AREA COMMUNITY AND STATE COLLEGES

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams
Westfield State College, Westfield, MA
Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield
Greenfield Community College, Greenfield
Holyoke Community College, Holyoke
Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield
Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner
Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester
Mass Department of Education full listing of state colleges and universities

AREA COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Western New England School of Law
Johnson & Wales University, Worcester
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Five Colleges, Inc.

Massachusetts Division of Employment & Training It's not just the unemployment office! Click on "Job seekers" and then go where you want. This is meant as a portal to individual sites. A link to the Franklin/Hampshire County Career Center(s), however is not on there. Click here to go there directly.

Massachusetts Career Development Training
Located on Wilbraham Avenue in Springfield. Offers training in Office System Technology, Computer Technology, Electronics Assembly, Certified Nurses Aide, and more. Financial aid is available and placement services.

Franklin County Dial/Self, Inc.
A gateway to community resources, services and opportunities in Western Massachusetts. Lists only phone numbers and no websites.

Center for Cross-Cultural Study Offering foreign study opportunities in Seville, Spain and Havana, Cuba. Located in Amherst.

Child Empowerment Education Consulting
Learn to empower children with this unique series of workshops. They can create a workshop based on your needs. Located in East Longmeadow.

The Constables' Office
Offers weekend training for Constables, Deputies, or anyone desiring a related career in Law Enforcement. Located in Chicopee.

Drawing/Writing
Drawing/Writing is a theory, a practice, a book, and a course of study developed by a writer, artist, teacher, and parent. Drawing/Writing is for anyone - including parents and teachers and all other caregivers who work with children's minds - as well as any reader who is working on personal growth. Located in Amherst.

George N. Parks Drum Major Academy
Conducting and marching skills, teaching techniques, communication and leadership ability. Become a support asset to your band leader.

Horizons To Go
Educated Travel - Artistic Vacations

International Language Institute
"The INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE INSTITUTE of Massachusetts (ILI) is a private, non-profit language school located in Northampton, Massachusetts. The school offers an international intensive English program, as well as free English classes and services for immigrants and refugees. It also provides the language program at Hampshire College in Amherst, delivers various state and federally funded programs, and teaches world languages including Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)."

Private Detective School
Be your own boss. Become a private detective for corporations and individuals. $360 for the whole course or pay by part. A 25-lesson syllabus is available on-line.

Lifelong.com
Lifelong.com provides basic skills courses for K-12 students and adults to meet the challenges of school and career, AND provides custom education and training products for the corporate world.

Ludlow Area Adult Learning Center, Inc.
Community based ESL classes (beginning, intermediate and advanced) for adult speakers of other languages.

Gender Equity in Western Massachusetts
Located at STCC in Springfield. Click to see training available.

Agawam Police Academy Not a great site to get around in but if this is up your alley, it's worth a look.

New England Educational Institute
Provides educational programs designed to meet the theoretical and practical needs of psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, nurses, allied mental health professionals, educators, and other medical professionals.

New England Architectural Woodworking School
37 week cutting edge program which will prepare you for a career in woodworking. Located in the old J.P. Stevens mill on Cottage Street in Easthampton.

The Responsive Classroom
Trains on the Responsive Classroom Approach in Special Area Classrooms.

The Option Institute
Teaching center for The Option Process�, offering empowering personal growth programs and seminars using life-changing experiential learning techniques. Their core philosophy is based on the innovative work and books of author/teacher Barry Neil Kaufman.

Patchwork Farm Writing Retreats
Workshops and writing retreats.

Regional Education and Business Alliance
Provides support and training to achieve measurable improvement and fundamental change in public schools.

Play Reflections
A "fun and engaging" blend of imagination, games, creative movement, music and relaxation.

Response Training
Crisis intervention trainings for agencies that work with children, adolescents, adults and elders.

New England Tractor Trailer School
Training for your Class A or B license.