Continuing Professional Development courses - Central Oregon Community College

2024 Annual Central Oregon Early Learning Conference: Exploration, Discovery, and Tinkering: The Importance of STEM in Early Learning

The Central Oregon Chapter of the Oregon Association for the Education of Young Children presents its annual conference for 2024. This year's theme, Exploration, Discovery, and Tinkering: The Importance of STEM in Early Learning, highlights the opportunity for a mindset of wonder, creativity, and curiosity to open our minds and hearts to connection and meaningful learning.

This course contains no sessions at this time.

Agile Project Management Online Courses

These courses will provide managers the basic foundation they need to become competent Agile practitioners. The program introduces the learner to the basic methodologies, practices, and key concepts of Agile and enables the learner to explore, through case studies, many of the common challenges of working on an Agile team.

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Aromatherapy Fundamentals Massage Therapy

Introduces essential oils' properties, benefits, and effects on the body when used in clinical and holistic settings. Massage therapists should have prior education and understanding of basic massage techniques before registering for this course. (20 contact hours, CEUs included). Check the College Bookstore to purchase 3-Pack of Therapeutic Grade Oils in Lemon, Lavendar, and Peppermint and optional textbook.

September 23, 2024 to December 9, 2024 | 1:00pm-3:05pm PDT | Bend

Art of Abdominal Massage

Enhance your massage therapy skills with our unique Art of Abdominal Massage course! Learn from Mali, an experienced practitioner who integrates techniques from Chi Nei Tsang, Shiatsu, Thai Massage, and Craniosacral work. Develop confidence and respect in performing gentle, healing abdominal techniques. Over a weekend, learn a 1-hour abdominal massage sequence and understand how to incorporate it into a full-body session. Discover the profound healing potential of abdominal massage and its crucial role in therapy. Plus, earn 14 CE credits through NCBTMB. Don't miss this enriching training opportunity!

October 26-27, 2024 | 9:30am-6:00pm PDT | Bend

Brain-Based Planning

Gain new tools to organize your work and home to-dos using strategies that support your brain to visually track your activities and progress. Learn techniques to work efficiently, manage everyday stress, and complete tasks. Leave this 3-hour hands-on course with an easy-to-follow action plan.

Monday, October 28, 2024 | 9:00am-12:00pm PDT | Online

Brain-Based Time Management

Transform your approach to time management with this engaging course. Learn how to optimize your brain for efficiency, effective planning, and reduced stress. Imagine confidently completing every task, equipped with concrete tools and strategies to stay on track, plan your day/week, and prioritize workload.

Thursday, September 26, 2024 | 9:00am-12:00pm PDT | Online

CPR - Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider

The AHA's BLS Course is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills. The HeartCode BLS Provider provides the same education and certification as the standard BLS with a convenient online portion that can be done at home followed by an in-person 2.5-hour skills session. See Additional Course Information for details on the in-person skills session guidelines.

CPR - Heartsaver� First Aid CPR/AED Adult Child Infant HeartCode

This AHA Heartsaver HeartCode course teaches lifesaving skills perfect for the general public in a hybrid format including a convenient self-paced online course followed by an in-person 2.5 hour skills session. In-person course guidelines can be viewed in the "Additional Course Information" section of the online course listing.

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Cultural Competency for Licensed Massage Therapists (LMT) Interactive Online

This self-paced online course fulfills the 1 hour Cultural Competency Continuing Education requirement as defined by the Oregon Board of Massage Therapists. NCBTMB Approved Provider.

June 24, 2024 to September 22, 2024 | 12:00am-11:59pm PDT | Online

Dare to Lead™

Grounded in the research of Dr. Brene Brown, Dare to Lead is a program rooted in empirical evidence for cultivating courage among professionals. Driven by Brene's latest research, it unveils courage as a teachable, measurable, and observable collection of four skill sets. Embark on this experiential course to foster your courage and evolve as a leader.

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Discover Your Potential through StrengthsFinder

Our strengths directly correspond to what we love to do most and what we do best. When we have a deep understanding of our strengths we open doors of possibility, leading us to more fulfilling work. This highly interactive, fun and eye-opening workshop will give you an in-depth understanding of your own personal strengths and provide opportunities for you to collaborate with others with different strengths. Participants will complete the StrengthsFinder 2.0 assessment prior to this class.

Thursday, October 24, 2024 | 8:30am-11:30am PDT | Bend

Emotional Intelligence: Realizing Your True Potential

Emotional Intelligence is based on such competencies as respecting yourself, persistently working to achieve your full potential, valuing and motivating others, and engaging creatively when conflict happens. Learn to identify and develop these competencies in yourself and others. Leaders and teams with high emotional intelligence are more successful and resilient than those who are only technically qualified.

