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The Teen Brain
with UGot Class, MSAD#1 Adult & Community Education
One of the most turbulent periods in brain development occurs during adolescence. The teen brain actually functions very differently from the adult brain. Certain kinds of thinking, such as decision-making, actually happen in different parts of the brain for adolescents and adults.
Understanding these complex changes can help calm the rough seas of the teen years, but also provide your teen with critical support and understanding that will promote better decision-making, better mental health, and better outcomes at school.
Come find out the important ways in which the teen brain is developing. Identify behaviors and attitudes that are influenced by these changes. Then learn to offer constructive strategies for establishing a better understanding of and communication with your amazing teen.
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Time Management
with Mind Edge, RSU 19 Adult Education
One of the more precious resources a manager has is his or her time. Managers can become more effective by employing time management and scheduling techniques, delegating, outsourcing key tasks, and employing technology. The concepts covered in this course will help create structure around your time management skills and will help reveal any weaknesses in your time management habits. Making time management a priority is often the first step to keeping on task and maintaining a productive schedule.
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https://catalog.mindedge.com/rsu19/courses/46/time-management
Time Value of Money and Risk
with Mind Edge, RSU 19 Adult Education
Is a dollar more valuable today or tomorrow? What about a year from now? This introductory-level course covers time value of money (TVM) principles and risk and return. You will review the basic TVM techniques used in evaluating all financial decisions and their cash flow implications. For Risk and Return, you will learn how risk influences investment decisions, and how to calculate risk and rates of return. Further, you will explore the benefits of diversification and the use of the portfolio concept in investing.
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https://catalog.mindedge.com/rsu19/courses/1164/time-value-of-money-and-risk
Tools of Data Analysis
with Mind Edge, RSU 19 Adult Education
There are a number of statistical tools and techniques that are commonly used by organizations to inform decision-making. These tools span numerous business functions and support many different objectives. This intermediate-level course describes, evaluates, and analyzes different statistical techniques and their real-world limitations and benefits. The course features crossover analysis, break-even analysis, cluster analysis, decision tree analysis as well as an introduction to regression.
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https://catalog.mindedge.com/rsu19/courses/1555/tools-of-data-analysis
Troubleshooting Your Writing
with Mind Edge, RSU 19 Adult Education
Writing is central to our personal and professional lives. Errors in writing can derail a job application, miscommunicate a plan, and confuse our audience in many ways. This course will guide you through the writing process, from brainstorming the content to polishing the final draft. Along the way, you'll be given tips for how to speed up the writing process and ensure that you send out error-free writing. Topics include time management, structure, crafting complex and clear sentences, and troubleshooting common grammar errors.
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https://catalog.mindedge.com/rsu19/courses/1912/troubleshooting-your-writing
Understanding and Managing Budgets
with Mind Edge, RSU 19 Adult Education
A budget is a detail of expenses and incomes for a set period of time. This introductory-level course covers budgets and how they are used in organizational settings including the uses and functions of master budgets, operating budgets, sales, production and cost of goods sold budgets, and cash budgets. You will also learn about the budgeting process, and how organizations are using different budgeting techniques to overcome operating challenges.
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https://catalog.mindedge.com/rsu19/courses/1165/understanding-and-managing-budgets
Understanding and Managing Budgets
with CFTEA Online, Massabesic Center for Adult Learning
Start Anytime! This introductory-level course covers budgets and how they are used in organizational settings including the uses and functions of master budgets, operating budgets, sales, production and cost of goods sold budgets, and cash budgets. You will also learn about the budgeting process, and how oranizations are using different budgeting techniques to overcome operating challenges.
Unlock Safari's Secrets on Your iPad in Just Five Lessons
with Ed Brazee, Jill Spencer, Chris Toy, RSU #40 Adult Education
Your iPad is the gateway to the world when you open the Safari app. Safari, Apple’s browser, is superb because it provides a variety of cool features. The iPad app has some differences from the iPhone version. Learn what the icons on the top menu do, explore all of the choices on Safari’s opening page, review efficient search strategies, look at the hidden possibilities within the share feature, learn the advantages of Reader View, and more. After completing the five lessons you will be a confident user of Safari on your iPad.