Education & Career Fair – Ft. Drum Base, NY

Kaplan Continuing Education is attending the upcoming Education & Career Fair at Ft. Drum Base, NY on January 27, 2011. The military event will be held at The Commons on Ft. Drum Base in Watertown, NY.

Kaplan Continuing Education is an approved participant in the Military Spouse Career Advancement Account (MyCAA) program which offers tuition assistance military spouses pursuing further education and certificate programs.

If you would like to attend please visit kaplansolutions.com or call Al Lewis, the Kaplan Continuing Education Representative for this event, at 954.649.6818 for more information. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Youtube!

What are CISCO Certified Certificate Programs?

Kaplan Continuing Education offers a variety of CISCO Certified Certificate Programs, including CCENT, CCNA, CCNP, CCDA and CCDP. But what exactly does it mean to be CISCO Certified?

CISCO Certifications are IT professional career certifications for Cisco Systems products. They are certifications for IT professionals in specific areas such as networking, security and design.

For more information about our CISCO Certified Certificate Programs or other information technology certificates, visit kaplancontinuingeducation.com or Call us at 866.542.4042 for more information.

KCE Provides Professional Business Education Certificate Programs

Kaplan Continuing Education’s (KCE) Business and Finance Certificate Programs set you apart as a professional in the highly competitive fields of business and finance.

Our Business Career Training Programs are well respected and are designed for professionals interested in expanding their opportunities.

KCE offers certificate programs in high-demand fields such as financial planning, risk management, project management, environmental sustainability, executive coaching and Six Sigma.

Visit www.kaplansolutions.com or contact us at 800.671.9411 for more information.

Kaplan is a Military Spouse Friendly College

Kaplan Continuing Education (KCE), a participant in the Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts (MyCAA) program, is proud to support the educational pursuits of military families.

As a MyCAA student at KCE you may benefit from the following:
• MyCAA special pricing
• Programs that are less than $4,000 and include the cost of instructional materials. Most certificate programs apply.
• Dedicated MyCAA Advisors and support staff

Please call 866.318.7196 (toll-free) or visit Kaplan Solutions today for more information.

NEW CompTIA Certificate Programs

Kaplan Solutions is proud to announce the launch of four new CompTIA certificate programs. These online continuing education courses are designed to prepare you to sit for the CompTIA certification exams. The programs are designed for IT professionals who are already working in the field and are looking to pursue CompTIA certification.

Kaplan’s new CompTIA certificate programs include CompTIA A+, CompTIA Security+, CompTIA Server+, and CompTIA Network+.

10 Things Every Six Sigma Green Belt Should Know

The current trend in Six Sigma education is to incorporate “Lean” methodology into Six Sigma training, combining the Lean management principles of waste reduction with the Six Sigma tools of process improvement.

Here are 10 things every Six Sigma Green Belt should know:

1. Why the y=f(x) formula is important for process and business.
2. The Kano diagram and how it relates to customers.
3. How to create a histogram and pareto diagram, and know the difference between the two.
4. Basic equations, how to quantify project benefits, and speak the language of management.
5. The data collection process of projects and how to validate the measurement system.
6. How to calculate the mean and standard deviation of process data sets.
7. How to calculate short term and long term Sigma value of projects’ process.
8. How to perform basic statistical tests using a statistical software package like Minitab or JMP.
9. How to create a Cause and Effect (Fishbone) diagram to identify possible causes of process defects.
10. How to use graphs to show process improvement in a highly visible and easily understood visual form.

For Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate course descriptions and more information about Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate Programs, please visit KaplanContinuingEducation.com

Now is the Time to Seek Employment in the Healthcare Industry

Because of the current social and economic climate, now is the perfect time to seek employment in today’s thriving healthcare industry. The industry is expected to see major job growth in the future.

Why is the healthcare field growing?

Our population is aging as the Baby Boomer generation retires, creating a need for better health care solutions. Another factor is that our economy is moving from the production of goods to the provision of services. Health care and other service industry jobs are replacing the factories and assembly lines of our nation’s past.

At a time when the rest of the economy is struggling, the health care industry is expanding. Medical coding and medical billing are great entry level careers to get into, providing many opportunities to work in the healthcare field. Kaplan Continuing Education offers Medical Billing and Medical Coding certificate programs which will give you the health care education you need to compete in this thriving industry.

Information Technology Certificates from Kaplan Continuing Education

In recent years, the demand for Information Technology professionals has been increasing. Kaplan Continuing Education’s Information Technology (IT) Certificates are designed to prepare you for a career in this growing industry.

KCE offers a variety of IT training programs in areas such as systems engineering, systems administrators and information security. KCE’s IT training programs are also designed to prepare you to sit for Microsoft Certification Exams, including the MCSE and MCSA certification exams as well as several Cisco Certification Exams, including CISSP, CCENT, CCNA, CCNP, CCDA and CCDP certificates.

KCE also offers Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) Certificates for systems engineers and database administrators. These certificate programs are designed to help you pursue MCITP Certification.