Basic Skills/GED at
Mayland Community College

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• Mission Statement/
  Student Learning Outcomes
• General Information
• Staff

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.

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:

• Avery County - Newland [Avery Campus]
• Mitchell County - Bakersville [Historic Mitchell County Courthouse]; Spruce Pine [MCC Main Campus]
• Yancey County - Burnsville [Yancey Campus]

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 Dean extension 208, (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND E-mail: sgunter@mayland.edu
		Martha Beasley Program Accountability Coordinator extension 336, (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND
		Joyce Boone Recruiter extension 291, (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND
		Shelia Laws Assessment/Retention Specialist extension 207, (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND E-mail: slaws@mayland.edu
		Brenda Peterson Chief G.E.D. Examiner extension 217, (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND E-mail: bpeterson@mayland.edu
		Sharon H. Weeks Learning Lab Coordinator extension 216, (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND
		Joel Nelson Faculty extension 216, (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND
		Brenda Ollis Faculty extension 216, (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND
		Connie Silver Faculty extension 216, (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND