Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Prepare yourself for employment opportunities as a nursing assistant in extended care facilities, hospitals, home health and hospice situations. This course meets the requirements for Idaho certification of nursing assistants. Clinical hours may be outside normal class hours, but students will be provided clinical dates at least one month in advance. This is a time intensive course. Please consider other commitments and use discretion before registering for the course. In alignment with state requirements, students are required to attend 100% of the course to complete the program successfully. Clinical facilities may require proof of COVID vaccinations prior to clinical rotations. CNA courses are available with several options: 12 Week–Daytime class: meets 6 hours/session; twice/week14 Week–Evening class: meets 5 hours/session; twice/week16 Week– Web Supplemented Daytime class: meets 6 hours/ skills session; meets every other week20 Week–Daytime class meets 3 hours/session; twice/week;(allows student more time for learning and skill mastery.) Note: BACKGROUND CHECK/Drug Screening ISU does not generally perform background checks or drug screening in the CNA program, except in our State Hospital South Course, where both are required. If you have a criminal history that will prevent you from passing a background check you may want to reconsider taking this course as you will not be able to work as a CNA. Please refer to the Idaho Criminal History Unit website at https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/bcu. See ‘denials.’ Once course has begun, you will be ineligible for reimbursement or transfer of course fees. If we are informed of a past crime or positive drug screen during the course, we must inform the clinical agency and allow them to decide if the student can rotate. If denied clinical, the student will be unable to finish the course. This course meets the following requirements for Idaho registration of nursing assistants: 1) 88 hours of classroom instruction (including discussion, videos, hands-on lab experiences) 2) 32 hours clinical experience in health care facilities 3) Guidance preparing for manual skills testing and written exam as required by the State of Idaho for placement on state registry. Additional costs include: Textbooks, BLS Healthcare Provider CPR training, clinical attire, clinical tools and immunizations. Clinical hours may be outside normal class hours, but student will be provided clinical dates at least one month in advance. In alignment with state requirements, students are required to attend 100% of the course to complete the program successfully. Please see registration handout for more information. Accreditation: Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Idaho Board of Nursing, Idaho Division of Career Technical Education Computer requirements: A computer and hard drive with adequate memory, high-speed Internet access, up-to-date internet browser, basic Microsoft package (Word), Adobe Acrobat Reader.

• 120 contact hours
• 3 sections available

American Politics and Human Rights

This talk will explore the current state of human rights across a broad spectrum to include other world views and progress. The United States is only one of eight countries, and the only Western democracy, that has not ratified the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Is American Politics in 2026 moving the human rights forum forward, backward, or bother directions in different aspects?

• 1.50 contact hours
• 2 sections available

Jim Dandy Brewing - Tour and Brew Tasting

Tour the brewery at Jim Dandy’s to learn the important steps of the brewing process from start to finish. After the tour, participate in tasting four Jim Dandy beers while enjoying some snacks.

• 1.50 contact hours
• 1 section available

AHA Heartcode BLS Provider CPR - Online Blended Learning

Heartcode BLS Provider CPR is an online blended learning course option ideal for students recertifying or with a previous CPR background. Students will be emailed a ‘key’ to access the online course. After completing the online portion, students attend a structured BLS Hands-On Session with an AHA Instructor. Students will need to present the course certificate to the instructor at the two-hour hands-on session. Hands-on Session: 2 Hours Fee: $65 (includes an online course, hands-on session with AHA instructor, and certification card) The online portion must be completed and the student will need to present the course certificate to the instructor at the two-hour hands-on session. Important Information: Students will be sent an email within 2 business days of enrollment with instructions for accessing and completing the online portion of the course. To allow time to complete the online component prior to the in-person session, the deadline for enrollment in this course is 3 business days before the in-person session. Students who withdraw from the course after the online access instructions are mailed out may only receive a refund minus the cost of the online component, which is $34. Online learning portion of class: 3 Hours, Hands-on Session: 2.5 Hours

• 3 - 5 contact hours
• 5 sections available

Beginning Photo Editing with Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop

Ready to turn good photos into great ones? This hands-on introductory course will teach the fundamentals of photo editing using Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop. Designed for beginners and hobby photographers, the class will cover a practical editing workflow from organizing images to making creative and corrective edits. Students will learn essential editing and photo processing techniques including improving composition through cropping, adjusting lighting and exposure, enhancing color, making selective edits, and understanding how to work with layers in Photoshop. We will also explore modern editing tools such as removing distracting objects or people and using AI-powered features to enhance and refine images. Requirements: Students must bring their own laptop and purchase an active subscription to Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop prior to the start of class. Some familiarity with basic computer skills is necessary, but no prior photo editing experience is required.

• 8 contact hours
• 1 section available

Photography for Stock Photos

Imagine seeing your photos featured on websites across the Internet, accompanying web pages in various languages from around the world! This class is for people who want to take their photos into the stock photo realm. You will learn what types of photos are in demand, how to give them a professional look, and how to read the tea leaves of upcoming trends so you can get your photos out there before everyone else! Using your camera or iPhone, you will be given tips and instruction on composition, photography skills, subject matter, and researching and recognizing what’s hot before the crowd figures it out first. The instructor is an accomplished stock photographer on Unsplash.com. This is a class for all levels of photographers: from beginners to more advanced. The course will include "field trips” wherein we meet in places around town or in the area to get photos. You will need to have a DSLR camera, mirrorless camera, quality point-and-shoot, or a smartphone with good camera capabilities for this course.

What's in Your Collection

Are you a collector? Want to brag about your collection? Or maybe you just want to see what other people find so fascinating. If so, join us as we explore the weird and wonderful world of the collector! Attendees will be contacted prior to the class and asked if they would like to share a few photos (or the live(ish) items) from their collection and say a few words about it (like how many they have, why they collect it, and what got them started, all in about 2-5 minutes each). If you'd rather just listen, that's okay too.

Polymer Clay Beads

Learning to make and decorate polymer clay beads and using them to make a keychain!

• 2 contact hours
• 3 sections available

Fused Glass Christmas Candle

Decorate a pre-cut fused glass piece to create a beautiful Christmas themed piece with candles and poinsettias. You’ll be using fused glass of varied shapes and sizes to create a unique gift for yourself or someone else in time for the holidays.

• 2 contact hours
• 1 section available