GED Preparation Locations and Hours

Schedule of Outlying Areas

Aurora - Enroll the first Tuesday of each Month

  • Mary Dodaro, Instructor - Tuesday and Thursday, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Aurora High School, 305 Prospect Street Room 304 (Southeast Entrance), Aurora, MO 65605, (417) 678-4918

Bolivar - Enroll the first and third Monday of each month at 1:00 pm or 5:30 pm (If Monday is a holiday, orientation will be the following Wednesday)

  • Joan Geltmacher, Instructor - Monday-Thursday, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm, and Marlene Price, Instructor, Monday and Wednesday, 5:30 - 8:30 pm, Bolivar R-1 Schools, Administration Building, Basement, 524 West Madison Street, Bolivar, Missouri 65613, OTC (417) 447-8860 or Bolivar R-1 (417) 326-5291 x 134

Branson - Enroll the first & third Monday of each month at 8:00 am, or the first Tuesday at 5:00 pm. 

  • Helen Pylene and Sarah Smith, Instructors - Monday - Thursday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm; Martha Rudnick, Instructor - Tuesday, 5:00 - 8:00 pm, OTC Branson Education Center, Room 101, Branson Meadows, 4440 Gretna Road, Branson, MO 65616, Office (417) 447-8920, FAX (417) 447-8925, Classroom (417) 447-8924

Branson - English as a Second Language - Call for enrollment dates

  • Peggy Davis, Instructor - Monday & Thursday, 6:00 - 8:30 pm, OTC Branson Education Center, Room 101, Branson Meadows, 4440 Gretna Road, Branson, Missouri 65616, 417) 447-8920, FAX (417) 447-8925, Classroom (417) 447-8924

Buffalo - Enroll weekly

  •  Don Stuckey, Instructor - Tuesday and Thursday, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm, Dallas County Courthouse, basement, west side, 103 Maple, Buffalo, Missouri 65622, (417) 345-6358 or (417) 345-7964 OACAC

Crane - Enroll the first Wednesday of each month

  • Mary Dodaro, Instructor, Wednesday, 5:30 - 8:30 pm, Vocational-Ag Building, Immediately south of the Crane Middle School, Crane, Missouri, (417) 272-8508

Mansfield - Enroll weekly

  • Kay Dennis, Instructor, Tuesday and Thursday, 5:30 - 8:30 pm, 410 West Ohio, Room #1, Mansfield, Missouri 65704, (417) 447-8860

Marshfield - Enroll weekly 

  • Rita Bruffett & Kay Lawrence, Instructors, Tuesday and Thursday, 5:00 - 8:00 pm, Marshfield Old Junior High Library, 114 East Commercial, Marshfield, Missouri
    65706, (417) 859-4642

OTC Richwood Valley Campus - Enroll the first and third Monday of each month at 8:45 am or 5:30 pm (If Monday is a holiday, the daytime enrollment will be Tuesday at 8:45 am with no evening enrollment.)

  • Andy Salmon, Instructor, Monday - Thursday, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm, Crystal Jones, instructor, Monday and Wednesday, 5:30 - 8:30 pm, 3369 West Jackson, Room 126, on Hwy 14 between Ozark and Nixa, Nixa, Missouri 65714   Office (417) 447-8860, FAX (417) 447-7934, Classroom (417) 447-7474

OTC Richwood Valley Campus - English as a Second Language - Call for enrollment dates

  • Susan McCartney and Linda Tinson, Instructors, Tuesday and Thursday, 6:00 - 8:30 pm, 3369 West Jackson, Room 126, Nixa, Missouri 65714, Office (417) 447-8860, Classroom (417) 447-7474

Reeds Spring - Enroll the first Tuesday of each month

  • Pat Lamb, Instructor - Tuesday & Thursday, 5:30 - 8:30 pm, Reeds Spring High School, 20277 State Highway 413, Room 116, Reeds Spring, MO 65737   (417) 272-8171

GED Preparation Locations and Hours

Springfield, Missouri Schedule

Adult Education Learning Lab
OTC Graff Hall, Room 221
725 East Bob Barker Blvd.
Springfield, MO 65802
(417) 447-8860

Monday - Thursday
Friday
     Enroll Monday
Monday - Thursday
     Enroll Tuesday

8:30 am - 4:30 pm
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
12:45 pm 

5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
5:15 pm

English as Second Language
Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced classes
Graff Hall

ESL Computer/Conversation/Citizenship

Monday - Friday
Monday & Thursday

Call for days and times

8:30 am - 12:30 pm
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

AEL Reading Lab
STAR Reading

Monday - Wednesday
Monday & Wednesday

8:30 am - 11:30 am
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Volunteer Literacy Tutors
Volunteer Reading Tutors

All locations

Schedules vary

Missouri Hotel
K.I.N.D. Place 837-1522
1720 North Jefferson (basement)

Monday - Friday

8:00 am - 11:30 pm

Pathways United Methodist Church
1232 E. Dale Street
Free Childcare and dinner
Call 864-6020 to pre-register

Tuesday
Thursday

5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
9:00 am - Noon

PenMac Workforce Development
445 S. Patton, 831-9100

Monday and Wednesday

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

RARE Breed, 200 S Campbell, 865-6400

Monday, Wednesday & Thursay

11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Missouri Career
1514 S. Glenstone, 887-4343
Must meet federal income regulations.

Monday - Friday
Monday, Tuesday,  & Thursday

8:00 am - 2:30 pm
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

AEL classes are offered in the following towns: Aurora, Bolivar, Buffalo, Branson, Crane, Mansfield, Marshfield, OTC Richwood Valley, and Reeds Spring.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ANY CLASS SITE CALL 447-8860
No smoking allowed in any OTC facility.