Training that gets you started
Alabama Career Essentials (ACE) is a FREE training course designed by the Alabama Community College System to provide Alabamians with relevant, cutting-edge, and industry-driven employability skills training to better prepare individuals for the Alabama workforce. The main goal of the new ACE course is to ensure current and future workers are equipped with the skills necessary to enter the 21st-century Alabama workforce.
What participants can gain:
Employers trust our colleges’ credentials. These are the credentials ACE participants gain after completing the program:
- ACT’s National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC)
- Alabama Certified Employee Certificate (ACE)
- One free college course (up to 4 credit hours)
- Articulated credit for WKO 110 (3 credits) when enrolling in one of the state community colleges.
In addition to credentials, participants gain support, build confidence, improve their opportunities, and get access to ongoing skill upgrades and lifelong learning.
Contact
Courtney Monnette Ed.D.
Special Programs Project Director
Alabama Career Essentials
Alabama Community College System
135 South Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36130-2130
courtney.monnette@accs.edu
334-293-4590
ACE College Contacts
| College | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Bevill State CC | Stephanie Maddox | Stephanie.maddox@bscc.edu |
| Bishop State CC | Sharnee Hobbs | shobbs@bishop.edu |
| Calhoun CC | Wendy Roberts | Wendy.roberts@calhoun.edu |
| Central Alabama CC | Jennifer Crowder | jcrowder@cacc.edu |
| Chattahoochee Valley CC | Darren Dean | Darren.dean@cv.edu |
| Coastal Alabama CC | Courtney Diaz | courtney.diaz@coastalalabama.edu |
| Drake State TC | Mindi Russell | mindi.russell@drakestate.edu |
| Enterprise State CC | Aimee Burr | aburr@escc.edu |
| Gadsden State CC | Matthew Buttram Patricia Watts |
mbuttram@gadsdenstate.edu pwatts@gadsdenstate.edu |
| Ingram State TC | Fawn Romine | fawn.romine@istc.edu |
| Jefferson State CC | Tamara Payne | tlpayne@jeffersonstate.edu |
| Lawson State CC | Gwen Ekundayo | gekundayo@lawsonstate.edu |
| Lurleen B. Wallace CC | Kate Dust | kdust@lbwcc.edu |
| Northeast Alabama CC | Jon-Alan Pope | popej@nacc.edu |
| Northwest Shoals CC | Tara Branscome | tbranscome@nwscc.edu |
| Reid State TC | Caroll Byrd-Lymon | cbyrd@rstc.edu |
| Shelton State CC | Nicole Dubose Kristen Bobo |
ndubose@sheltonstate.edu kbobo@sheltonstate.edu |
| Snead State CC | Cherri Barnard Teresa Walker |
cbarnard@snead.edu teresa.walker@snead.edu |
| Southern Union State CC | Connor Cheveaux Kristy Pulsifer |
ccheveaux@suscc.com kpulsifer@suscc.edu |
| Trenholm State CC | Regina Jones Carolyn Millender |
rjones@trenholmstate.edu cmillender@trenholmstate.edu |
| Wallace Dothan | Joe Johnson | jjohnson@wallace.edu |
| Wallace Hanceville | Patti Wilkins | Patti.wilkins@wallace.edu |
| Wallace Selma | Maxine Sturdivant | maxine.sturdivant@wccs.edu |
