Professional Development Courses

Course fee: $299
Speed Spanish Series

Register for the Speed Spanish Series and save. Take Speed Spanish I, II, & III and save $88. This course is fully online through ed2go. To register go to www.ed2go.com/rvcc. Monthly start dates.

Speed Spanish
Course fee: $129
Imagine yourself speaking, reading and writing Spanish. Now you can with Speed Spanish! This course is designed for anyone who wants to learn Spanish pronto. You’ll learn six easy recipes for gluing Spanish words together to form sentences. In no time at all, you’ll be able to go into any Spanish speaking situation and converse in Spanish.

This course is fully online through ed2go. To register go to www.ed2go.com/rvcc. Monthly start dates.

Speed Spanish II
Course fee: $129
Our Speed Spanish courses are unlike any other Spanish classes you may have ever taken. You will see words, hear them pronounced properly, and be granted plenty of opportunities to practice your pronunciation. You will learn several clever recipes to glue the words together into sentences. Enroll in Speed Spanish II, and you’ll see an immediate improvement in your Spanish fluency from the very first lesson.

This course is fully online through ed2go. To register go to www.ed2go.com/rvcc. Monthly start dates.

Speed Spanish III
Course fee: $129
Master your ability to speak, understand, and read Spanish by taking the final installment in our unique three-part Speed Spanish learning series. In this advanced-level course, you’ll learn the final six recipes that will serve as templates to help you create any Spanish sentence. Guided practice will include lots of new vocabulary, pronunciation, and speed drills, as well as in-depth study of Spanish parts of speech to help you speak and understand Spanish in a snap. The goal of this course is not just learning the recipes—it’s also to help you use them spontaneously so that you’ll never be at a loss for words!

This course is fully online through ed2go. To register go to www.ed2go.com/rvcc. Monthly start dates.

Course fee: $129

Applying to graduate business and management schools usually means taking the GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test).  The GMAT prep course will provide you with test-taking techniques and methods for improving your score and saving time on all GMAT question types.  You will review the more familiar questions and learn how to approach question types that may be new to you, like critical reasoning and data sufficiency.  You will practice on actual GMAT tests from previous years, which is the best way to prepare for any standardized test. 

This course is fully online through ed2go.  To register go to:  https://www.ed2go.com/rvcc/online-courses/gmat-preparation?tab=detail

COURSE FEE:  $59
Instructor: Fernando Ferrer
8 hours

Strategy and Planning are two very different activities that together guide the direction of a company. This training discusses the steps business professionals take to create plans and deploy strategy to compete in any industry and geographic location. We will discuss the process and benefits of a strategic plan as well as how to develop, implement, control and correct deviations of the strategic plan. Presented by the Professor of Global Strategic Management at RVCC, leaders and managers of all levels and functions will benefit.

COURSE FEE:  $159
Instructor: Georgann Occhipinti
8 hours

Enhance the key skills related to performance feedback and coaching process, developing employee skills, setting clear goals, delegating responsibilities and motivating others.  Understand the importance of goal setting, streamline performance feedback & coaching processes, enhance communication skills and decision-making and tap into strategies to effectively influence the skills of others.

COURSE FEE:  $159
Instructor: Georgann Occhipinti
8 hours

A common challenge for individuals and teams is to effectively work with individuals across multiple generations. As each group has its own distinct characteristics, values, and attitudes toward work based on its generation’s life experiences it is imperative that individuals actively try to understand differences. This program offers participants techniques for communicating more effectively across generations as well as a discussion of leveraging diversity to strengthen overall results.

Course fee:  $159
Instructor: Georgann Occhipinti
8 hours

Gallup, Inc. created the StrengthsFinder® 2.0 to help identify your greatest talents, develop your strengths and to teach you how to maximize both in different settings and situations. The MOST effective people build their lives and their teams upon their strengths and create ways to increase productivity, confidence and purpose by utilizing their Strengths.

COURSE FEE:  $159
Instructor: Leonard Diliberto
8 hours

This course explores the benefits and risks of emerging technologies in the workplace. Topics covered include the economic effects of emerging technology on society and business, security and privacy concerns, computer security and controls, property rights, automation and employment, and ultimately the workforce as a whole.

COURSE FEE:  $60
Instructor: Laura DePrado
2 hours

People respond to plants. Plants respond to people.  People respond to the seasons and life cycles. The seasons in turn respond to our care.  Come and join in engaging your 5 senses with plants in a sensory awakening session and learn about the history and benefits of plants through Horticultural Therapy.  This is a highly interactive, engaging, hands on program using plant materials while creating an individualized take-home project with the guidance of Horticultural Therapist and columnist Laura DePrado of Final Touch Plantscaping, LLC.  No green thumb is required!  Just bring your curiosity!

Call 908-800-7721 for registration.

Course fee: $230
Instructor: John Pulsinelle
15 hours

This course is an introduction to basic 3D CAD (Computer-Aided Design) techniques using AutoCAD software and provides a guided, hands-on environment to learn the basics of solid modeling.  Fundamentals of 3D drawing, 3D editing, and introduction to 3D printing are presented.

Prerequisites: AutoCAD I or equivalent knowledge and keyboard proficiency.
Textbook available at the RVCC Bookstore.

COURSE FEE: $167
Instructor: Anne Marie DelPrincipe
6 hours

Master the tools needed for today’s demanding job market.  Topics include advanced functions in statistics and finance, lookup and data tables, conditional formatting, pivot tables, and exporting and importing.

Prerequisite: MS Intermediate Excel or equivalent experience.  Textbook included.

COURSE FEE: $75
Instructor: Anne Marie DelPrincipe
3 hours

Learn how to use Microsoft Excel to its full power using the following tools:

• Power Query is an Excel add-in that can be used for data discovery, reshaping the data and combining data coming from different sources.
• Power Map is a 3D data visualization tool for Excel that provides an immersive experience for making discoveries in data that might have never been seen in traditional 2D tables and charts.
• Spreadsheet Inquiry compares versions of a workbook, analyzes a workbook for problems or inconsistencies, and sees links between workbooks and worksheets.
• Power View is a data visualization technology that lets you create interactive charts, graphs, maps, and other visuals that bring your data to life.

COURSE FEE: $167
Instructor: Anne Marie DelPrincipe
6 hours

You’ve created the informational slides for your presentation and now you’re thinking about slide design’s font styles, colors, layouts, etc…you want your presentation to pop. PowerPoint is full of features that allow you to present information in a concise but exciting way. However, most presenters only scratch the surface. This course will help you create professional and captivating PowerPoint presentations by incorporating new fonts, exciting animations, self-run functionalities with menus to assist with accessibility, and more.

Prerequisite: MS Windows or equivalent knowledge and keyboard proficiency.

Textbook available at the RVCC bookstore.

COURSE FEE: $167
Instructor: Anne Marie DelPrincipe
6 hours

Microsoft Word’s infamous styles can eliminate hours of frustration by moving your ideas and thoughts within your document with ease, create a table of contents in nanoseconds using headings and sub-headings and build hyperlinks for website usage. Master the tricks of creating leaders for your agendas as well as menus and get to know Screen Shot, a.k.a, your new best friend. With all of these new tools, creating newsletters, brochures and any other documents will be easy and fun.