Register for classes as early as possible to assure your class enrollment.
Enrollment is complete when tuition is receipted. TVCC accepts cash, personal checks, Visa, Mastercard, Discover and money orders. TVCC charges a fee for insufficient checks.
Students may register:
- IN PERSON: in the administration building at TVCC campuses in Athens, Palestine, and Terrell. Some courses require on-campus, in person registraion to fulfill course prerequisites.
- BY MAIL: Community Services, 100 Cardinal Drive, Athens, Texas 75751 (Send check or credit card information. Click here for credit card form)
- BY FAX: Fax registration form to 903-675-6388. . Click here for registration form and credit card form.
Staff is available to advise prospective students about course offerings in person, by phone or by e-mail during normal business hours. Office hours are Monday – Friday from 8am to 4:30pm, with extended hours until 5:30 on Mondays.
Each student shall be charged with notice and knowledge of the contents and provisions of the District’s rules and regulations concerning student conduct.
All students shall obey the law, show respect for properly constituted authority, and observe correct standards of conduct. In addition to activities prohibitied by law, the following types of behavior shall be prohibited:
- Gambling, dishonesty, or the excessive use of intoxicating liquors.
- The illegal use, possession, and/or sale of a drug or narcotic, as those terms are defined by the Texas Controlled Substances Act, on campus.
- Scholastic dishonest which shall constitute a violation of these rules and regulations and is punishable as prescribed by Board policies. Scholastic dishonest shall include, but not be limited to, cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion.
- “Cheating on a test” shall include:
- Copying from another student’s test paper.
- Using test materials not authorized by the person administering the test.
- Collaborating with or seeking aid from another student during a test without permission from the test administrator.
- Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, or soliciting, in whole or in part, the contents of an unadministered test.
- The unauthorized transporting or removal, in whole or in part, of the contents of the unadministered test.
- Substituting for another student, or permitting another student to substitute for oneself, to take a test.
- Bringing another person to obtain an unadministered test or information about an unadministered test.
- “Plagiarism” shall be defined as the appropriating, buying, receiving as a gift, or obtaining by any means another’s work and the unacknowledged submission or incorporation of it in one’s own written work. “Collusion” shall be defined as the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written work for fulfillment of course requirements.
- The student who engages in cheating, plagiarism, or collusion may receive a failing grade on the assignment or a failing grade in the course. If the accused student disputes the facts upon which the charges are based, the student may appeal to the Vice President for Student Services. If the Vice President for Student Services upholds the decision made by the instructor, the student may request a hearing before the Discipline Committee.
- A student who owes a debt to the District or who writes an “insufficient funds” check to the District may be denied admission or readmission to the District until the debt is paid or the check redeemed.
- Violations of the Penal Statutues of Texas or of the United States occurring on District property or in connection with District-sponsored activities may also constitute violations of the District’s rules and regulations when such violations affect the education process and goals of the District.
- Possession or use of firearms on District controlled property except for educational purposes that have the prior approval of the vice president.
- Interference with teaching, research, administration, or the District’s subsidiary responsibilities through “disorderly conduct” or “disruptive behavior”.
- Use of alcoholic or intoxicating beverages and use of drugs not prescibed by a physician.
- Hazing with or without the consent of a student; a violation of that prohibition renders both the person inflicting the hazing and the person submitting to the hazing subject to appropriate discipline.
- Initiations by organizations may include no feature that is dangerous, harmful, or degrading to the student; a violation of this porhibition renders the organization subject to appropriate discipline.
- Endangering the health or safety of members of the District community or visitors to the campus.
- Damaging or destroying District property.
- Sexual Harrassment.
The following immunizations are required by law according to Section 2.09 of the Texas Education Code Revised May 16, 1999 for all students enrolled in higher education courses involved in direct patient care contact.
All Certified Nurse Aide and Phlebotomy Certification students must submit a copy of the records of the following immunizations with a validation stamp or signature, a signed statement from a physician, or lab report indicating serologic confirmation to your Continuing Education class instructor at the beginning of the class. Do not write dates on this form.
