Monday, July 03, 2006
Homebuyer Education 2006
The Coalition office has been a very active place lately. Our homebuyer education classes are occurring much more regularly, allowing greater flexibility to those who are taking the classes. The homebuyer education classes now happen every Tuesday and Thursday evening from 6 to 8 p.m.
With the new flexibility is a new curriculum. We are now using the Realizing the American Dream materials that are produced by NeighborWorks. This has caused us to increase our classes from four to five. The additional class gives us the opportunity to cover more material and focus more intensely on many of the areas of homeownership. We are very excited about the changes that have been occurring in this area of our work!!
As if changes to the times and curriculum were not enough, we are now offering the classes in Spanish on a regular basis. The first two Saturdays of each month are dedicated to providing this service. We are rotating the class locations between the Coalition office and the Alerta office in Belvidere.
Finally, our staff is now 100% certified for the classes. All of our staff have completed the required training for teaching the classes. Anna received the training in early April, taking the training class and the exam in Spanish. This will help ease the class demands for all of us by spreading out the teaching responsibilities.
With the new flexibility is a new curriculum. We are now using the Realizing the American Dream materials that are produced by NeighborWorks. This has caused us to increase our classes from four to five. The additional class gives us the opportunity to cover more material and focus more intensely on many of the areas of homeownership. We are very excited about the changes that have been occurring in this area of our work!!
As if changes to the times and curriculum were not enough, we are now offering the classes in Spanish on a regular basis. The first two Saturdays of each month are dedicated to providing this service. We are rotating the class locations between the Coalition office and the Alerta office in Belvidere.
Finally, our staff is now 100% certified for the classes. All of our staff have completed the required training for teaching the classes. Anna received the training in early April, taking the training class and the exam in Spanish. This will help ease the class demands for all of us by spreading out the teaching responsibilities.
