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 Learning Center at Plattsmouth
537 Main Street, Plattsmouth, NE 68048
402-437-2298
Office Hours
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 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
- Exam Prep — CDM Credentialing Exam - Online
- Abuse & Neglect Prevention
for Nursing Assistants - Online - Intravenous Therapy Current Standards of Practice - Online
- NEW! AI Engineer - 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
- Starting a Small Business - LIVE Online
January-June 2025
- CPR - HeartCode® Basic Life Support Online + Skills Session (for Health Care Professionals) - Plattsmouth
- Heartsaver® CPR AED Online + Skills Session (Community) - Plattsmouth
- Heartsaver® First Aid Online + Skills Session - Plattsmouth
- Exam Prep - CDM Credentialing Exam - Online
- Abuse & Neglect Prevention for Nursing Assistants - Online
- Breastfeeding Education for Providers - LIVE Online
- Intravenous Therapy Current Standards of Practice - Online
- Protecting Your License Through Patient Advocacy - Online
- Human Resource Certificate of Professional Development - Online
- Developing a Project Management Mindset - LIVE Online
- NEW! Manage Everything (Almost) with SmartSheet - LIVE Online
- NEW! Manage Your Event with SmartSheet - LIVE Online
- Managing Project Risk - LIVE Online
- NEW! A Plate Full of Everyday PM Tools - LIVE Online
- Project Leader: Servant Leader - LIVE Online
- One-on-One Computer Training - Plattsmouth Area
- One-on-One Smart Device Training - Plattsmouth Area
- AI Engineer - LIVE Online
- Back-End Developer Bootcamp - LIVE Online
- Data Engineering Bootcamp - LIVE Online
- Digital Marketing - LIVE Online
- Front-End Software Developer Bootcamp - LIVE Online
- Starting a Small Business - LIVE Online
- NEW! Manage Everything (Almost) with SmartSheet - LIVE Online
- NEW! Manage Your Event with SmartSheet - LIVE Online
- NEW! A Plate Full of Everyday PM Tools - 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
- Bird Watching for Beginners - LIVE Online
- Abstract Painting - LIVE Online
- Acrylic Painting: Gnome - Plattsmouth
- Advanced Soap Making - Louisville
- Bob Ross: Winter Window - Elmwood
- NEW! Christmas Crafting Day Camp - Louisville
- NEW! Copper-Embossed Christmas Ornaments - Elmwood
- Creating Pottery Ornaments - Louisville
- Cross Stitch for Beginners - Elmwood or Plattsmouth
- Gratitude, Gimmicks & Going the Extra Mile - LIVE Online
- Individualized Art, Craft or Hobby Instruction - Plattsmouth
- NEW! Painting Big Bold Blooms with Acrylics - LIVE Online
- Pictures Galore, Organizing & More! - LIVE Online
- NEW! Quilted Ornaments - Plattsmouth
- Scrapbook Workshop - Plattsmouth
- Shutterfly - LIVE Online
- Watercolor for the Holidays - Louisville
- Basic Art of Cookie Decorating: Holiday Edition - Louisville
- Exam Prep — CDM Credentialing Exam - Online
- NEW! Starting Your Food Truck Business - LIVE Online
- Taste of the Tailgate - Plattsmouth
- Co-Parenting: Working Together for Your Children - Online
- Level 2 Co-Parenting: Working Together for Your Children - Online
- Long-Term Care Cost Planning - LIVE Online
- Medicare Open Enrollment - Plattsmouth (PDF)
- Advanced Soap Making - Louisville
- Bird Watching for Beginners - LIVE Online
- NEW! Christmas Crafting Day Camp - Louisville
- NEW! Copper-Embossed Christmas Ornaments - Elmwood
- Creating Pottery Ornaments - Louisville
- NEW! Quilted Ornaments - Plattsmouth
- NEW! AI Engineer - LIVE Online
- One-on-One Computer Training - Plattsmouth Area
- Advanced Soap Making - Louisville
- Creative Writing - LIVE Online
- Gratitude, Gimmicks & Going the Extra Mile - LIVE Online
- 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 (PDF)
- Starting a Small Business - LIVE Online
- NEW! Starting Your Food Truck Business - 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
- Starting a Small Business - LIVE Online
- NEW! Starting Your Food Truck Business - LIVE Online
- One-on-One Smart Device Training - Plattsmouth Area
- Smartphone Next Level: For iPhone or Android - LIVE Online
- Creative Writing - LIVE Online
- Gratitude, Gimmicks & Going the Extra Mile - LIVE Online
- The Story of the SR‑71 Blackbird - Plattsmouth
- Bird Watching for Beginners - LIVE Online