- TETANUS/DIPHTHERIA (Immunization) Students must have proof of tetanus/diphtheria immunization within last 10 years.
- RUBELLA (Immunization or blood test) All students must have proof of one dose of rubella vaccine administered on or after their 1st birthday OR serologic confirmation of rubella immunity or serologic evidence of infection.
- MEASLES (Immunization or blood test) All students born after January 1, 1957 must have proof of two doses of measles vaccines administered on or after their 1st birthday at least 30 days apart OR proof of immunity to measles (serologic confirmation). At least one dose must be completed prior to patient contact. Measles is also known as rubella.
- MUMPS (Immunization or blood test) All students born after January 1, 1957 must have proof of one dose of mumps vaccine administered on or after their 1st birthday OR proof of mumps immunity (serologic confirmation).
- VARICELLA (Immunization, blood test, or history of illness) All students must have one dose of varicella vaccine after their 1st birthday if the vaccine was received prior to the 13th birthday, two doses of varicella vaccine if the vaccine was received after the 13th birthday, serologic confirmation of varicella immunity, or history of varicella (chicken pox) illness validated by student, student’s parents or physician.
- HEPATITIS B (Immunization or blood test) Effective February 15, 2007, all students in TVCC Community Services classes that involve direct patient contact clinicals such as Certified Nurse Aide or Phlebotomy Certification, will be required to provide the following:
- Written proof of all three Hepatitis B shots (copy of shot record)
OR
- Written proof that they have had the first shot* of the three shot series (copy of shot record) and provide the original of their completed and notarized waiver: “Exemption from Immunizations for Reasons of Conscience Affidavit Form” for exemption from the two remaining shots.
OR
- Provide the original of their completed and notarized waiver: “Exemption from Immunizations for Reasons of Conscience Affidavit Form” for exemption from all three shots.
A sample letter which may be used to request an exemption from is available. Once the form is sent to you, please follow the directions and then turn in the original completed form to you instructor.
*One shot provides some protection for Hepatitis B.
- Current TB Test. No older than one year prior to class start date.
Note: A MMR immunization includes one measles, one mumps, and one rubella vaccination.
VALIDATED HISTORY – A statement from student, physician, or parent must be submitted with the following wording: “This is to verify that (student’s name) had varicella (chicken pox) illness on or about (date) and does not need the varicella vaccine.”
PREGNANCY - Requirements for measles, rubella and mumps vaccines are waived during pregnancy. Pregnancy is not a medical contraindication for administration of Tetanus/diphtheria toxoids, but it is best to delay until the second trimester.
Copies of records from physician’s offices, public health department, public schools, other colleges and the military are acceptable. Students should provide the college with a copy of the records. Please do not turn in the originals. RECORDS MUST BE COMPLETE PRIOR TO PARTICIPATION IN CLINICALS.
Note: Students may call the Department of State Health Services Immunization Branch Hotline for assistance on any immunization-related issue, including the interpretation of immunization records. The phone number is (800)252-9152.
In order for clinical affiliates to comply with Joint Commission standards pertaining to due diligence and competency assessment of all individuals whose assignments bring them into contact with patients or employees, employee pre-screening requirements such as drug screens are extended to clinical students. All TVCC Continuing Education health occupation students and faculty must have a negative drug screen before starting clinical rotations.
- After the first day of class, prior to clinical experiences, unannounced drug screens will be performed.
- TVCC will make arrangements for a company that follows the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) guidelines for drug screening. At least one unannounced drug screening time will be scheduled for each class. Upon instruction, the student will provide a photo ID (TX Driver’s License is preferred) and an unobserved collection of urine. The collection techniques will adhere to strict guidelines following chain-of-custody protocol. The company will perform a Substance Abuse Panel 10 (“SAP 10”) with integrity checks for creatinine and pH levels. SAP test results that fall outside any of the acceptable ranges will be considered presumptive-positive tests and will automatically be sent for a separate confirmatory test by a gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GCMS) method. If the results remain non-negative, the TVCC Community Services Division will be notified. A Medical Review Officer (MRO) will call the student to determine if there is a valid prescription for the drug in question. If a valid prescription exists, the test result is deemed to be “negative” and acceptable.
