Welcome to Orleans Technical Institute’s Admissions Department. Our Admissions team is dedicated to helping you navigate the enrollment process with ease and excitement. We encourage you to visit our beautiful facility with your family and friends, meet faculty, observe classes, and ask questions!

Submit Admissions Application	Schedule Admissions Appointment
Student Financial Services	High School Scholarship Award Program

Getting Started at Orleans Technical Institute Enrolling at Orleans Technical Institute is easy. Just follow these 8 simple steps and you will be on your way to starting your career training journey.

Step 1: Schedule an Admissions Appointment
Step 2: Complete an Admissions Application in person or online

Step 3: Tour our school and take our entrance test (Reading, Math and English)

Step 4: Enroll with your Admissions Representative

Step 5: Meet with Student Financial Services

Step 6: Follow up with your Financial Services appointment to guarantee a seat in the class

Step 7: Attend your scheduled Trades Workshop and Program Orientation

Step 8: Begin your program.

How to Get in Contact with Admissions Staff

Please feel free to contact any one of our well qualified Admissions Representatives to assist you with the school admissions process.

Debbie Bello Director of Admissions 215-728-4733	Ryan Stanford Admissions Representative 215-728-4716	Loretta Tryon Admissions Representative 215-728-4733	Leonard Thompson Admissions Representative 215-728-4735	Dennis Zimmer Admissions Representative 215-728-4725

The following chart lists the upcoming dates for the beginning of day and evening classes of each of our programs. Students may submit an application and enroll for our programs at any time during the year.

Programs	Next Class Start Date
Air Conditioning, Refrigeration & Heating	Day class 9/27/10
Building Maintenance	Day class 10/25/10 Evening class 10/25/10
Carpentry	Day class 11/1/10
Plumbing & Heating	Day class 11/1/10
Residential & Commercial Electricity	Day class 10/25/10 Evening class 9/27/10
Telecommunications Technician	Day class 12/20/10 Evening class 10/18/10
Human Services	Day class12/6/10
Court Reporting	Day class 9/7/10 Evening class 9/7/10

Class Meeting Days/Times (Building Trades)

Day Program: Monday through Friday, 7:45 a.m. - 2:25 p.m.
Evening Program: Monday through Thursday, 6:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Class Meeting Days/Times (Human Services)

Day Program: Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 3:40 p.m.

Class Meeting Days/Times (Court Reporting)

Day Program: Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Evening Program: Monday through Thursday, 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.

All Programs

• Students must be 18 years of age or older. (Applicants may be 17 years of age, but must be 18 prior to entering the program.)
• Applicants must have a high school diploma or equivalent. (Applicants for the Building Trades programs without a high school diploma or G.E.D. may be eligible if they achieve required scores on the Career Programs Assessment Test.) Applicants for Telecommunications are required to have a high school diploma or GED.
• Applicants must have a personal interview with an Admissions Representative. (Human Services applicants will also interview with the Director of Human Services.)
• Applicants must pass an entrance test.
• Applicants may be required to go through preliminary programs such as Success Training, Young Professionals, or Professional Trades Workshop in addition to having a Student Services interview and class orientation .
• Support programs are provided to all applicants including those with obstacles to training to ensure success in program completion.

Court Reporting Program

In addition to the above requirements, applicants for the Court Reporting program must have transcripts from all previous postsecondary schools. Applicants will also be evaluated for placement purposes only in vocabulary, keyboarding knowledge and computer ability.

Human Services Program

In addition to the above requirements, applicants for the Human Services program must be 18 years of age.

Applicants are asked to complete the following steps:

• Information Interview and School Tour
• Entrance Testing
• Complete Application and Other Enrollment Forms

An interview with our Student Services Department may be required. If financial assistance is desired, an appointment is made with a Financial Aid Officer. When enrollment requirements have been fulfilled, the applicant must complete the remaining registration and financial pre-requisites in order to reserve a place in class.

Transfer of Credit

Our Building Trades and Human Services programs do not accept transfer credit for courses completed in other institutions.

Decisions concerning the acceptance of credits by any institution, other than the granting institution, are made at the sole discretion of the receiving institution. No representations is made whatsoever concerning the transferability of Orleans Technical Institute credits to any institution, unless a formal articulation agreement is in place.

Students interested in continuing their education at, or transferring to, other institutions, should not assume that credits earned at Orleans technical Institute will be accepted by the receiving institution. An institution’s accreditation does not guarantee that credits earned at the institution will be accepted for transfer by any other institution. Students must contact the Registrar of the receiving institution to determine what Orleans Technical Institute credits, if any, that institution will accept.

Details regarding our Articulation Agreements with three area colleges are currently available in our catalog.

The Court Reporting Program accepts transfer credit for courses completed within the past seven years at other accredited postsecondary institutions, when comparable in scope and content to the Court Reporting Program’s courses. There is a grade minimum requirement. Details are available in the current catalog of Orleans Technical Institute, which is available from the Admissions Department.

Meet your new instructor and classmates at new Student Orientation. Students receive a handbook that includes school policies and procedures, facility rules and regulations, academic and attendance requirements, and a description of all services available to students at Orleans Tech. The orientation session also provides an opportunity for students to meet administrative and advising staff.