Services
Torrance Adult School Career Education provides short-term vocational training to assist Adult Learners in gaining skill sets that employers in our areas tell us are important for their employees to possess. While Career Technical Education is geared to those adults who are actively seeking employability training, we also encourage all adults to participate in learning new skills for the 21st century that can be utilized in volunteer positions, in working with school and community organizations or to understand skill that you children must master to get good jobs upon completion of their school life.
TAS Administrative Team
From left to
right:
Dr. Wayne Diulio, Director of Torrance Adult School (Hamilton Center
office)
Jim Jones, Principal, Griffith Center
Christine VanerLeest, Principal, Levy Center
Dr. George Mannon, Superintendent, Torrance Unified (TUSD)
With Dr. Mannon as a great advocate and supporter of the value of Adult Education and the service we provide to our community, Torrance Adult School continues to carefully watch, plan and develop strategic plans to meet the needs of adults in our community, while always keeping a watchful eye on the 'bottom line.'
Torrance Adult School's Career Technical Education program offers training programs in the most demand career clusters We work to keep our classes affordable to the students, relevant to the employers needs, as well as offering rigorous curriculum in order for our completers to be fully prepared for the job requirements in the occupational cluster they have chosen.
Torrance Adult School Governing Board
Board members (sitting - left to right) Terry
Ragins, Vice President, Don Lee, President, Mark Steffen,, Clerk.
(standing - left to right) Albert Maratsuchi, Esq.
and Michel Wermers, Board Members.
TAS Certificates
Certificates of completion, competency completion are issued in most of
our career pathways.
Students receiving these certificates must successfully complete the course competencies, demonstrate the skill needed for employment is the career cluster, obtained minimum attendance during the term and have received a minimum grade on the capstone examination or project.
Some courses will require and externship (hands-on, real life, non-paid experience under the supervision of a certified professional in the field of study). These classes include Pharmacy Technician and Medical Assistant currently.
TAS prepares students for the workplace, however there are some
occupations that will also require the completion of a state examination
to be fully certified to work in the filed:
Pharmacy Technician | Medical Billing and Coding | Medical Assistant |
Campus Security | CPR and others.
Our Team
We have a great certificated teaching staff, but no school can get along without a supportive administration, office and campus support staff. At TAS, we have a great team...
At Griffith:
Raphael and Noe are our custodial staff - keeping our campus looking
great!
Scott and Michelle will greet you in the office and .assist you
with registration and assists you with any documentation of
verifications you may need.
At Hamilton:
Socrates keeps the campus in tip-top shape.
June, Elena, Leah, Farah will assist you when you come into the office on that campus.
Paula Takamine,our counselor's office in at Hamilton and she will help GED and High School Diploma students with their academic needs.
At Levy:
Susan and Jessica will help you with information, directions and registration at
our newly opened Levy campus.
Manny and Raphael keep Levy clean and are ready to assist students and faculty on the campus.
Our Partners
We work with the EDD, Department of Rehabilitation, California Association of Adult Schools and other agencies to offer opportunities for training to adult students in our community.
Torrance One-Stop Career Center
1220 Engracia Avenue
Torrance, CA 90501
Phone: (310) 782-2101 Main Desk
Phone: (310) 787-2361 Answer
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