The
Mattapan/ Greater Boston Technology Learning
Center (Mattapan Tech) best known as the
Mattapan School of Technology is a registered
private non-profit Vocational school. At Mattapan Tech
our primary goal is to provide outstanding
job training to the residents of
Greater Boston in the area of computer
technology and project management.
The
Mattapan School of Technology has a
reputation for its achievement in helping
its students developing technical and
leadership skills through a unique
curriculum that focuses on real life bench
work, apprenticing and challenging academic
courses. We prepare our students to pass
their professional certification test, to perform
and lead in this changing technology world.
Our student body is composed of young and
older adults from 14 ethnic backgrounds.
They come from several cities and towns
throughout the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
80%
of Mattapan Tech students pass their
professional certification test in Office,
PC Repair and Project Management even before
they complete the program.
The
student population of Mattapan Tech is
composed of 40% Haitian, 25% other Caribbean
nationals (Barbadian, Jamaican, Trinidadian,
Monserratian, etc.), 7% Africans (Ghana,
Congo, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, etc.), 5%
African American, 2% others (India,
Pakistan, China), and 1% Hispanic. Most of
the students are from Dorchester, Mattapan,
Roxbury, Randolph, Brockton, Somerville,
Cambridge, Malden, Everett, Lynn and
Waltham. We have a few students from other neighboring states New Hampshire and
Rhodes Island.
The
programs offered include : Web Design for
small business, Database Management, Computer
Technology, PC Repair, Network Technology.
Fiber Optic Communication, MS Office,
Basic Accounting, Team Building, Leadership,
Communication, English As a Second
Language, Basic Physics and Mathematics, GED
preparation, Resume Preparation and Job
Interview seminars.
The
services of Mattapan Tech are essentially
free. Students pay a small registration and
lab fee that vary between $50-$300,
depending on the length and the operating
costs of the program of choice. The school
offers limited financial assistance to those
who cannot afford that small obligation.
Mattapan/
Greater Boston Technology Learning Center
(Mattapan School of Technology) admits
students of any race, color, national
origin, sexual orientation to all the right,
privileges, programs, and activities
generally accorded or made available to
students at the school. Mattapan/ Greater
Boston Technology Learning Center (Mattapan
School of Technology) does not discriminate
on the basis of race, color, national
origin, and ethnic origin, in administration
of its education policies, admission
policies, scholarship programs, and athletic
and other school administered programs
Besides
the educational programs of Mattapan Tech,
the center is involved in the following
community projects:
- Voter
registration and education program to
encourage people to get involved and
participate in the US Democracy;
- A
free translation program for Haitian
immigrants;
- An
Immigration Assistance Program in
collaboration with local Attorneys;
- Community
civic awareness radio shows to inform
and educate new immigrants about citizen
rights and responsibilities;
- Summer
technology program for youth;
- Youth
program in Haiti that includes: HIV and
teen pregnancy prevention, a community
library, a computer lab and a dental
program.
Other
Community related activities
Special
Earthquake Related Project.
- On
January 13, 2010, Mattapan Tech arranged
a search and recovery project, the first
to help Haitian families in
Massachusetts locate their loved ones.
With the help of the local and national
media, this effort reached Haitian
communities in New York, Georgia and
Florida. Hundreds of families were
assisted, and work is still being
conducted with the Red Cross to locate
several more individuals http://www.wbur.org/2010/01/15/haiti
- On
January 13, Mattapan Tech also begin a
grief counseling project in
collaboration with local churches and
mosques.
- On
January 25, 2010, Mattapan Tech was able
to deliver much needed water to Lacou
Mouzin in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in
collaboration with volunteers and
friends through the Dominican Republic.
- Volunteers
at Mattapan Tech organized 4 immigration
clinics to help Haitian immigrants with
TPS applications.
- Thanks
to special donations from Erika Wilton,
Architect Todd Lee, Valerie Lake Hart,
Alex Rosen, Rob and Jennifer Welch,
Mattapan Tech assisted 30 families with
a consistent supply of food and water
after the quake.
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