Basic Skills/GED

MCC Trustees Congratulate GED GraduateBasic Skills/GED at
Mayland Community College

Basic Skills/GED is MORE than high school equivalency! We provide services in family literacy, compensatory education, college preparation and English as a Second Language.

You CAN do it! We will help!

A Basic Skills success story

Meet Chad Buchanan who, through a start in MCC's GED program, is reaching for new, exciting goals in his life.

Chad Buchanan

Our mission

The Mission of the Basic Skills Program is to provide a variety of educational opportunities in reading, writing, and mathematics to program participants.

Student Learning Outcomes

It is the goal of the Basic Skills Program that our students will achieve one or more of the following outcomes:

  • Improve skills in reading, writing, and/or mathematics
  • Earn a GED certificate
  • Prepare to enter higher education or training at Mayland or other educational institution
  • Acquire a higher level of skills in speaking, reading, and writing the English language
  • Attain a higher level of life skills, employment skills, or independent living skills.

General Information

 

Basic Skills Locations

The Basic Skills Program main offices are located on the ground floor of Gwalney Hall [floorplan] of the Mayland Main Campus in Spruce Pine [campus map].

We also offer classes at locations across our service area:

Contact Us

  • By Telephone: extensions 207 or 291 at (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND
  • By Mail: Post Office Box 547, Spruce Pine, NC 28777
  • By E-mail: Fill out our online form here.

Staff

 

Steve Gunter

Steve Gunter
Dean
extension 208, (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND
E-mail: sgunter@mayland.edu
  Martha Beasley
Martha Beasley
Program Accountability Coordinator
extension 336, (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND
 

Joyce Boone

Joyce Boone
Recruiter
extension 291, (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND
 

Shelia Laws

Shelia Laws
Assessment/Retention Specialist
extension 207, (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND
E-mail: slaws@mayland.edu
 

Brenda Peterson

Brenda Peterson
Chief G.E.D. Examiner
extension 217, (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND
E-mail: bpeterson@mayland.edu
  Sharon Weeks Sharon H. Weeks
Learning Lab Coordinator
extension 216, (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND
  Joel Nelson Joel Nelson
Faculty
extension 216, (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND
 

Brenda Ollis

Brenda Ollis
Faculty
extension 216, (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND
  Brenda Ollis Connie Silver
Faculty
extension 216, (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND