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Parenting isn’t easy, but registering for a NOCE parenting class is! Take tuition-free parenting classes in the format you prefer: online, in-person, or in a hybrid class with both in-person and online learning activities.

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New Students

  • Step 1: Apply to become an NOCE student

    APPLY TO NOCE at www.noce.edu/apply

    Part 1: Complete the NOCE Interest Form

    • Complete your contact information
    • Click submit

     

    Part 2: Create an OpenCCC Account

    After you complete the steps to create an OpenCCC account, will receive a welcome email from the California Community College website with your account information and a code. Note: This code is NOT your NOCE student ID.

    Do you need a step-by-step guide? Visit How to Create an OpenCCC Account – Application Part 1

     

    Part 3: Complete the Noncredit College Application

    Complete the online form* with your information or visit an NOCE Campus or Center to complete the application in person. Hours of operation, addresses of the NOCE Campus and Centers, and other important information for new and returning students is included on the NOCE Admission and Records webpage.

    Note: Do not fill out the Noncredit College Application form if you have previously taken classes with North Orange Continuing Education, Cypress College, or Fullerton College. You already have a Student ID. If you have forgotten your Student ID number, click here to learn how to retrieve it.

  • Step 2: Register for Classes

    Refer to the NOCE Class Schedule for class details, including the course registration number(s) (CRN) of each class for which you plan to register. 

    Parenting courses can be found in the searchable online schedule or within College Scheduler under this subject code:  PARN

    For registration support, visit a NOCE Campus or Center Admissions and Records Office in person, call (714) 808-4679, or e-mail starhelp@noce.edu.

    For questions about the Parenting Program, call (714) 808-4915 or e-mail parenting@noce.edu.

  • Online Courses

    If you’ve registered for online course(s), your Parenting Program instructor will email you regarding your course a few days before or on the first day of class. However, students are responsible for logging into Canvas weekly to participate beginning the first week of class.

  • In-Person and Hybrid Courses

    If you’ve registered for in person or hybrid courses, be sure to attend your class the first week it begins (or the week you’ve enrolled if you’re joining a class that is already in progress). Registered students who don’t attend during the first week of class may be dropped from the class to make room for other waitlisted students.

    Waitlisted students will be notified automatically if a spot in the class becomes available. Please do NOT go in person to classes for which you are waitlisted. 

    • Note: Parenting classes held at community locations often are designed to accept registration in class during the first week of class.  However, self-registration online before the class begins is always available and helps ensure that the class will not be cancelled due to low enrollment.

Returning Students

Important Details About Parent-and-Child Classes:

Joyful Parenting, Developmental Movement, and Raising Thoughtful Children are courses taken by an adult student. In these courses only, the enrolled adult student is accompanied to class by their child(ren) to participate in learning activities for parents alongside their child(ren).  Please note the following:

  1. Students can enroll in multiple sections of the same parent-and-child course within the semester or term. (For example, students can enroll in two or more sections of PARN 101, Joyful Parenting, during any term, such as the Spring or Summer Semester.)
    • Want to learn how to use College Scheduler to self-register for multiple sections of the same class? Click here.
  2. The registered student in the class is the adult. The adult attendee can be a parent, grandparent, stepparent, foster parent, child’s caregiver, or other adult guardian.
  3. The registered student (adult) must accompany their child to Joyful Parenting, Developmental Movement, and Raising Thoughtful Children class meetings. Children are not to be dropped off and cannot attend alone. Note: Children cannot participate in any other in-person NOCE courses.
  4. Up to two children can attend class with each registered adult.
  5. The same adult is expected to attend each class meeting. If more than one adult from a household would like to attend class, each adult will need to be registered as a student in the class in order to attend.
  6. Consistent attendance is vital to allow adult students to experience everything the instructor has planned for students in the course. Consistent attendance also helps NOCE keep its classes open since student attendance is the basis by which NOCE receives funding for these tuition-free classes. Students may refer to the course syllabus regarding important attendance policies for parent-and-child class(es).

Need Help?

StarHelp can help you with filling out your NOCE application and accessing myGateway student portal.

For technical assistance in learning how to use Canvas, review the resources available from the NOCE Career Skills and Resource Lab and the Student Technology Resource Lab on the Admissions and Records FAQs – Technical Questions webpage.

  • We are here to help! We want you to get enrolled and get started in your classes so you can meet your goals. Contact us with questions.
  • CTE-Parenting Program phone: (714) 808-4915
  • CTE-Parenting Program e-mail: parenting@noce.edu

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