We are excited to bring educational opportunities to Plattsmouth and surrounding communities. Beyond credit and leisure learning courses, we also offer GED®/English Language Learner classes, and continuing education classes.
Our Learning Center offers students online learning options to our campuses, dual credit classes, student support with registration, advising, testing and much more.
We rent our classroom space to individuals or businesses needing a meeting area. If your business or organization is in need of training, ask us how we can help you customize training opportunities.
The six Learning Centers are geographically distributed across the service area to maximize the number of individuals living within a 35-mile radius from each of the centers. Each Learning Center offers credit and non-credit courses, as well as business and industry training.
Visit or call the Plattsmouth
Learning Center
537 Main Street, Plattsmouth, NE 68048
402-437-2298
Summer Office Hours
Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Additional times are available by request
A limited number of credit and Dual Credit Advantage classes are offered toward completing General Education classes at SCC:
- Prerequisite classes for Health Science programs
- Beginning program courses
- A portion of the Associate of Arts degree
As the College submits and receives approval from the Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Post-Secondary Education to offer entire programs at each Learning Center, the classes offered will expand. Class locations include the Learning Centers, high schools, libraries, and other facilities in the area.
How to Get Registered:
First, fill out the Visiting Student Application. You will receive a confirmation email at the email address you provided on your
application.
If you are new to SCC, in 24-48 hours, you will receive an email with your unique SCC username and instructions to create your password. Once you've created your password, you can proceed with registering for the course using the instructions provided in the first email you received.
If you already have your username and password, you can follow the instructions in the email to get registered.
Print a Credit Courses Registration Form
Spring 2025 Semester
HLTH-1150 Nursing Assistant (Hybrid)
Dates: Jan. 22-March 19
Days: Mon. & Wed.
Time: 4:30-9 p.m.
Location: Learning Center at Plattsmouth, Room 101
Cost: NE Resident: $369/Non-Resident: $432
Semester Credits: 3.0
Course Number: HLTH-1150-HBPL8
More Information
How to Register
The Learning Center at Plattsmouth offers a selection of noncredit workforce opportunities that serves the region. If you are interested in…
- Enhancing a skill
- Recertification in a trade
- Starting a new career path, or
- Simply making your life more satisfying
Print a Non-credit Courses Registration Form (PDF)
If you don’t see a class listed, please click on the "Suggest a class"link.
July-December 2024
- Abuse & Neglect Prevention
for Nursing Assistants - Online - Breastfeeding Education for Providers - LIVE Online
- Intravenous Therapy Current Standards of Practice - Online
- The Employee Experience - LIVE Online
- Human Resource Certificate of Professional Development - LIVE Online
- NEW! AI Engineer - LIVE Online
- Blogging for Beginners - LIVE Online
- How to Use Artificial Intelligence: Using ChatGPT - LIVE Online
- Learn the New Way to Pay: PayPal, Venmo & More . . . - LIVE Online
- Online Buying & Selling - LIVE Online
- Tired of Cable TV, Dish or Direct TV? Cut the Cord! - LIVE Online
- What is Artificial Intelligence? - LIVE Online
- Zoom: Everyone’s Doing It! - Plattsmouth or LIVE Online
- NEW! Customer Service Training for Front-Line Employees - Plattsmouth (PDF)
- NEW! Customer Service Training for Supervisors - Plattsmouth (PDF)
- Developing a Project Management Mindset - LIVE Online
- NEW! Improved Employee Coaching (for Supervisors/Managers) - Plattsmouth (PDF)
- Managing Project Risk - LIVE Online
- Project Leader: Servant Leader - LIVE Online
- NEW! AI Engineer - LIVE Online
- NEW! AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner - LIVE Online
- NEW! AWS Certified Developer-Associate - LIVE Online
- NEW! AWS Certified Solutions Architect - LIVE Online
- NEW! AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - LIVE Online
- Back-End Developer Bootcamp - LIVE Online
- Digital Marketing - LIVE Online
- Front-End Software Developer Bootcamp - LIVE Online
- NEW! IT Specialist Computational Thinking - LIVE Online
- NEW! IT Specialist Data Analytics - LIVE Online
- NEW! IT Specialist Python - LIVE Online
- NEW! Networking for Home-Based Business - LIVE Online
- Starting a Small Business - LIVE Online
The Learning Center at Plattsmouth offers a variety of leisure and personal enrichment classes at the Learning Center, high schools, libraries and other facilities in the communities with the region. These classes are to…
- Discover a new hobby
- Enhance a skill
- Meet new friends
- Add variety to your daily routine
Print a Non-credit Courses Registration Form (PDF)
If you don’t see a class listed, please click on the "Suggest a class" link.
