This is a step-by-step guide to taking beautiful photos, appropriate for novice photographers and anyone who wants to significantly upgrade their photography skills. Students will learn to take photos, portraits, slo-motion, panos, and more. Also students will learn about camera settings for proper focus and exposure, High Dynamic Range, and picture composition.

Open Enrollment - take it when you want! These classes are online/videos, on demand so once you register for it, you can watch it as much as you'd like!

Click this link to register: https://www.ed2go.com/telstar/

for this and other online classes offered by ed2go.

This teacher professional development course provides specific methods for improving your classroom management by offering six strategies that help to reduce student disruptions and promote learning. You will learn how to implement routines, procedures, transitions, pacing, attention-getters, and silent signals.

You will also learn how to analyze areas in your own management plans that may need improvement and then build a plan using the provided course strategies to improve your classroom processes. The action plan you design, and the resources you receive within the classroom will help ensure that you can successfully implement these classroom management strategies to ensure a more efficient classroom.

This is your invitation to teach others in person and join in one of the more important functions in life - passing on knowledge and skills to others.  It is both an opportunity and a responsibility.  Whether you want to teach others or currently teach others, in any setting, either formally or informally, this course is for you. We will give you both the fundamental and advanced information to improve your teaching. Your lead instructor is the author of How to Teach Adults, the best-selling book on the subject. The ebook version is included in the course.  

CEUs/ILUs: 3.2

Length (in hours): 32

Price in USD $295

Offered 4 times/year, call for dates.

Adult Education is excited to offer certified teachers and tutors to assist you with test prepartion.

Contact us for details at 207-439-5896.

Many have speculated that the era of the traditional office is now over. As organizations adjusted to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic, employees and business leaders witnessed the unique advantages of remote work, including greater flexibility, increased productivity, and better work-life balance. The Monday-to-Friday in-office schedules of the past have lost their appeal and utility. Through this course, HR professionals will learn how to support employees and organizations shifting to hybrid work arrangements. Through this course, HR professionals will learn how to recruit, train, and support employees working in hybrid settings. Topics covered in the course include how to foster a strong organizational culture in a hybrid setting, and how to manage transitions between remote and in-person work.

This is an online course.  You can start it at any time.

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While there are many benefits associated with remote work, there are certain tasks and activities that can't be easily replicated in a virtual environment. Team collaboration, brainstorming, and culture-building are better suited for in-person settings, where team members can work side-by-side and connect in real time. As organizations transition to hybrid work arrangements, business leaders and HR professionals will need to assess how and when in-person work will be conducted and what the expectations will be for managing job tasks and responsibilities in a hybrid environment. This course examines how the modern office has been reshaped and explores the activities best suited for in-person settings, and addresses topics such as employee health and safety and workspace design.

This is an online class.  May be started at any time.

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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.

CEUs/ILUs: 1.6

Length (in hours): 16