Delaware Tech’s ACT Center

Delaware Technical & Community College has opened ACT Centers at our Wilmington, Dover and Georgetown campuses to provide state-of-the-art testing and training programs for area businesses, individuals and organizations. The ACT Centers offer access to over 2500 training and skill development courses.

Overview

The ACT Center offers:

• Skill-specific training through approximately 3,100 computer-based and Web-based courses developed by leading courseware providers
  
• Computer-delivered certification and licensure tests for the trades and professions
  
• Distance learning using the latest technology
  

The ACT Center is a training and testing facility that helps people become lifelong learners, better prepared to meet the challenges of the constantly changing workplace environment.

The Center offers computer-based courses focusing on training in seven key categories:

1. Personal and Professional Development
2. Management and Leadership
3. Information Technology
4. Industrial Technology and Safety Skills
5. English as a Second Language (ESL)
6. Computer Basics
7. Adult Literacy/Employability Skills
   

The variety of courses is designed to appeal to a wide range of businesses and individuals—from busy executives, to construction supervisors, to small business owners, to persons interested in improving basic skills for a better job.

Benefits

For businesses and organizations

• Delivers training locally or remotely with appropriate technology
  
• Provides on-demand learning opportunities for individuals or groups
  
• Provides a facility with support staff and technology for training sessions
  
• Offers backup to training done in-house
  
• Provides training and assessment in one location
  
• Saves time and money since employees using individualized, self-paced courseware don't waste time on material they already know
  
• Provides a broader range and higher quality of training than many small-size and medium-size companies can usually afford
  
• Keeps businesses competitive with major corporations at a reasonable cost
  

For professional organizations

• Offers you access to ACT's extensive experience administering assessments for professional groups in many fields
  
• Ensures confidentiality through the highly secure transmission of sensitive data
  
• Provides training and assessment in one location
  

For individuals

• Offers convenient access to programs to enhance job skills
  
• Provides high quality training
  
• Provides cutting edge skills

For More Information

In New Castle County:

Jacquita Wright-Henderson
jwright@dtcc.edu
Delaware Technical & Community College
333 Shipley Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302)571-5301

In Kent County:

Delaware Technical &Community College
100 Campus Drive
Dover, DE 19901
(302)857-1400

In Sussex County:

April Sharp
asharp2@dtcc.edu
Delaware Technical & Community College
P.O. Box 610
Georgetown, DE 19947
(302)855-5901