Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome, welcome, welcome. It
Speaker 1: is time now for our community connection with Try and
Speaker 1: County Tech. We have Randall Jones with us. Randall, it's
Speaker 1: always great to see you here. You always bring the energy.
Speaker 1: We've got a lot of things coming.
Speaker 2: Up, Yes, we do, sir, a lot of things coming up.
Speaker 2: Christmas is coming, but we got some things we want
Speaker 2: to get out there before that hits.
Speaker 1: Oh yes, indeed. We we got some adult classes opening up.
Speaker 2: We do our spring semester be hitting hard, hitting heavy
Speaker 2: in January. We've got some openings and got several programs.
Speaker 2: We're doing some new stuff. We're going to offer phlebotomy
Speaker 2: over in PUHUSCA and we've never done that at our
Speaker 2: Prohuska site, so we're.
Speaker 3: Excited about that.
Speaker 2: And we got it's We've got quite a few students
Speaker 2: coming in, but I still got a few openings.
Speaker 1: UF.
Speaker 3: That's something you're interested in, let's go.
Speaker 1: You know, if you've wanted to get your first foray
Speaker 1: into the medical occupation, this is where it starts.
Speaker 3: Absolutely, this is the beer on the scene. Here on
Speaker 3: the scene.
Speaker 2: And so we've got we've got electrical and plumbing coming
Speaker 2: as well. We've got some computer with networking and cybersecurity.
Speaker 3: We got accounting.
Speaker 2: We've got a Clinical Medical Administrative Assistant class, which is
Speaker 2: a great thing if you're thinking about getting into nursing
Speaker 2: or maybe you're a CNA and you want to take
Speaker 2: that next step. It's a great six month course. And
Speaker 2: we're seeing so many jobs right now. The hospital is
Speaker 2: looking for a ton for a lot of them. So
Speaker 2: come and let's get you certified.
Speaker 1: You know, I was recently at Trike County check and
Speaker 1: we had the gentleman who runs the Chamber of Conference
Speaker 1: with the State of Oklahoma, and he was talking about
Speaker 1: how education needs to meet the workforce. Well, Try County
Speaker 1: Tech's been doing that since the beginning of Trick.
Speaker 2: County teach right for a long time, and we're always
Speaker 2: looking at ways to improve that and to make that
Speaker 2: a better relationship and help those local employers out.
Speaker 3: And so we want to listen to them.
Speaker 2: And it's a benefit for our entire community when we
Speaker 2: do that, because our students are getting jobs, our employers
Speaker 2: are getting employees, and we're helping bridge that gap between
Speaker 2: the two.
Speaker 3: And we love that opportunity.
Speaker 1: And you know, if you've already got a job, but
Speaker 1: you think maybe you could do a little bit better.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, you need to really take a good critical look
Speaker 1: at trit County Tech. You just talked about some wonderful
Speaker 1: career opportunities for people that we're we've got jobs right
Speaker 1: now for these fields.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, yeah, and we're going to we'll help you along
Speaker 2: the way from maybe you have some issue you want
Speaker 2: to brush up on some soft skills, or maybe you
Speaker 2: need somebody to look over your resume, or you don't
Speaker 2: have a resume and you need one.
Speaker 3: Those are all.
Speaker 2: Services that we offer our students to not just get trained,
Speaker 2: but we want to make them employable and help them,
Speaker 2: you know, find a bridge over some of those weaknesses
Speaker 2: so that they can they can get a job. So
Speaker 2: we're going to help them along the way.
Speaker 1: You know, as a young man back in the nineteen seventies,
Speaker 1: some of these career technical schools were just kind of
Speaker 1: getting started, right and Try County Tech has been around for.
Speaker 3: What four yeah, nineteen sixty seven.
Speaker 4: Sixty seven, Yeah, that's what it was.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was.
Speaker 1: It was a long time ago. But it started off
Speaker 1: with nursing because we needed nurses right for sure.
Speaker 2: And we're still there. We're We just had a pinning
Speaker 2: last night. We sixteen opns graduated and we've got twenty
Speaker 2: two starting in January, and we'll start taking applications for
Speaker 2: that program coming up again in August.
Speaker 1: So now you're just talking about plumbing, electricians and things
Speaker 1: like that. These are jobs that never go away. No,
Speaker 1: there's always a demand for qualified work.
Speaker 2: Absolutely field, absolutely, and in this market we're seeing, I
Speaker 2: mean it's in drastic need. Those trades are in drastic
Speaker 2: needs for plumbers, heating and air electricians, and so we're
Speaker 2: getting them that entry level so to start as an apprentice,
Speaker 2: can start earning those hours so they can go set
Speaker 2: to take that test to get their journeymen. So that's
Speaker 2: this is the beginning start.
Speaker 1: Wow, this is where a lot of career dreams come true.
Speaker 1: This is where we start them, and this is where
Speaker 1: we send you in the in the We don't just
Speaker 1: handy you a diploma when you've done, because you got
Speaker 1: some cheerleaders that are working on your behalf as you're
Speaker 1: going through.
Speaker 2: The Absolutely, absolutely in any of those things that come
Speaker 2: along the way. You know, one of the things I
Speaker 2: love about Tri County is they they are who they
Speaker 2: say they are and they really do want to make
Speaker 2: a difference in the lives of their students and more
Speaker 2: than just the classroom, but beyond it.