- The student must complete drug screening at the time scheduled by TVCC. It is the student’s responsibility to contact TVCC when absent to inquire about any missed class responsibilities; including checking to see if a drug screening date was missed. In case of an absence, the student must call the drug testing company to make arrangements to get tested at a designated location within 24 hours. The number to call for a drug screen is 1-888-828-5508 or 1-972-633-1388, Ext. 101, and the student must identify themselves as a TVCC/Continuing Education student. This means that each and every student must have the announced drug screening fee available at each class to pay for the screening. Failure to have the fee will be treated the same as an absence. Failure to make arrangements for a make-up drug screen will be interpreted as a refusal for drug testing and the student will be withdrawn from the class.
- The cost of the unannounced drug screen will be the student’s responsibility at the time of testing and is to be paid only with money order or cash.
- Drug screen results will be submitted to the TVCC Community Services Department. The student’s information (includes minor’s information) obtained from the drug screen will be kept confidential and will only be released to third parties by written permission from the student.
- The drug screen will be honored for six months by TVCC for Continuing Education classes. Students will be issued a TVCC Continuing Education Drug Screen ID card to document this validity period. TVCC cannot issue replacement cards should the student lose their card. In such a case, the student will need to re-take the drug screen. The student will be responsible for paying the cost at the time of re-testing (money order or cash).
- A positive result on a drug test will result in the student being withdrawn from class with no tuition refund. Cheating on a drug screening will be considered the same as a positive result.
This policy is subject to periodic updates. Students may request a current copy from the Community Services Division Office in the Orval Pirtle Administration Building on the Athens Campus or by calling 903-675-6212.
Notify the Continuing Education Department, in writing by letter, e-mail (conted@tvcc.edu) or fax (903-675-6388) of intent to withdraw from a class that has already begun.
Full tuition refunds are available for students who notify the Continuing Education Office by 12 noon the business day before the class begins. Means of notification include: phone or voice mail (903-675-6212); in writing by e-mail (conted@tvcc.edu) or fax (903-675-6388); or in person at a TVCC Campus. (There may be some courses for which refunds cannot be made.) No refund is available after the class begins. Refunds will take several days to process.
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In the event TVCC cancels a class before its intended start date, a full tuition refund is available. Students are encouraged to call to confirm their class has made prior to coming to the first class session.
Students may receive Pass (P), Fail (F), or Withdraw (W) or a letter grade (dependent upon course content.)
All classroom assignments are subject to change. You will be notified of any changes either prior to the beginning of the course, or the new classroom location will be posted at the original classroom site.
Students are encouraged to consult the college catalog located at www.tvcc.edu/catalog/catalog/ for current policies concerning student rights and responsibilities including student conduct, discipline and disciplinary procedures.
It is the policy of TVCC’s Community Services Division that ethical and legal consideration in training must be observed at all times by all students. This includes providing all information to meet course prerequisites and enrollment criteria, all classroom work, all assignments, all skills and laboratory work, testing and clinical or practicum work. Any student involved in lying, cheating, plagiarism, drug testing collusion or false representation of any type is in direct violation of TVCC’s Policy of Rights, Conduct and Responsibilities. Scholastic dishonesty of any type jeopardizes the student’s successful completion of the course. Violations of the honesty policy may result in dismissal from the course. Students accused of dishonesty will be afforded due process. The student’s right of appeal is through the Dean of Community Services.
Students dismissed from a class for violation of this policy may not be allowed to enter or re-enter that class or enter another class in the Community Services Department.
TVCC provides Continuing Education Units on permanent transcripts for courses offered through the Community Services/Continuing Education Department. The Continuing Education Unit (CEU) is a nationally recognized method of recording participation in a continuing education program that does not carry credit toward a college degree, but does meet established criteria for increasing knowledge and competencies and is often valued by employers.
