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22 2020-2021 Catalog—GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CAREER CENTER
The GCC Career Center assists students to choose a major or
course of study early in their educational experience. Students
are facilitated in the career exploration process by the admin-
istration of comprehensive standardized inventories, surveys,
computerized systems and career tests. Students are assisted
in exploring their values, interests, and abilities for application
to the world of work.
The staff provides individualized career counseling, work-
shops, and career exploration classes.
The Career Center offers information in the following areas:
1. Finding a college major.
2. How to do research and use career resources.
3. Career changes and career planning through the lifespan.
4. The decision making process in careers.
5. Choices for further academic training.
6. Balance of work/leisure and school/social.
7. Resume writing and job interviewing.
8. Information interviews to test reality.
9. Certificate or transfer choices.
10. Women in non-traditional jobs; minority concerns.
11. Referral to community and college resources.
12. Provide a format for questioning in a positive, supportive
environment.
The Career Center is located in the Sierra Vista Building, third
floor. Call (818) 240-1000, ext. 5407 for day and evening hours.
DISABLED STUDENTS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
Students with verified disabilities or health impairments are
eligible for services through the Center for Students with
Disabilities. Eligible students include those whose condi-
tions limit one or more of the major life activities and impose
educational limitations preventing them from fully benefiting
from classes, activities or services offered by the college. These
conditions include but are not limited to learning disabilities,
speech and hearing impairments, vision loss, emotional or
mental illness, orthopedic limitations, neurological and health
related impairments.
Qualified students receive disability-related counseling and are
assisted in the pursuit of academic, vocational, and personal
goals. The professional staff serves as liaison with on-campus
resources as well as off-campus agencies and allied health
professionals. Support services and specialized instruction are
provided to students based on student educational plans and
contracts. Services include but are not limited to the following:
Center for Students with Disabilities
Disability Related Mobility Orientation
Counseling Alternate Media
Interpreters for the Deaf
Vocational Counseling Note Taking Assistance
Priority Registration Lip Reading Instruction
Registration Assistance Job Development
Mobility Assistance
Special Parking
2 0 2 0 – 2 0 2 1 C ATA L O G • G L E N DA L E C O M M U N I T Y C O L L E G E
Instructional Assistance Center
Learning Disabilities Specialized Tutoring
Program Examination Proctoring
Learning Style Assessment
Learning Strategies
Instruction
High Tech Center
Assistive Technologies Specialized Assessment
Equipment Loan Examination Proctoring
Special Classes
CABOT 90, 91, 92, 93 and 94
Dance 150
Physical Education 130, 131, 132, 134 and 135
Student Development 128, 143
For information regarding office hours, programs or
services please call (818) 240-1000, ext. 5905.
DREAM RESOURCE CENTER
The mission of the DREAM Resource Center (DRC) is to
support an inclusive campus culture and to empower undocu-
mented students to achieve academic and personal pursuits
and become active members of our communities.
The DRC is a welcoming and safe place for all students but
particularly for our undocumented students and their allies.
Assistance provided through the DREAM Resource Center
include assistance to AB 540 students, Dreamer/DACA
students, and all undocumented students.
The DREAM Resource Center is housed inside the Multicul-
tural & Community Engagement Center and is located in Sierra
Madre 267. Check out the programs, services, workshops,
trainings, and resources offered through the Pride Center at
www.glendale.edu/dream.
CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
The nationally accredited Child Development Center on
campus serves as both a laboratory school for students enrolled
in Child Development courses and a demonstration site for
professionals interested in best practices in early care and
education for children from six months to five years of age.
In addition to being NAEYC (National Association for the
Education of Young Children) Accredited, the Child Devel-
opment Center is a PITC (Program for Infant Toddler Care)
demonstration site and hosts early childhood professionals
from throughout Southern California interested in learning
more about high quality programs for children 0-3 years of age.
The Child Development Center operates from 7:00 a.m. - 6:00
p.m. five days a week, twelve months a year. This program is
open to students, faculty and the community and is supported
by parent fees.