HIDDEN GEMS Online Course

For individuals who want to obtain professional development that counts toward GCDF certification or merely to learn about various interactive webtools that you can use with clients of students to help them with their career choices, this online course is just for you. Successful completion of the courses will result in a certificate verifying the completion of 6 (or 12) contact hours for your professional development. For those of you that wish to use this for your GCDF recertification, these two courses have been pre-approved by the Center for Credentialing and Education for that purpose.

You can take Hidden Gems Part 1 for 6 contact hours of credit. Part 1 is a prerequisite for part 2.

PART 1

Part 1 includes 15 activities/webtools that cover these three areas:

Identifying Interests and Skills

Finding Occupational Information

Improving Job Skills

PART 2

Part 2 also has 6 contact hours and includes 14 activities/webtools in the following three areas:

Finding Education and Training Programs

Finding and Landing a Job

Making a Career Transition

The text book for the course is Job Seekers Online Goldmine which will be sent to you when you register for Part 1 of the course. This is the same textbook that is used in part 2.

What you need to complete this course:

What you need to complete the course:

Internet access -- high speed is preferable.

Ability to read MS Word documents

Adobe Reader to access pdf documents

Ability to hear mp3 files

The Goldmine textbook

The discipline to work on the course on your own.

There is a time limit.

You will have 6 weeks to complete each part of the course if you sign up for each part individually. If you sign up for both parts at the same time, you will have 12 weeks to complete the course. If you do not complete the course in the timeline offered, you will need to re-register for the course and will have to pay an additional 50 percent of the original fee. The second round of the course will need to be completed in 3 weeks (or 6 weeks if you signed up for both parts of the course at the same time).

When you start the course:

After receipt of payment, you will be sent an invitation email from pbwiki (the course host). You will need to click on the link provided and set up your own private account with your email address and unique password. You will use this each time you access the course. You should be able to use this for both parts of the course.

How to pay:

You can pay by check. Send the check to Sage Solutions c/o Janet Wall, 300 King Farm Blvd. #102, Rockville, MD 20850

Part 1 $150.

Part 2 $140

Both parts together $275

BE SURE TO SEND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS!!!!!!!!!!!

You can pay by credit card, by clicking on the buttons below. Paying by credit card includes the cost of credit card processing. The credit card host is PayPal. You do not have to set up a personal account with them to make a payment.

**Listen to Hidden Gems Presentation (gives you an idea of what you will learn in the Hidden Gems online course)****

http://lauraads.audioacrobat.com/download/74299c0e-e387-917c-8e3a-2b46de36a63b.mp3

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW!!sagesolutions@earthlink.net or 202-465-5774**