Texans Can Academies has partnered with Eastfield College to offer students an opportunity to go through a Certified Nursing Assistant program. Twelve students from Texans Can Academy – Pleasant Grove and three students from Texans Can Academy – Garland have registered and completed the program. It is a seven-week long program that includes lecture, skills lab and clinical experience and is offered at no cost to the students.
Through this certification program, students go through hands-on activities and training, such as learning how to inject patients properly, how to discard hazardous materials as well as many other educational activities. At the conclusion of the seven weeks of classes, the students who have registered and completed the program will take the state test. An increase of 18 percent in job growth for nursing assistants from 2014 to 2024 was reported by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is more rapid than the average predicted job growth rate in that amount of time.
Texans Can Academies believe in providing the highest quality education for all students, especially those who have struggled in a traditional high school setting. Their mission is to help students earn their high school diplomas and assist with all of their needs to further college or career paths after graduation. For more information about Texans Can Academies, visit www.texanscan.org.
About: Celebrating 31 years of providing the highest quality education for all students, Texans Can Academies graduate thinkers. Texans Can Academies is a nonprofit network of 13 dropout recovery public schools in Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Houston and San Antonio. Texans Can Academies is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization of tuition-free, open enrollment, public high schools of choice serving students who have struggled in a traditional high school setting. To date, more than 141,120 youth have been given a second chance at life with the opportunity to pursue their dreams. Cars for Kids is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization benefiting Texans Can Academies and is the only car donation program in Texas that is operated by the charity it serves. For more information, visit: www.texanscan.org or www.carsforkids.org.