| Just For You Skills you need to obtain your GED: Personalized Instruction, Reading Improvement, Classes in Your Community, Convenient Daytime or Evening Hours, People Who Care about Your Success. No Charge for Pre-test Materials Loaned | |
| Adult Basic Education | |
 Billy Eggleston receives his GED. |
The purpose of the Rockingham Community College Adult Basic
Education (ABE) program is to help students build basic skills in reading, speech,
writing, math, decision making, and critical thinking. This improvement in skills will
help in performing daily activities at home, at work, or in the community. Family
budgeting, banking, and job skills related to basic education are included in the program
at student’s request. ABE is also the appropriate program for nonreaders and as a
first step towards a High School Equivalency (GED) certificate. The first step in continuing lifelong education, ABE instruction is individualized and self-paced and is designed to meet students’ needs, interests, and skill levels. |
| General Educational Development Program | |
| General Educational Development (GED) classes are offered to
acquaint students with the structure, format, and content covered on the GED Exam. The
purpose of these classes is to help students review the basic principles of math,
spelling, grammar usage, writing, and to practice reading and interpreting materials in
general information areas, literature, science, and social studies. A review of test
taking skills and strategies is also offered. The focus and length of the classes may vary according to the skills of the students. Both group and individualized instruction methods are used in classes and students are encouraged to concentrate their study in those areas where their skills are the weakest. |
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| English as a Second Language | |
| As part of the adult education program, Rockingham Community College offers English As A Second Language (ESL) classes for students foreign to the English language. These classes are designed to help students who are foreign to the English language to improve their communication skills in English, especially the spoken language. English As A Second Language classes are offered at any time during the year whenever there are twelve or more students interested. These classes are held in various communities throughout the county. | |
| Compensatory Education | |
| Rockingham Community College offers Compensatory Education classes for clients of group homes and sheltered workshops within the county. These classes are open only to adults with mental retardation. Current Compensatory Education class offerings include the following: consumer education, community living, health, language, math, social science, and vocational education. | |
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