DSS Orientation

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  welcome to the D.

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  S s orientation information for the 2021 year.

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  My name is Victoria reorganizing and I'll be walking you

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  through the requirements.

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  This class is also noticed the income maintenance position.

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  So if you've heard of this position or you were

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  interested in all the roles within D.

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  S s, please feel free to follow along.

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  We have a few different requirements that you will need

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  to do for this class, and I do want to

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  make sure that you're aware of them before we begin.

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  One of the requirements is you have the national career

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  ending a certificate also known as N CRC done before

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  the class begins.

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  This is a state requirement to have this certificate completed.

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  You also need to have a working knowledge of computers

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  because one of the requirements for the class is that

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  you are able to type at 30 words per minute

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  at a 97% accuracy.

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  This is done because the courses learning about NC fast,

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  which is a computer system.

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  Therefore, you must feel comfortable with computers before you are

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  ready to learn the anti fast system.

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  The N C.

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  R C, which is owned by E.

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  C. T, is also known by a variety of other

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  names. This includes the work he's key train, CRC, Teacher,

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  Assistant Exam and many others.

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  This test, while owned by a CT, does not focus

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  on scholastic skills, instead focuses on work force skills, which

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  means skills that you need for the workplace or more

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  so the ones you need for college entrance.

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  If you think you may have already taken this example,

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  I highly encourage you to call a C T.

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  At 1 809 675539 to confront.

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  If you do have it, they'll be able to step

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  on account so you can print it out and send

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  it along again.

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  You can call them at 1 809 67 but 539

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  For those of you that do not have the work

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  he's exam.

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  I do tend to test individually.

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  Sometimes I will have a couple of individuals because I

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  do have to request a room.

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  There are three topic areas that you will need to

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  test for applied mathematics, which you do get a formula

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  sheet for graphic literacy and workplace documents.

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  Those bundled together about $36 if you test at Alamance

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  Community College because I do have to request a room,

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  I need at least 48 to 72 hours notice in

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  order to get a room.

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  So we contest for our class.

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  It meets roughly eight weeks, which is Tuesdays and Wednesdays

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  for 6 to 9 p.m. Currently, we're working remotely via

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  model and Collaborate model is the A C.

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  C. Web page, where all of our work is done.

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  Collaborate is the software similar to zoom where we actually

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  hold our class meetings.

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  All of these will be set up once you are

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  officially world into the course.

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  Because this is an official course, we do have an

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  attendance policy.

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  It is a requirement that you do not miss more

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  than three classes.

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  Otherwise you will be withdrawn on the fourth missed class.

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  If you miss any testing day, you will have to

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  retake the entire class over.

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  This includes the typing test, the NC fast application test

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  and the NC fast terminology test for 2021.

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  We have gone ahead and scheduled the class for the

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  entire year.

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  The sessions run from January 12th to March 2nd from

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  March 23rd to May 11th from June 1st to July

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  20th August 10th September 28th October 19th 2 December 14th.

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  Keep in mind this class is set up in two

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  phases. You must complete phase one before you conjoined phase

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  two. Therefore, it is eight weeks desperate Phase one and

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  then additional eight weeks for phase two.

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  For phase two, it runs one day longer than phase

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  one. So it's schedule is as follows January 12 through

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  March 3rd March 23rd through May 12th June 1st through

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  July 21st august 10th through September 29th an October 19th

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  through December 15th.

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  These states were scheduled to avoid holidays and in order

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  to accommodate the opening and closing of helmets Community College

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  for three D.

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  S s class, we do want to give you an

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  understanding of what this class is about to determine whether

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  or not they would meet your needs for D.

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  S s.

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  This class is desire preparing for the income maintenance position.

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  However, as this class focuses on NT fast, which is

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  the computer system that the Department of Social Service is

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  uses, it may be applicable to other positions.

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  However, as This is a certificate that is used in

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  all 100 counties of North Carolina.

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  We are unable to get into policy information and therefore

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  you will want to make sure that when you submit

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  an application for a D.

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  S. S, you reference this class so they understand your

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  educational background within this role.

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  The expectations are is that you are excited about the

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  class that you are engaged with the class.

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  It is hard to teach a class when we don't

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  have involved learners.

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  You also don't get as much out of the class

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  if you aren't involved in your education.

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  This means you need to be until him and present.

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  You need to be engaging with the group and need

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  to be engaging with the instructor.

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  The best way to get more out of this class

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  is to make sure that you're logging in on time.

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  You're doing practice outside of class, you're taking notes within

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  class and you are making sure they are asking questions

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  during class.

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  As most of our D S s instructors work at

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  D. S s.

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  One of the requirements in order to teach NC fast

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  is they have to have been within the D.

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  S s role that uses NC fast.

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  Therefore, on Lee are soft skills Instructor is able to

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  be open during the day.

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  We do also want to touch based on Phase two.

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  Ah, lot of students have questions about it, as they

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  may not have been aware that Phase two is separate

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  from phase one.

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  It is something that is not required because it does

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  cost $125.

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  Our face one class can be free if you qualify

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  all of that qualifying information is submitted via your application

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  form. Hence why it is imperative that you submit a

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  complete application form in order to join face to, you

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  must successfully pass Phase one first, meaning you have passed

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  the typing test, the anti fast test and the anti

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  faster terminology exam.

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  The cost of classes $125.

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  We do have some scholarships that will cover part of

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  the feet that are available from Elements Community College.

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  However, there are other campus partners that may be able

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  to assist with that fee.

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  It goes more in depth with the N C fast

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  system. Phase one.

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  The first part is on soft skills.

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  And the second half is on the anti fast system

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  For phase two.

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  It is strictly on the NC fast system, and therefore

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  it's strictly with D s.

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  Ask instructors, meaning that these instructors do work d s

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  s during the day and may not be available for

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  emails and calls before five PM The I hope this

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  gives you a better understanding of what the D s

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  has classes about.

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  However, if you have any questions, feel free to email

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  me. My name is Victoria.

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  Ring isn't and my email is we all wring izen

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  r i n g e i s e n 041

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  at Alamance cc dot video.

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  Thank you.

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  Have a wonderful day.