Fall 2024
- Backyard Bird Feeding - LIVE Online
- Bird Watching for Beginners - LIVE Online
- NEW! Create a Butterfly, Bee & Bird Garden - Louisville
- Abstract Painting - LIVE Online
- Acrylic Painting: Pumpkins & Gnome - Plattsmouth
- Advanced Soap Making - Louisville
- Bob Ross: Winter Window - Elmwood
- Christmas Compass OR Geometric Barn Quilt - Elmwood
- NEW! Christmas Crafting Day Camp - Louisville
- NEW! Copper-Embossed Christmas Ornaments - Elmwood
- Creating Pottery - Louisville
- Creating Pottery Ornaments - Louisville
- Crochet Your Way - Plattsmouth
- Cross Stitch for Beginners - Elmwood or Plattsmouth
- “Get Rustic” Gratitude Journals - LIVE Online
- Gratitude, Gimmicks & Going the Extra Mile - LIVE Online
- Impasto Floral Painting - LIVE Online
- Individualized Art, Craft or Hobby Instruction - Plattsmouth
- Intro to Canva - LIVE Online
- Intro to Printmaking - Elmwood
- Learn to Crochet - Plattsmouth
- Old Fashioned Soap Making - Louisville
- NEW! Painting Big Bold Blooms with Acrylics - Louisville or LIVE Online
- Pictures Galore, Organizing & More! - LIVE Online
- Pottery Sgraffito - Louisville
- NEW! Practice German through Art - LIVE Online
- NEW! Quilted Ornaments - Elmwood, Louisville or Plattsmouth
- Scrapbook Workshop - Plattsmouth
- Shutterfly - LIVE Online
- Slow-Stitched Pumpkin Pillows - Plattsmouth
- Watercolor for the Holidays - Louisville
- NEW! New Theatre Bus Trip: An Old-Fashioned Family Murder - Depart from Plattsmouth
- Air Fryer 101 - LIVE Online
- Basic Art of Cookie Decorating: Holiday Edition - Louisville
- Charcuterie: What Did You Say? - Louisville
- NEW! Creating from the Herb Garden - Louisville
- Dips for Fall - Plattsmouth
- Exam Prep — CDM Credentialing Exam - Online
- Fall Gardening - LIVE Online
- NEW! Starting Your Food Truck Business - LIVE Online
- Taste of the Tailgate - Plattsmouth
- Beginning Line Dance - Plattsmouth
- Co-Parenting: Working Together for Your Children - Online
- Level 2 Co-Parenting: Working Together for Your Children - Online (PDF)
- Long-Term Care Cost Planning - LIVE Online
- Medicare Open Enrollment - Plattsmouth
- Social Security 101: Understanding This Retirement Benefit - LIVE Online
- Advanced Soap Making - Louisville
- Backyard Bird Feeding - LIVE Online
- Bird Watching for Beginners - LIVE Online
- NEW! Christmas Crafting Day Camp - Louisville
- Christmas Compass OR Geometric Barn Quilt - Elmwood
- NEW! Copper-Embossed Christmas Ornaments - Elmwood
- NEW! Create a Butterfly, Bee & Bird Garden - Louisville
- NEW! Creating from the Herb Garden - Louisville
- Creating Pottery Ornaments - Louisville
- Fall Gardening - LIVE Online
- Old Fashioned Soap Making - Louisville
- NEW! Quilted Ornaments - Elmwood, Louisville or Plattsmouth
- NEW! AI Engineer - LIVE Online
- How to Use Artificial Intelligence: Using ChatGPT - LIVE Online
- Intro to Canva - LIVE Online
- One-on-One Computer Training - Plattsmouth Area
- NEW! Practice German through Art - LIVE Online
- Advanced Soap Making - Louisville
- Beginning Line Dance - Plattsmouth
- NEW! Creating from the Herb Garden - Louisville
- Creative Writing - LIVE Online
- NEW! Finding Your Inspiration - LIVE Online
- Fit for Living - Plattsmouth or LIVE Online
- Gratitude, Gimmicks & Going the Extra Mile - LIVE Online
- Old Fashioned Soap Making - Louisville
- Yoga - Plattsmouth
- NEW! Household Finances for Entrepreneurs - LIVE Online
- Long-Term Care Cost Planning - LIVE Online
- Making a Plan for Your Money - LIVE Online
- Medicare Open Enrollment - Plattsmouth
- Social Security 101: Understanding This Retirement Benefit - LIVE Online
- Starting a Small Business - LIVE Online
- NEW! Starting Your Food Truck Business - LIVE Online
- Intro to Canva - LIVE Online
- Pictures Galore, Organizing & More! - LIVE Online
- Scrapbook Workshop - Plattsmouth
- Shutterfly - LIVE Online
- AI Engineer - LIVE Online
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner - LIVE Online
- AWS Certified Developer-Associate - LIVE Online
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - LIVE Online
- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - LIVE Online
- Back-End Developer Bootcamp - LIVE Online
- Data Engineering Bootcamp - LIVE Online
- Digital Marketing - LIVE Online