One CEU is awarded for each 10 contact hours of participation in an organized, non-credit continuing education program. A student’s credits are transcribed by their name and social security number. Students may choose not to provide TVCC with socail security numbers, but in such cases transcripting will not be accurate and may not be available. TVCC does not release individual socail security numbers of other personal or sensitive information.
We want to make your visit to TVCC campuses a pleasant one. If you are enrolled in a daytime course, you will be provided with a temporary parking permit. Should you receive a parking ticket while attending a Community Services/Continuing Education course, please send it to us along with your name and the course you were taking. There will be no charge.
The Continuing education Division works closely with the credit programs to offer concurrent enrollment in some credit classes through the Learning for Living Academy. This is sometimes referred to as “piggyback classes”. Space may be limited for concurrent participants.
Participants in concurrent courses are expected to attend class regularly, complete assignments, and participate in class. Learning for Living Academy class hours cannot be converted to credit hours. If you wish to receive semester credit hours you must register as a credit student.
Students may request in writing a copy of their non-credit CEU transcript by providing the TVCC Community Services Department with their name and social security number. Contact the office at 903-675-6212 for specific information and transcript request form.
In compliance with the Texas “Open Records” Act and the Buckley Amendment (Public Law 93-579), TVCC will consider the following information to be “public or directory information” unless the individual student or employee advises TVCC Community Services in writing that his or her name not be included or released as public information:
Name
Date and Place of Birth
Current and Permanent Address
Telephone Listing
Dates of Attendance
Awards Received (Certificates, licensures, etc.)
Students may request non-disclosure of personal information in writing.
This information is being provided to all new college students in the state of Texas. Bacterial meningitis is a serious, potentially deadly disease that can progress extremely fast —so take utmost caution. It is an inflammation of the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. The bacteria that causes meningitis can also infect the blood. This disease strikes about 3,000 Americans each year, including 100-125 on college campuses, leading to 5-15 deaths among college students every year. There is a treatment, but those who survive may develop severe health problems or disabilities.
- What are the symptoms?
- High fever • Severe headache
- Rash or purple patches on skin • Vomiting
- Light sensitivity • Stiff neck
- Confusion and sleepiness • Nausea
- Lethargy
- Seizures
There may be a rash of tiny, red-purple spots caused by bleeding under the skin. These can occur anywhere on the body.
The more symptoms, the higher the risk, so when these symptoms appear seek immediate medical attention.
How is bacterial meningitis diagnosed?
- Diagnosis is made by a medical provider and is usually based on a combination of clinical symptoms and laboratory results from spinal fluid and blood tests.
- Early diagnosis and treatment can greatly improve the likelihood of recovery.
How is the disease transmitted?
The disease is transmitted when people exchange saliva (such as by kissing, or sharing drinking containers, utensils, cigarettes, toothbrushes, etc.) or come in contact with respiratory or throat secretions.
How do you increase your risk of getting bacterial meningitis?
- Exposure to saliva by sharing cigarettes, water bottles, eating utensils, food, kissing, etc.
- Living in close conditions (such as sharing a room/suite in a dorm or group home).
What are the possible consequences of the disease?
- Death (in 8 to 24 hours from perfectly well to dead)
- Permanent brain damage
- Kidney failure
- Learning disability
- Hearing loss, blindness
- Limb damage (fingers, toes, arms, legs) that requires amputation
- Gangrene
- Coma
- Convulsions
Can the disease be treated?
- Antibiotic treatment, if received early, can save lives and chances of recovery are increased. However, permanent disability or death can still occur.
- Vaccinations are available and should be considered for:
- Those living in close quarters
- College students 25 years old or younger
- Vaccinations are effective against 4 of the 5 most common bacterial types that cause 70% of the disease in the U.S. (but does not protect against all types of meningitis).
- Vaccinations take 7-10 days to become effective, with protection lasting
3-5 years.
- The cost of vaccine varies, so check with your health care provider.
- Vaccination is very safe—most common side effects are redness and minor pain at injection site for up to two days.
- Vaccination is available at your own health care provider.
How can I find out more information?