The three fundamental, guiding principles envisioned in Pasco’s Vision: A Community of Connected Schools are the concepts of Continuous Progress, Continuity of Caring, and Ensuring Equity and Excellence for students.
The District School Board of Pasco County supports many programs for the traditional and non-traditional students. Courses are offered for high school students as well as other persons wanting to further their education.
Examples of courses include:
English as a second language (ESOL) Computer Technology
GED Preparation AC Heating & Repair
Adult High School Printing & Graphics
Vocational Preparatory Instruction Marine Services Technology
Find out more at http://careers.pasco.k12.fl.us
Pasco-Hernando Community College (PHCC)
PHCC provides training for more than 30 high-demand careers in healthcare, law, business, and human services through its AS and certificate programs. PHCC’s technical programs are designed and taught by experts in their field using the latest equipment and technology. These fields include business, computer engineering, healthcare, human services and law. PHCC programs can be completed in two years or less.
Through PHCC’s corporate training department courses can be tailored to specific needs of industry. Such courses would generally be non-credit. The topic, length, location, date, and intensity can all be dictated by a companies needs.
For more information about PHCC, visit their website at http://www.phcc.edu/
To find out more about corporate training opportunities, visit the following site: www.phcc.edu/academics/continuinged/ctp.php.
Saint Leo University
Saint Leo University offers over 41 academic programs that meet the academic and professional goals of more than 13,000 traditional campus and adult continuing education students. They offer many weekend and evening programs for the non-traditional student on their Pasco Campus. Saint Leo also has an extensive distance learning program that can be tailored to anyone’s location and schedule.
Learn more about Saint Leo at www.saintleo.edu
Rasmussen College
Rasmussen College's presence in the community is founded upon 80 years of warm tradition and continues to assist a diverse student body across their educational needs. With 9 month programs geared for technical and professional students as well as traditional 4 year programs, a Rasmussen College education is technology-intensive, career focused, and innovative. Online degrees, flexible scheduling, and personalized instruction attract hundreds of students annually.
Learn more about Rasmussen College at www.rasmussen.edu
Comprehensive list of Higher Education Institutions in the Tampa Bay Region
Colleges/Universities
Eckerd College
Florida College
Florida Metropolitan University
Rasmussen College
Saint Leo University
Southwest Florida College
St. Petersburg College
Stetson University College of Law
Trinity College of Florida
University of South Florida
University of Tampa
Junior/Community Colleges
Hillsborough Community College
Pasco-Hernando Community College
Vocational/Technical Schools
ITT Technical Institute
Learey Technical Center
Marchman Technical Education Center
Moore-Mickens Education Center
Pinellas Technical Education Centers