Tag: SBCC School of Extended Learning

SBCC introduces upcoming improvements to its School of Extended Learning

by Community Contributor • December 2, 2025 • Comments Off

SANTA BARBARA — The Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) School of Extended Learning is excited to announce that a number of previously offered fee-based classes are now FREE! The long-standing fee-based program is transitioning to a fully free noncredit model. This change means that many of the same high-quality classes students have enjoyed for years will now be available at no cost.

Many of these classes are now part of the Wellness for Older Adults program, which is open to students 18 years or older and focuses on health and lifelong learning. Students will continue to enjoy the same engaging instructors and community connections, now with expanded access for all.

SBCC School of Extended Learning — Rediscover your creative spark

by Community Contributor • October 23, 2025 • Comments Off

SANTA BARBARA — This fall, SBCC School of Extended Learning invites older adults to discover or rediscover their creative potential. Whether you are a complete beginner or an experienced artist looking to refine your skills, the Older Adults Program offers expert instruction in a welcoming environment, with free art classes designed specifically for adults age 55 and over.

Two of the program’s exceptional eight-week courses are launching the week of October 20, with spots still available:

SBCC School of Extended Learning students offer community comfort via aprons and quilts

by Community Contributor • May 20, 2025 • Comments Off

The SBCC School of Extended Learning’s Home Economics students create aprons from leftover fabric and ribbon for local breast cancer survivors. View this email online SANTA BARBARA — The SBCC School of Extended Learning’s Home Economics programs are doing much…

Spring Forward With Over 200 Classes for Your Life or Career, Starting Soon at SBCC School of Extended Learning

by Community Contributor • March 27, 2025 • Comments Off

SANTA BARBARA — Spring is the perfect time to nurture your potential, acquire new skills, and advance in your career and life with SBCC School of Extended Learning. The next wave of essential workshops and engaging classes will start soon, with new offerings launching every week between March 31 and May 24. There are still spots open in over 200 free and fee-based classes designed to advance careers, hone life skills, and inspire creativity and camaraderie.

“We invite the community to embrace the spirit of springtime—the season of growth and renewal – by trying something new or rekindling a lifelong dream,” said Carola Smith, Assistant Superintendent / Vice President, School of Extended Learning. “We’re here to help you cultivate the future you envision.”

Congressman Carbajal, California Homeowner, and Local Advocates Celebrate Second Anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act With Front Porch Ribbon Cutting Event

by Amigos805.com • August 16, 2024 • Comments Off

SANTA BARBARA — On Monday, August 12, 2024, Congressman Salud Carbajal joined Leah Stokes from Rewiring America, Rincon Plumbing, Community Environmental Council (CEC), and Tri-County Regional Energy Network (3C-REN) to celebrate the clean electric upgrades at the home of Santa…

Carola Smith to serve as Vice President of SBCC School of Extended Learning

by Community Contributor • September 15, 2022 • Comments Off

At their meeting on Sept. 15, the Santa Barbara Community College District Board of Trustees announced that Carola Smith has been selected to serve as Vice President, School of Extended Learning, for Santa Barbara City College (SBCC). She will begin serving in the role immediately.

Smith has served as the Interim Vice President, School of Extended Learning, for nearly one year and has been with SBCC for more than 25 years. During that time she worked extensively with a variety of academic and student support programs, including Study Abroad, International programs, Business, and Media Arts. Prior to becoming an administrator, she served as faculty in several departments, including the School of Modern Languages, English as a Second Language (ESL), Work Experience and Personal Development.

SBCC School of Extended Learning to offer Microsoft Word 2

by Community Contributor • March 31, 2021 • Comments Off

Prepare to enter or re-enter the workforce, or improve your personal or academic skills with new computer skills. Learn to use use Microsoft Word to create a novel, family history, dissertation, thesis, operations manual, or business and/or academic reports. This class covers layout/structure features including applying styles; table of contents; outline view; page setup; choosing fonts; controlling line, paragraph and page breaks; and many more.

SBCC School of Extended Learning to offer Innovation and Creativity

by Community Contributor • March 30, 2021 • Comments Off

Prepare to enter or re-enter the workforce and learn how to create and innovate culture and techniques to promote workplace creativity.

SBCC School of Extended Learning to offer Construction Measuring and Estimating

by Community Contributor • March 30, 2021 • Comments Off

Prepare to enter or re-enter the workforce with Construction Measuring and Estimating. A beginning course in residential construction math. Take as a stand-alone course or as part of a four-course series of construction classes. Topics include working with common, decimal, and carpenter fractions; using a standard tape measure; estimating material; and using a construction calculator.

SBCC School of Extended Learning to offer Digital Cameras, Digital Photos

by Community Contributor • March 30, 2021 • Comments Off

Learn the basics of photography, the features of digital cameras, how to take better digital photos, and how to correct common photo problems using photo editing software. Designed for beginners or students with some experience in digital photography. Students should bring cameras and sample pictures to class.

SBCC School of Extended Learning to offer Microsoft Basic Outlook 1

by Community Contributor • March 29, 2021 • Comments Off

Prepare to enter or re-enter the workforce or stay in touch with Outlook for email and work task and calendar management to connect with colleagues, customers, family and friends. SBCC Career Skills Institute’s Basic Outlook course provides a basic hands-on introduction to Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft’s premier email and information management program. Students learn how to stay up-to-date at home or work by using Outlook to set up an account and connect with colleagues, customers, family and friends. Topics include how to use basic aspects of Outlook to do email, handle people (contact) lists, maintain a calendar and track tasks.

