What is Elevate America?
The Center for Business Excellence has received 1,077 no-cost vouchers for on-line training in Microsoft General E-Learning Courses and IT Professional Courses and for Exams for certification in Microsoft General E-Learning Courses. About 500 vouchers are still available for residents of Volusia and Flagler counties.
Since the program began in May, more than 500 vouchers have been requested, many by unemployed people looking to improve their computer skills. Microsoft has provided the vouchers through a partnership with Workforce Florida and the Agency for Workforce Innovation. The program is part of an initiative to strengthen the Florida economy and increase national and global competitiveness by providing the technical skills and knowledge to Florida’s workforce.
General E- Learning courses are on-line, self paced and include training on Microsoft products such as Office 2003, Office 2007 and Vista. Courses include:
Excel
Outlook
PowerPoint
Word
IT Professional E-learning vouchers are also on-line, self paced and include courses in:
Windows Operating Systems and Exchange Server
Please visit https://www.microsoftelearning.com/catalog/default.aspx for details of available General E-Learning and IT Professional E-Learning courses.
Who is Eligible?
Any person with a basic level of computer proficiency who is looking to increase his/her computer skills and knowledge to become competitive in today’s increasingly technical job market.
What is the Process?
1. General E-Learning and IT professional voucher recipients must activate their vouchers before Aug. 21, 2010. Once activated E-Learning vouchers are good for 12 months.
2. Certification Exam voucher recipients must activate and use their vouchers at a Certiport testing site before Aug. 21, 2010.
3. Vouchers cannot be activated after Aug. 21, 2010.
4. Individuals will need to register for E-learning and IT professional vouchers and Certification Exam vouchers at: http://elevateamerica.floridajobs.org
5. Vouchers will be issued on a first come first serve basis.
6. Vouchers will be issued by the Center for Business Excellence through e-mail after the on-line application is completed and an e-mail is returned asking recipients to commit to using the voucher.
7. Once vouchers are issued, individuals will need to activate the E-Learning voucher by logging on to:http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/us/communityinvestment/elevateamerica.aspx.Once on the site, click redeems a voucher and follow the directions.
8. Any PC can be used to take the E-Learning courses. All that is needed is access to the internet and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.
9. Certification exams must be taken at select CertiPort testing locations. There is one site in Volusia County and one in Flagler County. Certiport testing locations that can be found at http://www.certiport.com/Portal/Pages/LocatorView.aspx
10. Volusia and Flagler Certiport sites charge a proctoring fee of $20 per exam.
Questions? Contact elevateamerica@cbe-fvc.org
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