[Blindtlk] Lions World career training

[Nimer M. Jaber, IC³]

Hello,

I have just graduated from Lions World. The administrators seem to be
receptive to change, although communication is a huge issue. The
Assistive Technology Instructor program is in a bit of trouble at the
moment as all of the instructors who teach the course are leaving, and
jobs are extremely difficult to get in the field. The MCSE program has
seen five instructors in the past year or so, and the Desktop Support
Technician program seems to be doing well and has a pretty high
attendance. The programming course is OK if you like looking things up
on Google, and the Microsoft Office Specialist class is where they
throw everyone into when they don't make it into another program.
Other than that, you've got the IRS classes and College Prep. And I
think they've started or are going to start an Elder Care program.
That's about it. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to
ask. The problems I ran into there was the hand holding, the fact that
they were taking so much money and putting so much time into
individuals who I feel wouldn't be contributing too much to society,
while allowing others to spend nine or ten months in a computer course
without proper job placement support. However if you're looking
strictly at the training and you can disassociate yourself from
everything else that goes on there, you'll be fine.

Thanks.

On 24.08.2011, Nikki <daizies304 at comcast.net> wrote:
>     Hello.
> I have a friend who lives in Arkansas now and went to LWSB.
> He says he'll answer questions you may have.
> His name is Josshua.
> His email is Jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu.
>
> HTH
> Nikki
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rex Leslie Howard, Jr.
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 1:40 PM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Lions World career training
>
> I meant to ask this question a while back but never got around to it. this
> discussion about jobs reminded me.
>
> Back in 1985 through 1987 I attended Lions World which was then Arkansas
> Enterprises for the Blind. The first time I attended I took the college prep
> course. The second time I took the Customer Service Representative class. I
> was placed in Dallas with the IRs but I left the job because I did not agree
> with the way things were being done. I was young and foolish and many times
> I have thought back on my leaving IRs and have wished I had not made that
> mistake but I did and it was done.
>
> I have recently thought about trying to go back to Lions World for the
> computer training courses but right now I have a lucrative job so I'm not
> that worried about it. However, I love working with computers so training in
> this field is something I might consider more over the next few months.
>
> What is the general consensus regarding Lions World now? Does anyone have
> recent experience with this training facility?
>
> Although there were some problems when I attended back in the 80's, I can
> say that the overall experience was not so bad and it might be an option for
> those who are looking for employment in the future but I don't know how well
> it is being operated now.
>
>
>
>
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