Speaker 1: Now, Randall, when we talk about the spring session coming up, how.
Speaker 4: Soon is the spring session?
Speaker 2: So those class dates are going to vary depends on
Speaker 2: We've got some starting as early as mid January as
Speaker 2: to late January. A couple of those are going to
Speaker 2: start in February, so we're trying to process and get
Speaker 2: those rolled. Application is open now at Tri County Tech
Speaker 2: dot e edu on the adult page.
Speaker 3: Apply today.
Speaker 2: They'll see all my contact information there if you have
Speaker 2: any questions, but yeah, we'll get you, get you going
Speaker 2: and get your rolling, so we get you in school
Speaker 2: in January.
Speaker 1: Now, for the folks who are already working, do we
Speaker 1: have flexible classes?
Speaker 3: We do.
Speaker 2: Those are most of our most of all of our
Speaker 2: adult programs are going to be in the evening So
Speaker 2: all those classes I just discussed our evening classes. So
Speaker 2: they're going to start and uh, they're gonna start two
Speaker 2: nights a week, sometimes three, and even some of those
Speaker 2: now are moving to hybrid so you have some option
Speaker 2: to do some online and then you have you have
Speaker 2: that support of an inst there if you need it
Speaker 2: to come to class, and so we can kind of
Speaker 2: work with you because we know life gets busy if
Speaker 2: you're working a job and you've got a family. We're
Speaker 2: trying to help you be flexible, but also helping you
Speaker 2: try to take that next step so you can get
Speaker 2: that promotion or start a new career, whatever that may be.
Speaker 2: We're here to help you.
Speaker 4: We have a lot of certificate programs.
Speaker 3: Yes we did.
Speaker 4: And you know something that was one thing that never existed.
Speaker 1: They would check your resume and say, well, how do
Speaker 1: we know that you know how to do this.
Speaker 4: Or how do you do that?
Speaker 1: What? What?
Speaker 4: What? What?
Speaker 1: What qualifies that? Well, now we have certificate programs. Absolutely, yes,
Speaker 1: you do have the training, did complete it?
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 2: And so and if you kind of want to know
Speaker 2: what certifications you're going to get with the particular program
Speaker 2: that you're looking at, you'll just go to tray County Tech.
Speaker 3: Dot edu Adult Programs. Look at that.
Speaker 2: When you open up each of the program pages give
Speaker 2: we give you a list of what those certifications are,
Speaker 2: so you know what you're getting.
Speaker 1: Wow, that is absolutely tremendous. You know, for years you've
Speaker 1: been coming in here and we've been talking about this
Speaker 1: and people get excited about it. I have a young
Speaker 1: story at home, still last of seven, and she's now
Speaker 1: attending Try County Tech learning to.
Speaker 4: Be a teacher, all right.
Speaker 1: And although she is a student who's going to try
Speaker 1: County Tech, she says, I see so many people there
Speaker 1: that really got their eyes open. They didn't think that
Speaker 1: what they wanted to do could even be remotely close
Speaker 1: to being available. But she says, dare to step on campus,
Speaker 1: dare to dream.
Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely absolutely.
Speaker 1: And she's seeing a lot of the older students come
Speaker 1: in and she says, my goodness sakes, you know, they
Speaker 1: look like they're just prayed to tear into it and
Speaker 1: have a ball.
Speaker 4: When they all said they are, they're very motivated.
Speaker 3: They are.
Speaker 2: And it's the one thing I love about to you
Speaker 2: no matter who you deal with it too, you're going
Speaker 2: to find a great support system. Not just to get
Speaker 2: you into one of our classes. We want to we
Speaker 2: want to help support you in life and in general.
Speaker 2: And that's what we're here for.
Speaker 1: And you got a great foundation to help you out
Speaker 1: to one thing. One thing that I found to be
Speaker 1: absolutely true is that when you graduate from Trick County Tech.
Speaker 1: You don't have a mountain of debt following you that does.
Speaker 1: You don't have that trail.
Speaker 3: You don't.
Speaker 2: We've got a lot of benefits for scholarships and financial
Speaker 2: assistance through the foundation that are a lot of our
Speaker 2: our local communities help support that. One hundred percent of
Speaker 2: our employees give to the foundation that helped because we believe,
Speaker 2: we see the difference it makes. We're investing into the
Speaker 2: lives of students, and we know what what what it's
Speaker 2: doing and the impact it's making. And so it's pretty
Speaker 2: cool to be a part of an organization that doesn't
Speaker 2: just say something, but we also we put our you know,
Speaker 2: everybody puts the money where their mouth is and makes
Speaker 2: it make an investment for for our students.
Speaker 1: All right, once again, if you're an adult, you're looking
Speaker 1: to better yourself in the workplace, maybe even look at
Speaker 1: a new career or perhaps moving further along eating your.
Speaker 4: Career, get a hold of Rantle.
Speaker 1: Just get hold of the website at Try County Tech
Speaker 1: ed up and my god, I see what kind of future.
Speaker 4: Wait, let's go.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's what we're here for.
Speaker 2: So Try County Tech dot edu, email me, call me, let's.
Speaker 3: Get you let's let's get you going today. Randall, thanks
Speaker 3: for Hey, thanks for having us