- Yoga - Plattsmouth
Winter 2025
- Backyard Bird Feeding - LIVE Online
- Backyard Chickens - LIVE Online
- Bird Watching for Beginners - LIVE Online
- 3-D Valentines - LIVE Online
- Acrylic Painting: Cherry Blossoms
- Acrylic Painting: Winter Scene - LIVE Online
- Advanced Soap Making - Louisville
- Alcohol Ink Botanical Painting - LIVE Online
- Barn Quilt: Double Star Stencil or Geometric Design - Elmwood
- Bob Ross Painting: Twilight Meadow - Plattsmouth
- NEW! Botanical Collages - Louisville or LIVE Online
- Creating Pottery - Louisville
- Creating with Cricut® - Plattsmouth
- Cricut 103: Writing with Your Cricut - Plattsmouth
- Drawing in Ballpoint Ink - Elmwood
- Exploring the World of Gel Printing - Louisville or LIVE Online
- Fabric Art Collage - LIVE Online
- Gratitude, Gimmicks & Going the Extra Mile - LIVE Online
- NEW! Ice Painting Abstract Art - Louisville
- Impasto Floral Painting - Louisville
- NEW! Oil Pastel Still Life - LIVE Online
- Old Fashioned Soap Making - Louisville
- Pictures Galore, Organizing & More! - LIVE Online
- Quilt Retreat - Plattsmouth
- Scrapbook Retreat - Plattsmouth
- Scrapbook Workshop - Plattsmouth
- Shutterfly - LIVE Online
- Stitched Fabric Journal - LIVE Online
- NEW! Sweater Mittens - Louisville or LIVE Online
- NEW! Watercolor Batiks - LIVE Online
- Watercolor Painting: Florals - LIVE Online
- NEW! New Theatre Bus Trip: JERSEY BOYS - Depart from Plattsmouth
- CPR - HeartCode® Basic Life support Online + Skills Session (for Health Care Professionals) - Plattsmouth
- Heartsaver® CPR AED Online + Skills Session (Community) - Plattsmouth
- Basic Art of Cookie Decorating: Valentines or Spring Edition - Louisville
- NEW! Colonial Times Cooking - Plattsmouth
- Exam Prep - CDM Credentialing Exam - Online
- Winter Comfort: Breads, Fresh from the Oven! - Plattsmouth
- Beginning Line Dance - Plattsmouth
- Co-Parenting: Working Together for Your Children - Online
- I Don't Need a Will, I'm Only 30 - LIVE Online
- Level 2 Co-Parenting: Working Together for Your Children - Online
- NEW! Life After Retirement - Plattsmouth
- Navigating Medicare.gov - Webinar (PDF)
- The Power You Have, The Power You Give - LIVE Online
- Social Security 101: Understanding This Retirement Benefit - LIVE Online
- Welcome to Medicare - Webinar (PDF)
- Advanced Soap Making - Louisville
- Backyard Bird Feeding - LIVE Online
- Backyard Chickens - LIVE Online
- Barn Quilt: Double Star Stencil or Geometric Design - Elmwood
- Bird Watching for Beginners - LIVE Online
- House Plant Propagation - LIVE Online
- Old Fashioned Soap Making - Louisville
- Seed Starting 101 - LIVE Online
- Successful Seed Starting - LIVE Online
- Digital Marketing - LIVE Online
- One-on-One Computer Training - Plattsmouth Area
- Beginning German - LIVE Online
- Advanced Soap Making - Louisville
- Creative Writing - LIVE Online
- 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
- I Don't Need a Will, I'm Only 30 - LIVE Online
- Navigating Medicare.gov - Webinar (PDF)
- Power of the Purse: Smart Women, Smart Money - LIVE Online
- The Power You Have, The Power You Give - LIVE Online
- Snowball Debt Reduction vs. Avalance Debt Reduction - LIVE Online
- Social Security 101: Understanding This Retirement Benefit - LIVE Online
- Understanding Credit Scores & Reports - LIVE Online
- Welcome to Medicare - Webinar (PDF)
- NEW! New Theatre Bus Trip: JERSEY BOYS - Depart from Plattsmouth
- Pictures Galore, Organizing & More! - LIVE Online
- Scrapbook Retreat - Plattsmouth
- Scrapbook Workshop - Plattsmouth
- Shutterfly - LIVE Online
- Digitial Marketing - LIVE Online
- Starting a Small 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
- The Art of Communication - LIVE Online
- Creative Writing - LIVE Online
- Finding Your Inspiration - LIVE Online
- NEW! Free Land! - Plattsmouth
- Gratitude, Gimmicks & Going the Extra Mile - LIVE Online
- Happiness is Traveling - LIVE Online
- NEW! Life After Retirement - Plattsmouth
- NEW! Old Sayings & Where They Came From - Plattsmouth
- Pack Your Bags - LIVE Online
- NEW! Stump the Pilot - Plattsmouth
- Backyard Bird Feeding - LIVE Online
- Beginning Line Dance - Plattsmouth
- Bird Watching for Beginners - LIVE Online
- Fit for Living - Plattsmouth or LIVE Online
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.