• WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

    Local Area Workforce Development Opportunities

    Dream Innovations, Inc.

    A 501(C)3 Nonprofit Organization, enhancing rural communities through innovation and technology.

    It is located at 123 S Main St, Yazoo City, MS 39194-4007

    DREAM INNOVATIONS, INC. – Dream Innovations, Inc. // Enhancing Rural Communities Through Technology & Innovation

    Holmes Community College

    Holmes Community College offers Adult Basic Education classes in several locations in its district. These classes are open to the public for those who have not completed high school or wish to increase their functioning level to enter college, training, or the job market. The Adult Education and GED Department encourages all adults that are interested to become involved in one of its programs.

    Adult Education/High School Equivalency - Holmes Community College

    Larry Summers Technical and Career Center

    The Larry Summers Vocational-Technical Center, located in Yazoo City, MS, offers courses to train students in occupation specific areas. Students are provided the opportunity to work with equipment, materials, and problems relating to different jobs in the supervised atmosphere of a laboratory setting. The courses offered at the vocational center include Automotive Services, Construction Technology, Marketing, Metal Trades (Metal Manufacturing), Early Childhood Education, and Health Science Technology. These programs are designed as two-year, 720-hour courses for which students receive two credits per year.

     

    Upon completion of the two-year programs, students may enter the work force or continue their education at the post-secondary level. Vocational student organizations are involved in activities designed to develop leadership skills, competitive skills and reinforce other aspects of the curriculum. These organizations include National Vocational-Technical Honor Society, Future Business Leaders of America, Technology Student Association, Family, Career, & Community Leaders of America, and Vocational Industrial Clubs of America. Vocational guidance counseling services are available to help with class scheduling, career exploration, college selection, and personal crisis.

    About | Larry Summers CTE Center 

    Yazoo County High Technical School

    The Yazoo County School District offers career and technical programs in Educator Prep, Health Sciences, and Welding at Yazoo County High School. Yazoo County Middle School offers students opportunities with regard to Cyber Foundations I, II, Keystone, and middle school technology.

     

    Availability of programs are based on the annual needs assessment data yielded, student interest, grade level appropriateness, and class availability. All middle school students are offered middle school technology programs. Grades 9-12 students are offered programs at the Yazoo City Career and Technical Center as well as on his/her home campus, depending on program availability.

    Career and Technical Education / Annual Public Notice of Non-Discrimination in Career and Technical