College offers GED distance learning

BENTONVILLE -- Northwest Arkansas Community College's Adult Education Program is now offering a new online learning program for students pursuing a GED.

Classes are offered mornings, afternoons and evenings with instruction individualized to meet student needs.

Students enrolled in distance learning classes complete assignments online and communicate regularly electronically with the instructor. NWACC Adult Education Distance Learning requirements include:

• Completing 12 or more hours of study per month in one of the following online instructional programs -- Aztec, My Skills Tutor, Steck-Vaughn or Key Train;

• Contacting the distance learning teacher at least once a week via telephone, email, classjump.com or face-to-face;

• Making progress in studies; and

• Visiting the Adult Education Center at least once a month for a face-to-face meeting with the distance learning teacher.

Distance Learning GED classes are taught by Jeannie Peters, an NWACC Adult Education instructor and an Arkansas adult education distance learning teacher certified through the Arkansas Department of Career Education.

Adults interested in distance learning GED classes are encouraged to contact the NWACC Adult Education Center by calling 479-986-6911 or visiting the NWACC website www.nwacc.edu. The current fall semester ends on Dec. 19. Spring 2015 semester classes will begin on Jan. 12.