Compendiums: Lists of URLs related to Schools
- Bay Area Colleges and Universities
- BPPVE's (CA Bureau for Private Post-Secondary Vocation Education) "School Search" page
Local Academic Institutions (i.e., can grant an academic degree/diploma)
- S R J C / Santa Rosa Junior College (on ETPL for many programs)
- S C O E / Sonoma County Office of Education
- R O P Dept of SCOE (FREE vocational training in many technical skills)
- Sonoma College (on ETPL for a few programs)
- S S U / Sonoma State University (on ETPL for a few programs)
- University of Northern California
- University of Phoenix
Training and Education Support Agencies
- Directory of WIA (Workforce Investment Act) agencies throughout the state
- Our Sonoma County Job Link which includes the County's administrating representatives of the WIA (Workforce Investment Act) for local training and employment services
- CA Bureau for Private Post-Secondary Vocational Education (CA Department of Consumer Affairs)
- CAPPS - California Association of Private Post-secondary Schools
- La Cooperativa- A job training, employment, information and services resource for farmworkers, advocates
and service providers.
- State of CA Employment Development Dept (EDD) "Trade Adjustment Act" (pdf description) laid off due to outsourcing out of U.S.
- State of CA Employment Development Dept (EDD) "California Training Benefits" (pdf description) Unemployment Insurance benefits continuation for school
- Experience Works - training services for seniors
- North Bay Interns - Internships in Marin and Sonoma County
- Californina Department of Rehabilitation - services to people with disabilities
- "Disability Benefits 101" - learn what's available in your situation.
Local Internship Programs (individual schools often coordinate internships and extern
- County of Sonoma's Internship Proram
- North Bay Interns - Internships in Marin and Sonoma County
Apprenticeships
- State of CA Dept. of Ind.Relns., Div. of APPRENTICESHIP Standards
- Apprenticeship (State DIR/DAS)
- Apprenticeship Program Information (scroll down to the pull down menues to search programs by "County" and/or "Occupation")
- Apprenticeship training programs available in California with links to descriptions.
- Northern California Laborers Training Center
- Local 551 Electrical Workers Union Apprenticeship
- Teamsters (Union) apprenticeship training for northern California
Local Private Post-Secondary Vocational Training Agencies
- Directory of local vocational schools (CA Bureau of Private Post-Secondary Vocational Education directory)
- E T P L - Eligible Training Provider List (State of California list of schools approved for federal Workforce Investment Act funding)
- Alchemy Institute of Healing Arts
- American Red Cross - nursing training (on ETPL)
- Anthony Schools of Real Estate
- Assistance Dog Institute
- Bar Tenders School (no job listings)
- Bauman College: Holistic Nutrition and Culinary Arts (previously "I E T") (on ETPL)
- Boston Reed ("Clinical Medical Ass't." on ETPL)
- CHDC/ Anthony Soto Employment Training Ctr. (on ETPL)
- California School of Herbal Studies
- Career Transitions (on ETPL)
- CompUSA computer & I.T. Training SuperCenter
- Community Education at SRJC
- Computer Recycling Center (not a school; provides tech-training & experience for schools/students)
- Crocker Learning Center
- Empire College (on ETPL)
- EZ Accounting - basics, terminology, tutorial, etc.
- GEI Technology, Inc. - (classroom in R.P.) engineering software training, i.e., SolidWorks
- H & R Block Training School
- Hypnotherapy Training Institute
- IMIT / Information Management Instruction Training (on ETPL for "Admin. Asst." only)
- IET / Institute for Educational Therapy - changed name to Bauman College -- see above
- J Bass & Associates (on ETPL)
- Julie Nation Academy Model and Talent Management - scroll down first page for course list.
- Lewis Adult Education Center (on ETPL)
- Lytles Redwood Empire Beauty College (on ETPL)
- New College of California / North Bay Campus - click "Jobs at..." on left
- Person Centered Expressive Therapy Institute
- Petaluma Adult School ("Basic Computer" and "Job Readiness" on ETPL)
- Ramekins Sonoma Valley Culinary School
- Relish Culinary School (no job listings)
- S R J C Tech Academy (Petaluma)
- S R J C Community Education
- Santa Rosa Recreation and Parks Classes
- Sebastopol Massage Center (on ETPL)
- Sonoma College (in Petaluma) - degree and certificate programs in Allied Health and Homeland Response and Emergency Management
Specialized Vocational Training Agencies and Related Organizations outside of the area
- Academy of Art College, S.F.
- Boston Reed (health/medical training)
- C Ed M A - Computer Education Management Ass'n.
- California Culinary Academy
- California Truck Driving Schools
- Cert Cities - certifying I.T. professionals
- Concord Law School (self-asssessment page)
- Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences
- GCF Global Learning - Offering free, beginning computer courses and other learning opportunities
- Microsoft Training & Certification Home Page
- On-Line Computer Training Schools Directory
- Prometric - professional testing and certification
- Seminar Finder; find professional presentations on hundreds of subjects all over.
- Sequioa Intitute - Auto Tech & HVAC
- Tech Skills (closest location: S.F.)
- Webmonkey -- web design
- Webster Institute (tech-writers)
Academic institutions outside of the area ("Distance Learning")
- Sloan-C Catalog of On-Line Educational Programs
- Free Academy of Career Training - On-line/fee/high-tech/I.T.
- 'geteducated.com' -- distance learning consulting firm
- MindLeaders e-Learning
- New College of California, North Bay Campus
- Virtual University
Financial Aid Resources
- 'Scholarships.com'
- "FinAid" smart student guide to financial aid
- JFCS Financial Aid Center
- fastWEB! (Financial Aid Search Through the Web)
- CollegeBoard (paying for college)
- The Gray Foundation - a Sonoma County focused college scholarship of $1000 for local HS/GED grads
- Rankin Foundation (paying partial college tuition for mature low income women U.S. citizens)
- Scholarship Search
- Scholarships On-Line: Scholarship Finder
- Scholarship Scam Alert
- Woodrow Wilson Scholarships to projects by artists and humanists
- "Paying for College" from WiredScholar.com