Ventura Adult and Continuing Education - Ventura, California

Seda O.

Perfect place .. I am a participating of ESL classes and they give us high quality education for free.Teacher Michelle is a real professional. I feel lucky to have them

Raymond P.

Recent graduate in Business Administration & Management and Computerized Financial Accounting. VACE has provided me with the opportunity to explore and commence a new career. My experience, the moment I stepped into the campus, was immediately satisfying and impressive. The front staff were and are very welcoming and informative. All my questions and concerns were answered making it very easy to make a decision to become a member of the VACE family. In addition, my instructors, Claudia Young and Karl Akkerman, have been delightful and amazing instructors. Both provided great value in my studies, such as, instructional courses, work life lessons, opportunity to give back to the community, network, and many business challenging lessons.

Furthermore, immediately after graduating I continued to be given support in my career search. The job placement counselor, Kay Miller, as been an amazing counselor. She is always in great spirits and very motivated to help the students at VACE. She is very pleasant to work with.

I highly recommend this school to whomever is searching or changing career. You will be given the opportunity to gain the necessary skills to achieve your goals. Very proud to be part of the VACE family, as well as, an ambassador. Give them a visit when you are ready to make a change in your future.

Abby

A little far from the East side of Simi Valley but, so far it's a great school, I'm learning a lot. I do recommend it if you need a school that has more structure than the typical Moorpark College type school.

Marisela M.

Attending V.A.C.E has been one of the best decisions I have made. One of the things I really like about this school is that you can work at your own pace. Also, the instructors make the classroom such a welcoming environment. After finishing the course Kay Miller not only prepares you to find a job but is also a mentor.

Aldous P.

VACE is a unique place. From the moment I visited the school, I was met with genuine interest for my well-being and future. This same spirit is evident in each administrator, educator, and fellow peer. Learning at my own pace, I was encouraged and helped along by not only knowledgeable and attentive instructors but students that were ahead of me in the program. Career counseling and preparation for workplace is so valuable and part of curriculum and culture of the school. VACE helped me revitalize my career!

Bawk30

They were really helpful, as well as encouraging when I went in to learn more about the programs they offer! I decided on the high school diploma, and they created a plan to work around my work schedule!

Doug J.

Last November I started in the Computerized Financial Accounting (CFA) program at Ventura Adult and Continuing Education (VACE). A couple of months previous to that, my sister had suggested I get Quickbooks certified because "Not that many people need a drummer, but almost everyone needs an accountant."

My sister knew that I am one of those weirdos that takes a little too much pleasure in working with numbers. She knows that one of my side jobs over the years has been bookkeeping and getting business owners caught up with their transaction postings and bank reconciliations. Our father was a CPA to boot.

So I started looking for a Quickbooks-certification class and soon came across the CFA program at VACE. At 26 weeks of full-time school, it would require a lot more work than a weekend class to get a Quickbooks certification. (The VACE Quickbooks class alone was 60 hours, plus a 30 hour QB's simulation taking a corporation all the way through a fiscal period.) However, the thought of having a solid understanding of accounting theory, knowing what is really going on behind the scenes in Quickbooks, being able to understand and generate financial statements and process payroll, as well as learning and implementing Excel, excited me in that weird way only numbers people can relate to.

So I jumped in head first, gave it my all, and completed the program last week. I am very pleased with the program, the school, the faculty, and the solid accounting foundation I now have. I also made some great friends, several who were in other programs VACE offers.

Most of all, I am very excited at the prospects of utilizing the deeper accounting knowledge and the updated skills I acquired.

Alberto A.

If you are looking to get started with a new career, or like I did, go back to school to get a career and a better paying job. Vace is the place to go. The instructors and staff are great. Everyone is friendly and willing to help. I've reffered friends and family to go to Vace because I know that's the best way to get started on the right direction.