Continuing Education at WITCC

Adult Basic Education/GED Preparation

Do you want to... Earn your GED? Go on to college? Get a job? Get a better job?
If you answered "yes" to any of the above, but need to improve your reading, writing, math, or communications skills first, the best place to start is Western Iowa Tech!
For Sioux City classes, call the location where you'd like to attend.
For the Cherokee, Denison, Ida Grove, Le Mars, or Onawa classes, register during the time class is scheduled.
Classes are FREE, for adults 18 and older, self-paced so you work as quickly as you want, and easy to start.
For more information, contact Chris Case at 712-274-8733, ext. 1285, 800-352-4649, or casec@witcc.edu.

Sioux City

Location: WITCC Campus, 4647 Stone Avenue, Student Success Center, 274-8733 ext 1418 or 1803
Time: M-Th 8am - 2pm, F 9am - 12pm
Instructors: Brenda Sweeney, Susanna Lee

Time: M/T/W/Th 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Instructors: Ruth Hansen
Daytime and evening orientations are scheduled regularly for adults who want to enroll in Sioux City Adult Basic Education/ GED Preparation classes.

Cherokee

Location: WITCC Campus Conference Center, 200 Victory Drive
Time: W 6:30pm - 9pm
Instructor: Lynn Kintigh

Denison

Location: WITCC Campus, Room B4
Time: T/Th 5:30 - 8:30pm
Instructor: Jane Rothe-Hagge

Ida Grove

Location: Ida Grove Library, 100 East 2nd Street
Time: T/Th, 1 pm -3 pm
Instructor: Donna Georgopoulos

Le Mars

Location: Individualized Learning Center, 410 4th St SW
Time: T 5:30 - 8:30pm
Instructor: Cindy Wilberding

Onawa

Location: West Monona High School, 1314 - 15th Street, Multi-Purpose Room
Time: W 5pm - 8pm
Instructor: Mindy Madsen

General Educational Development (GED) Testing

Facts about the GED

GED graduates earn an average of $7,000 per year more than those without a GED or high school diploma.
The GED diploma is accepted by more than 95 percent of U.S. employers, colleges, and universities.
Four out of ten high school graduates could not pass the GED tests.
97 percent of WITCC GED candidates pass!

To earn your GED, you must pass the five GED tests: Reading, Math, Writing, Social Studies, and Science.

Testing is available in Sioux City, Le Mars, Cherokee, and Denison.
Testing fee is $80.
Free pretests are administered (through the Adult Basic Education/GED Preparation classrooms) to assess your readiness for GED testing.

PLEASE NOTE: Persons seeking to meet the Iowa High School Equivalency Diploma requirements should be aware of companies that claim to offer the Test of General Education Development (GED) over the Internet or through correspondence courses. Ther are no online correspondence testing programs recognized by the General Education Devleopment Testing Service (GEDTS) of the American Council on Education (ACE). Persons can only take the Official GED Test Battery at an approved Iowa GED test center. The only way to receive an Iowa High School Equivalency Diploma is to successfully pass the Official GED Test Battery by Iowa state standards.

Sioux City WITCC Campus GED Testing

Tuesdays 9 am, 1 pm, 6:30 pm
Wednesdays 1 pm
Thursdays 9 am, 1 pm
For an appointment or for more information, contact: Nicole Nelson at 712-274-6420 or 800-352-4649, ext. 6420.