April is a season of growth and new possibilities. As the days get warmer, invest in yourself by building skills that matter. Whether you're learning Spanish, strengthening your leadership abilities, or improving your computer skills, our Lifelong Learning classes are designed to help you grow with confidence.

Explore All of Our Upcoming Courses: Lifelong Learning at Blackhawk Technical College

Conversational Spanish-If you know some Spanish but freeze when it’s time to speak, this class is for you. Build confidence and fluency in a relaxed, supportive setting designed for learners with basic vocabulary and grammar. Through guided conversation and real-life topics, you’ll start speaking more naturally at work, while traveling, and in your community.

• Dates: Wednesdays, April 1-May 6
• Time: 6-8pm
• Location: Beloit-Janesville Campus, Central Campus Building

From Staff to Supervisor-Stepping into a supervisory role can be both exciting and overwhelming. This course provides practical tools, strategies, and insights to help you lead with confidence while maintaining balance and avoiding burnout. Designed for new and emerging supervisors, you’ll learn how to set clear expectations, build strong relationships, and develop effective leadership habits that will serve you well in your first year and beyond.

• Dates: Tuesdays, April 7-28
• Time: 8:30-11:30am
• Location: Beloit-Janesville Campus, Central Campus Building

Emotional Intelligence Leads to Success-Emotional intelligence plays a vital role in effective communication, teamwork, and leadership. In this focused three-hour session, you will explore the core components of emotional intelligence—self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, social skills, and motivation—and learn practical strategies to apply them in real workplace situations. Through discussion and interactive activities, you’ll gain tools to better navigate challenges, strengthen professional relationships, and contribute to a more positive and productive environment.

• Date: Wednesday, April 8
• Time: 9am-12pm
• Location: Beloit-Janesville Campus, Central Campus Building

Intro to Microsoft Word-Learn the fundamentals of Microsoft Word in this beginner-friendly course. Explore key features including formatting text, creating documents, inserting images, and using templates. Perfect for those looking to build confidence and essential skills for personal or professional use.

• Date: Thursday, April 9
• Time: 1-4pm
• Location: Monroe Campus

Basic Excel: Formulas and Functions-Gain confidence in creating basic formulas and functions with relative and absolute references. Understand operator precedence and how it affects formulas. Learn about the different parts of a function and how to create arguments to calculate values and cell references.

• Date: Wednesday, April 15
• Time: 1-4pm
• Location: Beloit-Janesville Campus, Central Campus Building

Navigating People in the Workplace-Success at work depends not only on what you do, but how you work with others. This course helps participants develop practical skills for navigating workplace relationships with confidence and professionalism. Ideal for employees at any stage of their career who want to strengthen collaboration, reduce conflict, and create a more productive work environment.

• Dates: Wednesdays, April 15 & April 22
• Time: 9am-12pm
• Location: Beloit-Janesville Campus, Central Campus Building

Intro to Office 365-Learn the basics of Microsoft Office 365, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneDrive. This beginner-friendly course focuses on essential skills to help you create documents, manage data, build presentations, and store and share files efficiently using today’s Microsoft tools. 

• Date: Thursday, April 16
• Time: 9am-12pm
• Location: Beloit-Janesville Campus, Central Campus Building

Intro to Microsoft Office-Learn the basics of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Explore how to effectively format documents in Word, create engaging presentations in PowerPoint and how to format and use simple formulas in Excel.

• Date: Thursday, April 23
• Time: 1-4pm
• Location: Monroe Campus

Intermediate Microsoft Word-Take your Microsoft Word skills to the next level in this intermediate course designed for users who are comfortable with the basics and ready to work more efficiently. Participants will explore advanced formatting techniques, styles and themes, tables, headers and footers, and document layout tools. The course will also introduce features such as track changes, comments, basic mail merge, and working with longer documents.

• Date: Thursday, April 30
• Time: 1-4pm
• Location: Monroe Campus