The Learning Center is the building that houses both training and day care. Sheet metal assembly training and clerical instruction take place in the Training Center and day care is in the Child Development Center. The 21st Street Campus sheet metal training is distinctive in the assumptions it makes about the people it serves. The curriculum is flexible in responding to the needs of the students, and length of training is driven by the individual trainee's skills, experience and ability to learn. The program is generally assumed to require six months-but trainees may need less or more time to complete it.
Trainees directly enter the vocational segment.
They are compensated and covered by a benefits package when they begin training. Success in the vocational training program leads to subassembly work on the campus or to jobs in one of Cessna's manufacturing plants in Wichita. The Child Development Center The Child Development function of the Learning Center provides day care for as many as 40 children. The mature trees and lawns of the campus offer an ideal setting for day care as well as adult training. The opportunity for trainees and workers to have their children cared for in a safe and nurturing environment in the same location as the training center and adjacent to the Subassembly Facility allows them to concentrate fully on the tasks at hand, and provides a timesaving convenience.