Home Health Aide is one of the fastest growing careers in the United States and is projected to grow by 38% through 2024. This is a 48-hour course that focuses on developing skills related to the care of clients in their own homes. Students must successfuly complete 24 hours of classroom instruction and 24 hours of supervised clinical training. Attend both our CNA/HHA courses and become dually certified by the State of California.

This program prepares students to qualify for entry-level positions in private practices, group practices, urgent care facilities, and hospitals. Medical assistants perform administrative and clinical tasks related to Front and Back Office to keep medical practices running smoothly. The course combines classroom instruction with a lab practicum component. Students are required to complete 375 hours of theory/lab before they take the national certification test, followed by 160 hours of externship, which provides students with the necessary practice and skills. A typing test is given to assess a student's ability to type 35 words per minute. After passing the NCCT test and upon completion of the externship, students are eligible to take the California Certifying Board of Medical Assistants (CCBMA) exam.

Students will obtain the basic knowledge of the diagnostic procedural billing and coding systems for doctor office visits, hospital stays, and emergency room visits. Students will learn how to code and enter information into a computer system and how an invoice is generated and sent to the patient. Students completing this course will receive a course completion certificate for Medical Insurance Billing and Coding.

This course introduces students to the concepts and skills they will need for a successful career in medical office billing and computerized practice management. Students will acquire an in-depth knowledge of the medical billing cycle and the use of health information technology in physicians' practices. The course centers on advanced MediSoft V19 training, where students will practice hands-on how to enter patient information, work with cases, create claims, post insurance payments, create reports, and schedule. Students completing this will receive a course completion certificate for Electronic Health Record Keeping.

Students who complete both Electronic Health Record Keeping and Medical Billing & Coding are eligible to take the National Certification Test for Insurance and Coding Certification through NCCT. Students will receive a Medical Records Specialist Certificate and have the option of completing an externship of 100 hours in order to to enhance their employment prospects. Free optional resume workshop and job placement assistance available.

The Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program prepares students for entry-level employment in a skilled nursing facility, acute care hospital, or assisted living facility and equips them to pass the state certification examination. Students must successfully complete 80 hours of classroom instruction and 100 hours of supervised clinical training. Depending on the facility, clinical training may start as 7:00AM (day program) or 3:00PM (evening program).

This introductory 10-week class will provide you with the knowledge to:

- Water according to the needs of the season, the plant, and site soil conditions
- Prune selectively and properly to complement the natural form and needs of the plant
- Use alternative approaches such as Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques, before turning to pesticides and herbicides
- Help protect air quality by using hand-powered equipment or fuel-efficient, low-emission equipment
- Check the soil for fertility, texture, and moisture
- Use compost and mulch to feed the soil naturally
- Install water-efficient irrigation systems and regularly maintain them
- Compost plant debris and grass-cycle
- Use local plant varieties that are California natives or adapted to our Mediterranean climate and not invasive species

In order to receive the certificate you must attend at least 80% of the classes and pass a final exam. Upon passing you will be identified as a Santa Clara Valley Green Gardener and will receive free advertising and promotional referrals to clients seeking “Green” or sustainable landscaping services. 

This course prepares students for employment in health-related fields. Students will develop their ability to understand the language of medicine through word building, analysis of terms, pronunciation, and spelling. The course includes basic anatomy, pathology and diagnostic procedures as well as the language used in medical professions. This course is a prerequisite for the Medical Interpreter course.

This course prepares students for employment in health-related fields. Students will develop their ability to understand the language of medicine through word building, analysis of terms, pronunciation, and spelling. The course includes basic anatomy, pathology, and diagnostic procedures as well as the language used in medical professions.

By practicing breaking down and building medical terminology, students will build skills for understanding medical words that they will use throughout the course. This course covers terms pertaining to anatomy and physiology as well as the study of diseases and their treatments in the following areas of medicine: cardiovascular, respiratory, hematopoietic (blood), lymphatic and immune, female and male reproductive, and, lastly, the digestive system. Knowledge and confidence gained in this course will be useful as students further their studies and also in making daily health and wellness choices

This course is a prerequisite for the Medical Interpreter course.

Students will engage with the teacher and fellow students over Zoom. Students will be expected to work on homework between classes and pass assessments in order to receive credit for this class. 

This is 25-hour course is designed to prepare students for the national certification exam for healthcare/medical interpreters and clinical scenario practices. The curriculum will focus on both written and oral exams by combining medical terminology with a simulated clinical scenario. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be ready to take the national certification exams offered by the National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters (NCBMI) and/or the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI) and practice as a qualified interpreters.