Adult Career Education Programs
Announcing Winter 2023 Course Offerings!
Registration is open!
Click on the course titles below to expand for descriptions, cost, and registration information.
View Our Winter 2023 Course Catalog
Please note: In order to register for our Adult Education classes, you must be 18 years of age or older.
Building Occupations
Chef Du Jour
Human Services
Lifestyle & Leisure
Continuing Education
Healthcare Occupations
English as a Second Language
High School Equivalency
Spotlighting Community Organizations
Adult Education at Ulster BOCES is collaborating with community organizations to offer workshops for the community at no cost on a variety of topics. Workshops will be offered in our Port Ewen and Ellenville locations.
Click on the course titles below to expand for descriptions and registration information.
Meet the Adult Education Team
Peter Harris
Assistant Superintendent Career & Technical Education (CTE) and Alternative Education (HVPA & Phoenix Academy)
845.255.1400 x1234
Coleen Macaluso
Assistant Director of Adult Education
Phone: 845.331.5050 x2821
Carolyn Detweiler
Adult Career Counselor
Phone: 845.331.5050 x3214
Hannah Long
Adult Career Counselor
Phone: 845.331.5050 x2243
Laurie Heckler
Senior Typist
Phone: 845.331.5050 x3200
Christopher Kovalcik
Parent Peer Trainer
Phone: 845.331.5050
Michelle Combs
Student Support Services Manager; Adult Health Occupations
Phone: 845.331.5050 x2262
Route 9W
Port Ewen, NY 12466
Fax: 845.339.8797
Register Today
OnLine: Visit our Online Registration page to browse or search for available courses by title, date, category (Continuing Education or Career Track), enter a keyword, or just click the Search button to see all courses and sections. Have your course code handy for quick registration from the homepage.
By Phone: Call 845.331.5050 with your MasterCard or Visa card number.
In Person (Port Ewen): Come to the Adult Services, Continuing Education Office at the Ulster BOCES Career & Technical Center on Route 9W in Port Ewen.
Registration Hours
Adult Education staff are available for phone or in-person registration at the following times: Monday through Thursday 9 AM to 8 PM and Friday from 9 AM to 3 PM. Please have your course code handy when registering.
Building Entry
We follow all current New York State Department of Education and local protocols for the health and safety of our students and staff.
All courses will be offered without regard to gender, age, race, color, national origin, or disability in conformity with Federal regulations. Our non-discrimination statement is available.
Ulster BOCES is a smoke-free campus.
our mission
Our mission is to provide high-quality shared educational, administrative, and technical services that enable component districts to develop the capacity in their students and adults to achieve higher standards of performance. With an emphasis on economic efficiencies, Ulster BOCES is committed to offering educational programs that enable all students to prepare for employment and/or post-secondary education.
Adult Education News
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The Ulster Adult Career Education Center’s new winter catalog has countless opportunities to learn something new, refine your skills, or just meet new friends.
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Jim Palmeri, who has more than 33 years of experience working in the culinary arts industry and is currently the executive chef at the Mohonk Mountain House, has been named as the instructor for the new Culinary Arts program.
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This October, the Adult Career Education Center is beginning a new session of the popular Nursing Assistant course, which prepares students for entry-level positions in the ever-growing health occupations field.
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The Ulster BOCES Adult Career Education Center will be offering a new program in September—Registered Dental Assistant!
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The Ulster BOCES Adult Career Education Center will be offering a new class in September—Dog Talk 101!
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A new catalog outlining the selection of affordable and interesting fall courses being offered at the Ulster BOCES Adult Career Education Center has been released.
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Graduates of the Surgical Technologist program at the Ulster BOCES Adult Career Education Center celebrated their achievements at an end-of-year ceremony on Thursday, June 16 at the Jane Bullowa Conference Center in New Paltz.
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A new catalog outlining the selection of affordable and interesting spring courses being offered at the Ulster BOCES Adult Career Education Center has been released.
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Ulster BOCES helped propel Antonio Pedrosa from an entry-level job to a managerial position.
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The Ulster BOCES Adult Career Education Center invites you to review and register for one or more of its new classes being offered this winter!
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Students in the Ulster BOCES Adult Career Education Center’s Nurse Assistant program have been hard at work recently.
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After completing a Surgical Technologist program at Ulster BOCES, 19 graduates celebrated their accomplishments on July 15.
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The Ulster BOCES Adult Cosmetology program is pleased to announce that it is now able to welcome clients into the salon for limited services.
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After completing a rigorous, nationally accredited Surgical Technologist program at the Ulster BOCES Adult Career Education Center, 19 graduates attended a socially-distanced commencement ceremony on November 7.
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Ulster BOCES means different things to different people. For Amanda Simmons, Ulster BOCES Adult Career Education Center provided her with the solid foundation needed to work as a nurse during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Shouts and cheers rang out during Ulster BOCES High School Equivalency graduation on Monday, February 24.
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Ulster BOCES means different things to different people. For graduate Alexa Cotich, the Ulster BOCES Center for Innovative Teaching & Learning at Port Ewen was a place where she could thrive emotionally and academically, while she discovered the desire to help others by pursuing a career path as a school social worker.
Students enrolled in the Ulster BOCES Cosmetology programs are providing purple manicures and purple streaks of hair in exchange for donations that will benefit a shelter in Kingston.
Ulster BOCES helped Annmarie Marchiondo launch the exciting second career she had always wanted.
Ulster BOCES Director of Adult Education Mary Jalloh and Parent Peer Trainer Carolyn Detweiler joined Ulster County Executive Michael Hein as he proclaimed November 12-18 to be Apprenticeship Week in Ulster County.
After completing a rigorous, nationally accredited Surgical Technologist program at the Ulster BOCES Adult Career Education Center, 17 graduates attended a commencement ceremony on June 21.
After 1,200 hours of rigorous classroom and clinical instruction, 27 graduates of the Ulster BOCES Adult Career Education Center's School of Practical Nursing took the Florence Nightingale Pledge, committing to fulfill the requirements of being a practical nurse.
Ulster BOCES Surgical Technology student Elisha Rickard of Wappingers Falls has been awarded a merit-based stipend to attend the Association of Surgical Technologists' annual conference in Orlando, Florida.
For the last 13 years, Ulster BOCES Career & Technical Center graduate and Adult Education Nursing instructor Louise Bigando has been fulfilling the mission of Ulster BOCES by teaching and inspiring the next generation of nurses
Pride and pomp was the theme during the Ulster BOCES High School Equivalency (HSE) graduation, held on Tuesday, October 24.
After completing a rigorous, nationally accredited Surgical Technologist program at the Ulster BOCES Adult Career Education Center, 18 graduates attended a commencement ceremony on Thursday, June 15.
The Ulster BOCES Hudson Valley Pathways Academy (P-Tech) and the Career & Technical Education Center were among several schools from across the region to participate in National Manufacturing Day on Friday, October 7.
The New York State Education Department has named Ulster BOCES as the contracting agency to oversee training and professional development to educators in upstate New York, including Long Island and the Yonkers, Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo school districts.
