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 Email
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