Paulette Milewski
Russ Curry
Moonlight as an Instructor Everyone has a passion in life. Whether it be art, culinary, dance or career development related, everyone has a skill that others may be curious about. Through NICC Business and Community Solutions (BCS), you can spread that wealth of knowledge by creating your own class and moonlighting as an instructor. BCS has a rolodex of class offerings that cover a wide variety of topics - personal enrichment, career development, trades and manufacturing and so much more. If you think of a topic you care about, BCS can create a course around it. “Find out what you offer that is unique, continually communicate why what you offer is special and be passionate about what you do,” Russ Curry, owner/consultant at Wide Prairie HR and BCS instructor, said. “You must enjoy being with people, bring positive energy and accept that semi-organized chaos is the norm. Mostly – have fun!”
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Russ has led courses with BCS for several years that focus on leadership and human resources, along with offering Spanish language services. He isn’t the only instructor who enjoys working with BCS. Paulette Milewski, chief inspiration officer at ConnectED Solutions, recently started teaching a Career Pathway Certificate (CPC) with the College. She uses storytelling in her teaching methods to help capture the learner’s attention. “I was invited to facilitate the Career Pathway Certificate for job seekers of customer service and hospitality roles, so that laid the foundation of topics,” Paulette said. “From there, I incorporated real workplace scenarios and skills based on my 20+ years of experience in sales and service.” She recalls a couple of students who have already seen changes in their career and education since taking her course - one