This course contains no sessions at this time.

Ethics & Cultural Competency for Licensed Massage Therapists (LMT) Interactive Online

This self-paced online course fulfills the 4 contact hour Professional Ethics and the 1 hour Cultural Competency Continuing Education requirements as defined by the Oregon Board of Massage Therapists. NCBTMB Approved Provider.

June 24, 2024 to September 22, 2024 | 12:00am-11:59pm PDT | Online

Ethics for Licensed Massage Therapists (LMT) Interactive Online

This self-paced online course is a general review of ethics and standards and fulfills the 4 contact hour Professional Ethics Continuing Education requirement as defined by the Oregon Board of Massage Therapists. NCBTMB Approved Provider.

June 24, 2024 to September 22, 2024 | 12:00am-11:59pm PDT | Online

Facilitation Fundamentals: Leading Teams and Meetings with Confidence

In today's complex work and team environment, the ability to facilitate has become crucial. To thrive, one must not only be a great communicator but also be able to seamlessly facilitate teams, meetings, and goals. In this hands-on course, attendees will learn the difference between a leader and a facilitator, understand the role of the facilitator, explore team development cycles and how the team influences facilitation, acquire skills to lead effective meetings, and gain techniques to manage conflict.

January 10-17, 2025 | 8:00am-11:30am PST | Bend

HeartSaver� Total - First-Aid, CPR/AED for Adults, Child, Infants

This course is a video-based, instructor-led course that teaches students critical skills needed to respond to and manage an emergency until emergency medical services arrives. This course uses AHA's research-proven practice-while-watching technique, which allows instructors to observe the students, provide feedback, and guide the students' learning of skills.

This course contains no sessions at this time.
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Human Resource Management Online Courses

An effective human resource management strategy is a valuable asset to any company, but those running small businesses often cannot justify designating a full-time HR professional to manage employee relations, compensation, policy-making, performance management, and employee appraisals. These courses will teach you the basics of managing the benefits and policies that support an effective staff. What does an employer need to know about anti-discrimination regulations? What are the key aspects of pay policies? How can employers avoid the traps of the employee selection process? Discover the answers to these and other important questions.

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Innovation and Critical Thinking Online Courses

These courses will help you become reacquainted with your own stores of creativity and innovation. Gain a set of tools that allow you to leverage your creativity to identify and solve organizational problems. One activity asks you how you might look at a problem from a different angle to produce a more creative result; others walk you through the process of using analogies or replacement techniques to invent creative solutions to problems.

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Keys to Effective Communication Online Course

Become more confident, make great first impressions, get along with others, and create better personal and professional relationships. This course provides a step-by-step process to become a great conversationalist as you use communication to build rapport and create trust, warmth, and respect.

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LaunchPad Lead Series: Personal Effectiveness Training

The LaunchPad Lead Series: Personal Effectiveness Training is designed to assist emerging leaders in developing the necessary skills and mindset to succeed in their roles. This is a 6-part workshop series taken as a bundle. Those who complete the entire series earn a certificate of completion. Workshops are 90 minutes each and provide a great place for emerging leaders to build critical leadership skills such as understanding their values, creating personal vision statements, practicing crucial conversations, setting boundaries, personal accountability, and so much more. This entire offering is virtual and is cohort-based lending towards greater connection and learning.

September 25, 2024 to October 30, 2024 | 10:00am-11:30am PDT | Online

Leadership Lab@COCC: Growing Great Leaders

Leadership Lab@COCC is a six-topic leadership development experience incorporating many learning activities to grow the habits successful leaders need in today's workplace. Beginning with Emotional Intelligence, the program moves through the essential topics of Accountability & Delegation, Coaching & Feedback, Working With Difficult People, Performance Management, and Team Building.

October 3, 2024 to December 5, 2024 | 1:00pm-5:00pm PDT | Bend

Leadership Online Courses

What is leadership and why is it important? How does a leader encourage change without triggering fearful resistance? What are the key elements to leading an effective team? What is the role of charisma in leadership? How can a leader achieve work-life balance? These courses address all of these questions and many more.

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Management Online Courses

Choose from a range of online courses designed for the experienced manager as well as those who are new to management. Get a head start on managing issues correctly and professionally with less stress and fewer negative organizational circumstances.

