The PACE Program Update
For over 25 years, the PACE Program has provided specialized programming for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Despite this impactful history, Spokane Community College will not continue offering PACE classes after the 2024-25 academic year.
PACE will continue to offer classes through the Winter and Spring quarters of 2025 but will not be accepting any new students into the program.
The last day of PACE classes will be June 12th.
Student Responsibilities
- Students enroll in classes to make progress towards earning the PACE Certificate.
- Students are encouraged to take classes back-to-back and to not have more than a 1 hour break in their class schedule.
- Do your best, do homework, and prepare for class every day.
- Come to class every day. Tell your teacher if you are sick or have an emergency.
- You may attempt a course 3 times. Your teacher will help you if you can’t pass the first time.
PACE Certificate
The PACE Certificate is designed to build workplace readiness skills which can be applied to a future career, volunteer work, or other community engagement activities. The Certificate is designed to help students achieve the following four outcomes:
- Apply critical thinking skills to form opinions and conclusions.
- Demonstrate leadership and teamwork skills.
- Demonstrate workplace readiness skills.
- Develop and use digital literacy skills.
Across these four outcome areas, the PACE Certificate is composed of 90 credits. To earn these 90 credits and graduate with a PACE Certificate, students have the opportunity to complete a total of 30 three-credit classes. A student taking a full-time courseload (15 credits per quarter) can earn the PACE Certificate in approximately two years or six academic quarters.
Looking for information about SEER?
Contact the SCC Counseling Center at 509-533-8647 or ronda.hain@scc.spokane.edu.