- Front-End Software Developer Bootcamp - LIVE Online
- IT Specialist Computational Thinking - LIVE Online
- IT Specialist Data Analytics - LIVE Online
- IT Specialist Python - LIVE Online
- NEW! Household Finances for Entrepreneurs - LIVE Online
- Networking for Home-Based Business - LIVE Online
- Starting a Small Business - LIVE Online
- NEW! Starting Your Food Truck Business - LIVE Online
- One-on-One Smart Device Training - Plattsmouth Area
- Smartphone Basics: Android - LIVE Online
- Smartphone Basics: iPhone - LIVE Online
- Smartphone Next Level: For iPhone or Android - LIVE Online
- Creative Writing - LIVE Online
- The Doolittle Raiders, The Bombing of Tokyo - Plattsmouth
- NEW! Finding Your Inspiration - LIVE Online
- The Francis Gary Powers U-2 Incident - Plattsmouth
- Gratitude, Gimmicks & Going the Extra Mile - LIVE Online
- Mutually-Assured Destruction - Plattsmouth
- The Story of the SR‑71 Blackbird - Plattsmouth
- Tuskegee Airmen - Plattsmouth
- NEW! Understanding the GED® Process - LIVE Online
- Backyard Bird Feeding - LIVE Online
- Beginning Line Dance - Plattsmouth
- Bird Watching for Beginners - LIVE Online
- Fit for Living - Plattsmouth or LIVE Online
- Yoga - Plattsmouth
ABE/GED® and ESL courses
Classes begin monthly, please contact Jodi Anderson at 402-437-2719 for details.
| CITY / LOCATION | SCHEDULE |
|---|---|
| Learning Center at Plattsmouth | ABE/GED® Tuesday 6-9 p.m. and Thursdays 8-11 a.m. |
Basic Skills Improvement/GED® Preparation Classes
ABE/GED® classes run continuously in locations throughout southeast Nebraska. Adult Basic Education classes help students improve their basic skills for work, school, employment, GED® testing, or self-satisfaction. Students are assessed during orientation to determine their specific needs, and instruction is based accordingly. Teachers and tutors provide confidential instruction to all participants.
Volunteer Tutors Needed
Volunteer tutors are an important part of our ABE/GED® program. Volunteer tutors assist students with GED® preparation, English as a Second Language or basic skills in the areas of reading, math and language. Requirements for becoming a volunteer tutor are simple: a high school diploma or GED® and a willingness to help students learn! For more information on becoming a volunteer, please contact Elizabeth Williams at 402-437-2666 or email ewilliams@southeast.com.
English as a Second Language
Classes are offered throughout southeast Nebraska for individuals who want to improve their English listening and speaking skills. As part of a Career Pathways program, all students will have the opportunity to improve employability skills and prepare for college or a career. Citizenship information also is available.
No registration fee, all classes are free.
For more information on Basic Skills, GED® Preparation, English as a Second Language, please contact the Adult Education office at 402-437-2719; or email janderson1@southeast.edu.
Additional Scholarship and Financial Assistance Opportunities:
- General Continuing Education Scholarship
Assistance for noncredit classes at any of SCC’s locations. - Gap Assistance Program
Assistance for students taking non-credit courses that lead to jobs in high-demand fields. - SCC Institutional Scholarships
Assistance for credit classes at any of SCC’s locations. - Southeast Nebraska Community Action (SENCA) (PDF)
SENCA is providing an opportunity for financial assistance for qualifying students for short-term skills-enhancing training and classes. Completed applications should be returned to your local SENCA office or mailed to:
SENCA
PO Box 646
Humboldt, NE 68376
Placement Testing – Next-Generation ACCUPLACER®: This is one of the course placement tests utilized by SCC and other Nebraska community colleges. The Center provides the Next-Generation ACCUPLACER® test free to high school students ages 16 and older. High school graduates receive one free test. Additional tests cost $15 each.
Proctor Tests: Center staff proctor tests set up by SCC faculty for students in their class for free. Proctoring tests for other colleges is $25 per test.
Connection to SCC Services: The Learning Center staff is available to assist in making connections via phone or video with SCC services. In-person meetings at the LC may also be arranged.