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Master Your Destiny: Create Your Unique Blueprint for Success

Discover and Achieve Your Self-Designed Life is a transformative course that guides you to identify and achieve your true goals, both personally and professionally. You'll find your purpose and clarify your values, learning to believe in yourself and your possibilities. Gain control over outcomes at work by shifting from victim to victor using powerful and proven principles utilized by Jack Canfield and his NY Times best selling book The Success Principles - How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. Set new personal and career goals, create supportive habits, and develop a detailed action plan for success. This course equips you with the tools and mindset to design and live a life aligned with your deepest aspirations, enhancing both your personal and work life.

October 10-31, 2024 | 6:00pm-8:00pm PDT | Bend

Medical Terminology: A Word Association Approach Online Course

If you have ever had trouble memorizing medical terms, this course (and word association approach) is for you. You'll learn medical terminology from an anatomical approach by looking at each root term, its origin, a combined form, and an example of non-medical everyday usage.

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Motivational Interviewing Foundations & Current Practices

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a conversation style that supports change in a manner congruent with a person's own values and concerns using collaborative, goal-orientated methods of communication. This introductory course covers the spirit, core skills, and processes of Motivational Interviewing (MI), as well as the most current research of MI use and effective practice. This course is usually offered in the Fall and Spring terms.

Friday, October 18, 2024 | 8:30am-4:30pm PDT | Bend

Motivational Interviewing: Deepening Your Skills

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a continual learning process. Professionals with previous MI training or practice will continue developing skills in their role supporting individuals to make and sustain behavior changes.

Friday, November 15, 2024 | 8:30am-4:30pm PST | Bend

Moving from Peer to Supervisor

Make your transition from peer to supervisor successful. Being promoted to a role supervising your former peers is one of the most difficult transitions to make in your career. Learn how to develop agreements to hold yourself and others accountable, build your team, address poor performance, set goals, and support your organization.

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Operations/Supply Chain Online Courses

Learn the core concepts and components of supply chain management, including supplier evaluations, logistics, inventory management, and other supply chain practices.

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Phlebotomy

Embark on a high-demand entry level health care profession as a Phlebotomist, performing blood collection to obtain high quality specimens for clinical laboratory analysis in hospitals, clinics, medical laboratories and donor centers. Upon completion of this 11-week course combining online learning with hands-on lab sessions (6 hours per week), you'll gain the skills needed for an entry-level Phlebotomist position and be eligible to take a national certification exam.

September 23, 2024 to December 4, 2024 | 4:00pm-8:00pm PDT | Bend
September 28, 2024 to December 7, 2024 | 8:30am-5:45pm PDT | Bend

Pit & Fissure Sealants for Dental Assistants

This Oregon Board of Dentistry approved course teaches Expanded Function Dental Assistants (EFDA) the placement of pit and fissure sealants. Each student must bring a patient for the clinical part of the class and supply the required materials listed under Additional Course Information.
This class is offered each fall

Saturday, October 12, 2024 | 9:00am-4:00pm PDT | Bend

Project Management Fundamentals

Become an indispensable member of your project team by discovering and mastering the critical concepts you need to initiate, plan, execute, monitor, control, and close any type and size of project. This course combines 36 hours of self-paced online learning with five interactive sessions.

October 1, 2024 to December 3, 2024 | 6:00pm-8:00pm PDT | Bend

Project Management Information Meeting

Project management skills are growing in demand and are often required in many different occupations and industries. Attend this free informational session to learn about these skills and if you might benefit from courses and/or certification.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024 | 5:30pm-6:30pm PDT | Bend

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Preparation

Increase your project management knowledge and earning potential in this course for candidates preparing to take the exam to become certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP).The course material will focus on the latest exam version and testing content. See www.pmi.org for more information about the PMP exam requirements.

October 5-12, 2024 | 8:00am-4:00pm PDT | Bend

Real World Project Management

Project management is becoming a vital part of many professions. Gain an overview of how to navigate all phases of project management, including how to successfully initiate, plan, execute, control, and close out projects applying industry-accepted project management best practices.

October 4-11, 2024 | 8:00am-11:30am PDT | Bend

Six Sigma Online Courses

These self-paced courses prepare you for the successful completion of the MindEdge Six Sigma Yellow or Green Belt Certification Exams by explaining the concepts, strategies, tools, and techniques you will need to complete process improvement projects and activities.

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Sustainable Management Online Courses

A sustainable business is one that generates profits for its owners, protects the environment, and improves the lives of the people with whom it interacts. This program covers key topics in Sustainable Management.

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The Success Principles Book Study

In this course, inspired by Jack Canfield's acclaimed book, The Success Principle, you'll embark on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment. Gain insights and practical tools to redefine your life's direction, identify new opportunities, and set and achieve meaningful goals. Leave the course with your own personalized vision board.

January 14, 2025 to February 18, 2025 | 6:00pm-7:30pm PST | Bend

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