This page is about The CORE Academy, a training center based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. As an American Red Cross Licensed Training Provider (LTP), we offer American Red Cross certifications alongside leadership development and workplace training for individuals, teams, and organizations across Northeast Pennsylvania.
We were built on a simple idea: training should change something. Not just check a box, not just satisfy a requirement, but leave the people who walked in better prepared than when they sat down. That belief shapes everything we do, from a single CPR class to a multi-session workplace program.
Every organization is built on the strength of the people completing the work. When individuals feel valued, understand their purpose, and are given opportunities to grow, they perform better, inspire others, strengthen their teams, and create environments where excellence becomes the standard.
Explore TrainingsFirst aid certification gives you the skills to handle injuries or health crises until paramedics arrive.
BLS certification gives you advanced life-saving techniques to support patients in cardiac arrest, respiratory.
CPR certification gives you life-saving skills to keep blood and oxygen flowing in a person.
The process of expanding an individual’s ability to guide teams, make decisions, and drive growth.
Involves proactive techniques to de-escalate distress, ensure safety, and help individuals regain stability.
The DSM-5-TR is the standard manual used by clinicians to diagnose mental disorders.
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Jennifer Lutsey, LCSW | Executive Director, The CORE Academy
We train all kinds of people.
Individuals come to us for certifications and skills they need for work, school, or personal readiness. CPR. First Aid. AED. Basic Life Support. The training is hands-on, paced for adult learners, and built around real situations rather than theory. Organizations come to us when they want their teams stronger. We deliver Mental Health First Aid training (on-site at your location, NEPA and nationwide), leadership development, employee growth programs, HR and workplace culture training, behavioral management for high-stress environments, DSM-5 educational workshops, and personal development sessions that function as meaningful learning and growth opportunities for staff at every level.
The CORE Academy is a Pennsylvania Quality Assurance System (PQAS) Approved Organization and a Pennsylvania Department of Education Act 48 Approved Provider. For Pennsylvania educators, Act 48 requires 180 hours of continuing professional education through an approved provider every five years to keep a certificate active. For early childhood and school-age professionals, PQAS is the state’s standard for approved professional development. Applications are currently in process to offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits, further expanding access to high-quality professional development across multiple disciplines.
You may need a particular certification for work, a credential for a clinical program, or just the confidence to act when something goes wrong with a customer, patient or child. Our American Red Cross CPR, First Aid, AED, and Basic Life Support classes are hands-on, paced for adult learners, and built around real situations. Teachers, coaches, childcare staff, and people entering healthcare fields all train with us.
Something in your team needs sharpening. Communication. Leadership. Behavioral response. Onboarding. Many of our organizational engagements begin with a conversation and an assessment, not a workshop. We build a plan that scopes the right work before we deliver it. Schools, nonprofits, healthcare-related teams, and service providers work with us when they want their staff sharper.
On the individual side, we work with people building careers in healthcare, education, human services, childcare, and community programs, along with anyone who wants to be ready when an emergency happens.
On the organizational side, we work with nonprofits, schools, healthcare-related teams, service providers, and the supervisors and managers who hold those teams together. The common thread: every group we work with wants something practical they can use on Monday.
Being based in Wilkes-Barre is not a footnote. It changes how we work. A regional training partner is easier to schedule with, easier to reach when something comes up, and easier to bring on-site when a team needs training delivered where they already are. For longer guides on certifications, workplace training, and behavioral topics, read the The CORE Academy blog. We serve participants and organizations across Wilkes-Barre, the Wyoming Valley, Scranton, and the broader Northeast Pennsylvania region. Closer is better.
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