![The trainers, from left to right: Todd Burton, Assistant Vice President/Business Development and CRA Officer of Thomaston Savings Bank; Phyllis Tucker, Training and Development Specialist of Thomaston Savings Bank; Michele Cleary, trainer from COCC; Gina Braley, Assistant Vice President/Training Officer of Thomaston Savings Bank.]()
Thomaston Savings Bank collaborated with Bristol Adult Education and COCC to help develop and teach a pilot program for the newly formed Adult Education Diploma and Certificate Program. This Banking Cohort, an important workforce development program open to learners of the Bristol Adult Education Center, focused on providing a collaborative setting for academic hands-on training so participants would have the opportunity to get their high school diploma as well as train to be qualified for entry level positions in the banking industry. Thomaston Savings Bank and COCC employees, and the staff of the Bristol Adult Education Center donated over 100 hours of time to this initiative, preparing, organizing, scheduling, and presenting the curriculum for this program. During the summer of 2015, Gina Braley, assistant vice president/Training Officer worked with the staff of the Bristol Adult Education Center to develop the curriculum and schedule classes for a three-month banking cohort. The specialized banking curriculum classes included entry-level banking skills, bank security, banking laws and regulations, along with communication skills to help participants with resume writing and job interviews within the banking industry. Phyllis Tucker, training and development specialist; Todd Burton, assistant vice president/new business development and CRA officer; Sharon Cossu, human […]