Healthcare Career Pathways

The Contra Costa County Adult Education Consortium offers a variety of healthcare career pathways to support adults with acquiring the knowledge and training for specific healthcare fields for potential employment. Healthcare pathways offered throughout Contra County Adult Schools include:

• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA);
• Dental Assistant;
• Emergency Medical Technician;
• Home Health Care Aide;
• Medical Assistant;
• Medical Billing and Coding;
• Optical Assistant/Dispensing Optician;
• Pharmacy Technician;
• Phlebotomy; and,
• Surgical Technology.

In addition to the pathways listed above, the Adult Education programs within Contra Costa County offer English Language Learner (ELL) classes to improve English Language acquisition, as well as First Aid/CPR/AED/EpiPen/Inhaler for Adult, Child, and Infant certification.

The following Contra Costa County Adult Education programs offer the following pathways and/or programs:

• Acalanes Adult Education:
  • ELL Bridge Program/ELL Classes;
  • ELL Computer Literacy;
  • First Aid/CPR/AED/EpiPen/Inhaler for Adult, Child, and Infant Certification;
• Liberty Adult Education:
  • Medical Billing and Insurance Clerk;
• Martinez Adult Education:
  • Optical Assistant Training Program;
  • Pharmacy Technician Training Program;
  • Medical Billing and Coding;
• Pittsburg Adult Education:
  • Billing and Coding;
  • Medical Assistant;
  • Certified Nursing Assistant;
• West Contra Costa Adult Education:
  • Dental Assistant.