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Hospitality Foundations - CVTC - ECASD and Menomonie Students Only

CVTC and Eau Claire and Menomonie high schools have partnered to offer incoming high school juniors and seniors with different learning styles a modified hands on training program to pursue a career in hospitality. This is an opportunity to earn high school and college credit. Dual credit academies give high school students a chance to navigate their interests and career options to develop the most successful individualized career path. Credits earned through this academy may be applied to CVTC's Hospitality Foundations Technical Diploma Program. By successfully completing this program and the required internship students will have the basic job skills to gain employment in the hospitality field.

Fall 2024 Courses - 1st 8 weeks

Hospitality Applications | 8 weeks| Location: CVTC | Date: T/Th |Aug 27 - Oct 17, 2024| Time: 9:00 - 10:55 am

Safety and Sanitation Fundamentals | 8 weeks| Location: CVTC | Date : T/Th| Aug 27 - Oct 17, 2024| 11:00 - 11:55 am

Guest Relations| 8 weeks| Location: CVTC| Date: Date : T/Th| Aug 27 - Oct 17, 2024| 12:00 - 1:55 pm

Fall 2024 Courses - 2nd 8 weeks

Hospitality Internship | 8 weeks| Location: CVTC| Date:  T/Th |Oct 22 - Dec 12, 2024|11:00 Noon 

Hospitality Skills for Success | 8 weeks| Location: CVTC| Date: T/Th| Oct 22 - Dec 12, 2024| 9:00 - 10:55am


Course Descriptions

109 - 329 Hospitality Skills For Success (1 Credits)
This course will work in collaboration with the Hospitality Internship, second 8 weeks, to address and reaffirm employability skills in a natural, work - based hospitality learning environment. Students will continue the development and enhancement of job seeking skills, while practicing job retention skills such as problem solving, time management, accountability, self - awareness and working relationships.

109 - 330 Hospitality Applications (2 Credits)
Hospitality Applications in an 8 week course that offers hands on learning opportunities to practice and apply hospitality tasks required to seek entry level employment. Students will be guided in applying and demonstrating positive interpersonal skills and professional customer service skills, while focusing on maintaining a safe work environment, safe food facilities and positive worker habits. Hospitality Applications enhances students' knowledge through application of tasks and demonstration of skills through classroom learning and lab experiences.

109 - 331 Safety & Sanitation Fundamentals (1 Credits)
Safety and Sanitations Fundamentals is an 8 - week course that helps students develop a foundation in detecting safety hazards and bring awareness to best practices to maintain safe facilities. Students will explore safe working habits targeting areas such as principles of safe lifting, proper use of cleaners and chemicals, personal hygiene and health, proper storage and handling of goods, as well as cleaning and sanitizing. 

109 - 332 Guest Relations Fundamentals (1 Credits)
Guest Relations Fundamentals is an 8 week course introducing students to the importance of working with others in a constructive and cooperative working relationship. Students will explore ways to better handle challenging customers and be provided experiences to recognize positive interpersonal skills and professional customer service. 

109 - 333 Hospitably Internship (1 Credits)
In this 1 - credit internship students will apply course competencies in employment opportunities at CVTC and community based placements. The course competencies include: apply essential hospitality tasks, demonstrate interpersonal skills, apply safe food, facilities, and worker habits, apply constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and apply strategies to better handle challenging customers. 

Just the Facts

Fall 2024
6 Credit High School Academy

Registration Status
Open

Academy Dates
August 27 - December 12, 2024

Days of The Week
Tues/Thur

Times
9 a.m. - 1:55 p.m.

Classroom Location
CVTC Business Education Center

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