This is a live, online class.

Unlock the potential of Artificial Intelligence in your creative writing with this hands-on Adult Ed course. In two 60 minute sessions, you'll learn how to use AI as a powerful editing tool, enhancing your stories, poems, and essays. Discover techniques for refining your prose, generating new ideas, and polishing your work to a professional standard. Whether you're a seasoned writer or just starting out, this class will show you how to collaborate with AI to elevate your writing while maintaining your unique voice and your originality. Join Nina Barufaldi to explore the future of creative writing with AI as your editor.

Must have ChatGPT account

Nina Barufaldi St.Germain holds an MFA in creative writing and was longlisted for both the American Short(er) Story Award in 2020 and the 2023 First Pages Prize. She is comfortable writing in all genres and welcomes all levels of ability. She is currently working on a novel that takes place on the Pemaquid Peninsula.

Using a provided sewing machine, this class is intended to give a beginning sewist skills to create simple non-clothing projects or a garment. Those with more experience and/or their own machine can bring in materials and pattern for a project of their choosing to work on with guidance and/or specific instruction.

Depending on needs, topics covered may include: seam treatments, using a pattern, repairing/replacing items, basic garment construction, sleeves, buttonholes, zippers, etc.

Ms. McCann-Baker is a life long hobby sewist and has taught sewing to elementary age students.

Bus drivers are in high demand in Maine! This course will help prepare you to take the CDL Class B permit exams. Participants will use the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles handbook, and there will be a specific focus on requirements for bus drivers. After successfully completing the course and passing the exams, students have the opportunity to work for Biddeford Public School as a bus driver trainee.

Prerequisites: Current Class C license, CASAS assessment score of 238 or higher.

Please call Anne at (207) 282-3883 or email abeaulieu@biddefordschools.me to schedule your CASAS test.

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere during the class dates specified.

This exciting course is designed to teach advanced and specialized approaches to utilize the legal resources available in a law library, and elsewhere. The conceptual differences between computer-assisted legal research and hard-copy research will be taught. You will also learn how to formulate WESTLAW search queries and effectively and efficiently use WESTLAW and other online legal research methods as time-saving devices in legal research and legal writing. This course is designed to examine more thoroughly advanced and specialized approaches to utilizing the legal sources available in the law library and online. Successful graduates of this non-credit course will be awarded a Certificate of Completion from the college or university of their choice.

Lesson 1: Legal Authorities and Citations

Lesson 2: Legal Analysis

Lesson 3: Westlaw© online legal research

Lesson 4: The Legal Memorandum of Law

Lesson 5: Manual Legal Research

Lesson 6: Types of Legal Writing Course Objectives

How to conduct manual legal research.  How to conduct electronic legal research.  How to find, interpret, and use various types of legal authorities.  How to share with legal authorities.  How to write a legal analysis.  How to draft a Memorandum of Law.  How to briefcase opinions How to engage in various types of legal writing, participants will be expected to complete reading and homework assignments and will be assigned an advanced legal research project and legal writing assignment. Final research and writing projects will be presented for grading to the instructor or CLS by Barbri as a prerequisite of course completion.

PREREQUISITE: Students must have completed the core Paralegal Certificate Course or have one year of paralegal experience before enrolling in this course.

Books Approximate Cost: $400

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere.  You can work at your own pace.

This intensive program is designed for both beginning and experienced secretaries who are interested in improving their skills.  Topics include legal terminology; legal process; jurisdiction and venue; ethics; written communications including letters, pleadings, discovery, notices, and motions; filing procedures; billing and accounting; time management; records management; an overview of commonly used word and data processing programs; legal research; memoranda preparation and citation format.

Books: Approximate Cost - $100

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere.  You can work at your own pace.

Paralegalism is one of the fastest-growing careers in the country with an annual average salary of $44,480 (more if you freelance). Learn to interview witnesses, investigate complex fact patterns, research the law, prepare legal documents, and assist in preparing cases for courtroom litigation. The instruction is practice-oriented, specific to those areas of law in which paralegals are in demand. 

Books:  Approximate Cost - $575

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org