The Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee (JATC) offers programs for local residents to train, and enter a career in the electrical industry or take classes to enhance their skills. It offers five apprentice programs to prepare for distinctly different fields within the electrician industry: five-year Construction Inside Wireman Electrician and Maintenance Technician apprenticeship, four-year Telecommunication Trainee program and three-year Residential Electrician and three-year Service Technician trainee. All programs are comprised of two-parts, based on an "earn-as-you-learn" approach, with daytimes spent working on paid construction sites and night classes on electrical theory at the on-premise school. Those interested can apply on the first and third Wednesday of every month, from 10am - noon.
In addition, the committee offers a variety of classes to trained electricians to boost their skills and stay up-t0-date on compliance laws. A full schedule is posted on the Web site.
The Hauppauge Unit of the SUNY Empire State College serves to educate nearby Suffolk Country residents. The college offers associate, undergraduate and graduate degree programs in addition to professional and military programs at 34 locations throughout New York State.
There are 11 areas of study offered to those interested in an associate or undergraduate degree: Arts, business, management, economics, community and human services, cultural studies, education, history, human development, labor, science, mathematics and technology. Master's degree programs include labor policy, social policy, liberal studies, business administration and teaching.
In an effort to accommodate working adults, Empire has five semester sessions per year, with flexible evening and distance learning available.
Programs at the Hauppauge Center of private Adelphi University, Long Island's oldest coeducational institution, focus on the subjects of social work and psychology. It offers masters programs in general psychology, school psychology, industrial and organizational psychology and social work. The Accelerated Degree Completion program is aimed at working adults looking to return to school to earn their bachelor's and offers a flexible schedule of classes. For the past four years, the Hauppauge Center has been home to the ASCEND program for registered nurses looking to earn a Bachelor of Science in nursing.
Adelphi's Hauppauge Center is home to a 3,800-square-foot multimedia conference center and computer seminar room that can be rented by the public and corporations for meetings.
Hauppauge High School educates students in grades 9-12. Principal Christine O'Connor oversees the students and their work, with the school's annual graduating class at approximately 400 students. It offers a wide array of academic courses, extracurricular clubs, athletic programs and volunteer opportunities to its students.
In 2010, 94 percent of its students graduated with New York State Regents diplomas or Regents Diplomas with Advanced Designation. Approximately 96 percent of its 2010 graduates moved on to enroll in higher education.
Gersh Academy's Hauppauge center, the "I Am I Can" middle school and high school, provides educational and vocational training for children with spectrum disorders. Its philosophy is a student will do well if they can, not if they want to. Classes are tailored to individual students' needs and interests. Courses of study include New York State Regents diploma, Advanced Regents diploma, college-bound courses and vocational training. Gersh Academy also offers a life skills program that teaches hands-on cooking, gardening and shopping through a school store with the objective of teaching children to be fully independent.