SBCC School of Extended Learning to offer Leadership Skills

by Community Contributor • March 29, 2021 • Comments Off

Take your leadership from good to great by exploring and applying the top ten skills that every leader must have.

You may elect to take this course independent of a Career Skills Institute digital badge or apply it to the Emerging Leaders Certificate. Participants who earn this certificate will be enabled to develop the additional management, supervisory and leadership skills to open up additional work and advancement opportunities. This certificate is also a gateway into other noncredit and credit programs, helping students develop workplace skills and training that will qualify them for even more work opportunities.

SBCC School of Extended Learning – Best Practices in Customer Service

by Community Contributor • March 25, 2021 • Comments Off

Prepare to enter or re-enter the workforce with the strategies that retain your valuable customer base and earn repeat business. Topics include resolving complaints, managing verbal and nonverbal communication and steps for defusing angry customers.

You may elect to take this course independent of a Career Skills Institute digital badge or apply it to the Customer Relations Certificate. Participants who earn this certificate will have developed a deep understanding of communication skills and how they relate to quality customer service. All Career Skills Institute classes are tuition-free.

SBCC School of Extended Learning Career Skills Institute to present ‘Introduction to Windows’

by Community Contributor • March 25, 2021 • Comments Off

SBCC School of Extended Learning, Career Skills Institute to present ‘Introduction to Windows.’

Prepare to enter or re-enter the workforce with the computer skills needed for entry-level office jobs with high employment potential jobs in Santa Barbara County and California. SBCC Career Skills Institute’s Introduction to Windows course helps you explore Help, windows navigation and management, file management, desktop customization, and other Windows Operating System and applications.

Bilingual report — SBCC School of Extended Learning launches ‘Back-to-Work,’ rapid career training for unemployed amid COVID-19

by Community Contributor • February 26, 2021 • Comments Off

SBCC School of Extended Learning is proud to announce the free ‘Back-to-Work’ program. The program was created as a rapid solution to help unemployed Santa Barbara County community members secure employment. Back-to-Work participants will receive training, grant funding, job search support and more. The application deadline for the first three Back-to-Work career tracks is March 9.

“The pandemic’s toll on local service jobs is pushing already vulnerable families into crisis,” said Joyce Coleman, Vice President of SBCC School of Extended Learning. “Our Back-to-Work program focuses on local job markets that, in part due to the pandemic, have immediate high-demand for trained workers.”

Older adults ‘Zoom In’ together at SBCC School of Extended Learning

by Community Contributor • June 10, 2020 • Comments Off

Art instructor Carissa Luminess and her students connecting via Zoom On March 14, just two weeks into the spring semester, Carissa Luminess was one of 90 SBCC School of Extended Learning instructors asked to make a groundbreaking change. Determined to…

SBCC School of Extended Learning Launches the Career Recovery Initiative for Recently Unemployed Amid COVID-19

by Community Contributor • April 17, 2020 • Comments Off

California approved certificates offered in healthcare, construction and landscaping vocations, and essential skill-building certificates in business and computers CENTRAL COAST — On the central coast, employees in many of the region’s industries are at risk of, or already losing, their…

Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions at SBCC School of Extended Learning

by Community Contributor • January 2, 2020 • Comments Off

SANTA BARBARA — A new year is coming and with it the hopes, dreams – and challenges – that come with New Year’s resolutions. With over one thousand classes for your life or career goals, SBCC School of Extended Learning…

Eco-psychology, Value of Cross-Cultural Wisdom at SBCC School of Extended Learning

by Community Contributor • March 5, 2019 • Comments Off

SANTA BARBARA — SBCC School of Extended Learning brings students of all ages together to expand their understanding of the world around and within us with all new Psychology and Spirituality classes from renowned teachers. The new offerings feature some…

Summer Adventures for Adults Right Here at Home; Registration Now Open at SBCC School of Extended Learning

by Community Contributor • May 14, 2018 • Comments Off

SANTA BARBARA — If a grand expedition or safari is out of the question this summer, SBCC School of Extended Learning is the perfect spot for adult students, professionals and retirees to fill their summer bucket lists. The benefits of…

Registration Now Open for 800+ Spring Classes at SBCC School of Extended Learning

by Community Contributor • December 19, 2017 • Comments Off

SANTA BARBARA — This spring, the SBCC School of Extended Learning is filled with in-demand classes for adults of all ages seeking to advance their careers, enrich their lives, achieve a better work-life balance, or keep mind and body in…

Jan. 19 — Friday Night Movie Class Confronts Individual, Cultural Concerns at SBCC School of Extended Learning

by Community Contributor • December 1, 2017 • Comments Off

SANTA BARBARA — ‘Turning Points in Thought From Film’ explores movie narratives and character development for the purpose of opening up the multifaceted field of psychology; Tuition-free class begins January 19 Defining and mirroring culture, cinema fills an important role…

This Fall, Back-to-School Means Increased Career Potential for Local Professionals and Job-Seekers

by Community Contributor • August 23, 2017 • Comments Off

SANTA BARBARA — This fall, local employees and job-seekers at all career stages can take charge of their futures with Career Skills Institute courses through the SBCC School of Extended Learning. These tuition-free courses can be completed in a few weeks…

Registration Now Open for Fall Classes at SBCC School of Extended Learning including classes through the Center for Lifelong Learning

by Community Contributor • July 21, 2017 • Comments Off

This fall, the School of Extended Learning offers more than 800 classes, including many Center for Lifelong Learning classes! SANTA BARBARA — Trace the footsteps of the “Kings of Swing,” perfect your tandoori chicken recipe and discover your new passion…