Basic Skills on the MCC Campus
The Basic Skills/GED department at Mayland Community College
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Basic Skills at the MCC Main Campus
The Basic Skills Program serves Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties with GED, College Preparation, ESL, and Compensatory Education classes at the MCC Main Campus, located on US Highway 19-E near Spruce Pine at the Avery/Mitchell County line [map].
GED studies
An “open” class, allowing each student to set his or her own attendance schedule at any time during operation hours (for example, attending for an hour or two after work as the student’s schedule allows).
| Location: | Mayland Community College Learning Lab Gwaltney Hall, Main Campus 200 Mayland Drive Spruce Pine, NC 28777 [map] |
| Lead Instructor | Sherry Weeks E-mail: sweeks@mayland.edu Telephone: ext. 216, (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND |
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College preparation
An “open” class, allowing each student to set his or her own attendance schedule at any time during operation hours (for example, attending for an hour or two after work as the student’s schedule allows).
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English as a Second Language (ESL)
Open to anyone wanting to learn to speak, read, and write the English language.
| Location: | Mayland Community College Learning Lab Gwaltney Hall, Main Campus 200 Mayland Drive Spruce Pine, NC 28777 [map] |
| Instructor: | Abby Varney English as a Second Language Coordinator E-mail: svarney@mayland.edu Telephone: exts. 207 or 291, (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND |
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Compensatory Education
A life skills training program for developmentally disabled adults.
| Location: | Mountain Opportunity Center 36 North Mitchell Avenue Bakersville, NC 28705 [map] |
| Instructor: | Deborah Houston Compensatory Education Coordinator E-mail: dhouston@mayland.edu Telephone: ext. 336, (828) 765-7351 or 1-800-4-MAYLAND |
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