141 South Main Street
Manville, NJ 08835
Program Contact | Bob Hulit |
bobh@thearcofsomerset.org | |
Phone | 732-666-4781 |
Website | https://www.thearcofsomerset.org |
The Achievement Center at Raritan Valley Community College is a certificate-based, post-secondary program for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities interested in developing their education to gain skills to enter the workforce. The Achievement Center recognizes that every student learns and processes information differently. Our college-level classes and student-centered approach empowers our students to find the right learning tools for them. To meet their goals, the Achievement Center has created academically inclusive and specialized classes include instruction in Reading Comprehension and Critical Thinking; Writing and Research; Employment and Career strategies;Interpersonal Communication; Functional Mathematics, and College Planning and Strategies. Through these series of classes it offers students an opportunity to “learn their voice” and acclimate themselves to the classroom and college experience while improving their note-taking and study skills. We challenge students to critically examine reading material (short stories, poetry, novels); explore their writing abilities (Essays, Research papers); communication and social skills training; career development; and oral presentations. As a result, our students build confidence, empowerment, independence, and create new individual goals and aspirations.
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Public or private: | Public |
Type of school: | 2-year community college or junior college |
Is this program a federally funded TPSID program? | No |
Students in this program: |
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Number of students: | 65 |
Description of our summer transition program: |
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Deadline to apply to this program: | June 30 (for Fall Semester admission) November 15 (for mid-year admission) |
Requirements for admission to this program: |
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Accepts out-of-state students?: | No |
Please indicate which disabilities students in this program have: |
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Program length: | 3 years |
Cost | |
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Cost of the program: |
The tuition cost for each course is $1050.00, which includes peer mentor support. |
Is this program able to provide federal financial aid as a Comprehensive Transition Program (CTP)? | No |
Students pay for the program in the following ways: |
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Scholarships available: | All of the program's classes are approved by Division of Developmental Disability through Goods and Services for any student who has an approved budget and is over 21 years old. |
Academic | |
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Students take these types of "typical" courses (with students who don't have disabilities): | Students do not take typical college courses |
More about course access: |
We provide instruction on a variety of academic and career based curriculum that prepares students for taking typical college classes. We focus on reading and writing comprehension; public speaking and college presentations; basic mathematics; career developments, and research and writing. |
Students take courses that are only for students in this program: | Yes |
Information on special classes: |
Our post secondary education program puts our students in the best situation to succeed in a college environment. Each individual class runs weekly for two hours. The maximum amount of students in any class is 12. We follow typical college semesters (Fall, Spring, Summer). |
Time spent only with other students in this program: | All of the time |
Credential(s) students earn upon completing the program: | Certificate of Completion |
The credential(s) is/are: |
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Employment | |
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Percent of students in this program have paid work while attending the program: | 25% |
Other career development activities are: |
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Housing | |
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Housing is provided to students: | No |
Extracurricular | |
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Students participate in student organizations on campus: | Yes |
Proportion of time spent only with other students in this program: | 25% |
Students have participated in these social/extracurricular activities and organizations: |
All are students receive Raritan Valley Community College student numbers. They are eligible for all student clubs. We have students that participate in such clubs as ROTARAC, Literacy Club, Fitness Club, Drama Club, Gaming Club, Poetry Club. We have students who also are on Athletic teams - soccer and baseball |