Westerly and Woonsocket. These programs include a range of credit and non-credit courses. Call 455-6113 for information on any of these activities.

The Virtual Campus at CCRI offers credit and non-credit courses that can be taken at a distance. The Internet, television, computers and CD-Rom open alternative pathways to college. If you are highly motivated and enjoy working independently, virtual learning empowers you to decide when and where learning fits into your busy schedule. However, virtual learning may not be for you if you need structure, real time human interaction, or easy results without hard work. Distance Learning options take a great deal of time and effort for you to be successful.

In cooperation with Education To Go, Inc., American College Testing (ACT), and a number of telecourse/teleweb courses producers, the Division for Lifelong Learning offers a variety of distance learning options to meet your needs. For further information, visit ccri.edu/lifelonglearning on the web or call 333-7071 in Lincoln or 455-6113 in Providence.

If your work or family schedule makes it difficult for you to attend credit or non-credit classes during the week, CCRI’s Weekend College may be just what you’re looking for. You can take courses leading to an associate degree on Friday evenings, Saturdays and Sundays at the Liston Campus in Providence.

Courses will be offered in a number of program areas, including ESL, criminal justice, business, fire science, English, foreign languages, history, sociology, psychology, computer science, travel and tourism, theatre and other areas. A new renal dialysis program that has a weekend format will be offered as will new courses for athletic coaches.

Seminars designed to promote student success will also be offered as part of the Weekend College. Topics include time management, note taking coping with test anxiety, scholarships and financial aid and problems of older returning students.