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Basic Computer Skills - Digital Literacy Micro Credentials
with Marci Dionne, Marshwood Adult & Community Education
Earn certificates in the areas that are important to you for daily life, employment, or higher education. Choose the lessons and assessments you want to learn: basic computer skills, internet basics, Windows 10, Microsoft Word Office 2016, Excel, Mac OS, Using Email, Google Docs, PowerPoint, Your Digital Footprint, Supporting K-12 Learning, and/or Information Literacy.
Choose a day/time that works for you. Enroll anytime.
Free to eligible adult education students or $70.00
Basic Game Design Certificate
with Moses Wolfenstein and Jean Haefner, Five Town CSD Adult & Community Education
Games are increasingly recognized as a tool that can serve many business purposes beyond entertainment. This Certificate provides you with a general introduction to what goes into the design and development of both video and analog games, with a particular focus on the use of games outside of consumer entertainment. In the first course, you will discover resources for developing game design, identify the mechanics and verbs used in different games. You will come away with knowing the different activities that are part of game design, being able to flesh out a game idea in order to increase the chances of having a successful game design experience, and have a basic understanding of how to work with game developers. In the second course, you will learn the basics of the video game design process, learn about the main video game genres, and use a game development application to begin your journey of making games. By successfully completing this Certificate in Basic Game Design, you will have taken the first steps into understanding game design, and being able to create your own games. Introduction must be taken before Intermediate.
CEUs/ILUs: 3.2
Length (in hours): 32
Price in USD $395
Offered 4 times/year, call for dates.
Beginning Conversational Spanish
with UGot Class, MSAD#1 Adult & Community Education
Designed for beginners, we will have you speaking and reading Spanish in no time. You will practice the basic building blocks of the language and common idiomatic expressions. You will know enough vocabulary and grammar for simple conversations, and you will learn how to ask and answer questions. Whether you speak some Spanish and need a refresher, or no Spanish, you will complete the course with the skills to communicate in Spanish.
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Bookkeeping Certificate
with Sharon DeFonteny, Five Town CSD Adult & Community Education
How do you manage the finances of a business? Whether you are an entrepreneur, running a family business, or just looking to advance your career and add to your skillset, this Bookkeeping Certificate will provide you with the knowledge needed to measure, and manage, the financial health of your business. This program focuses on cash basis accounting.No one will care more about the financial health of your business than you! It’s imperative that you understand how the process works and are able to complete the accounting cycle accurately and in a timely fashion. Even if you plan to outsource your bookkeeping needs, you should still understand how the process works.
No one should be clueless when it comes to the finances of their business.
The Bookkeeping Certificate courses must be taken in the below order (the classes build off each other):
- - Understanding Debits and Credits
- - General Ledger and Month End Procedures
- - Closing Procedures and Financial Statements
CEUs/ILUs: 4.8
Length (in hours): 48
Offered 4 times/year, call for dates.
Business Writing Certificate
with Dionne Felix, Kathryn Lynch-Morin and William Dravies, Five Town CSD Adult & Community Education
Discover the keys to successful writing for the workplace. Whether you are writing a report, memo, letter, or publicity notice, business writing has some defined characteristics for success. Successful communicators in the workplace move forward, others move back. Enhance your career by improving this critical communication skill. Begin with understanding the format, construction, and successful techniques of writing good business reports and proposals. Then improve your skills with editing and proofreading. Finally, discover what good journalists know. Learn how to write a news story, press release, or other publicity notice that zings. Help your organization stand out with your new skills in business writing. This certificate will take you to the next level where business writing is a skill for personal and organizational success.
CEUs/ILUs: 4.8
Length (in hours): 48
Price in USD $495
Offered 4 times/year, call for dates.
Certificate in Learning Styles
with UGot Class, MSAD#1 Adult & Community Education
New research and information is coming out frequently now about how your learners - and you - learn. Here’s what we know. In the last century, you taught everyone equally by teaching them the same. But we know we each learn differently. So in this century, you teach everyone equally by teaching them differently. In this Certificate in Learning Styles, you get the most advanced information about the three most important and most prevalent characteristics you experience with your participants: generation, gender, and the autism spectrum. Your instructors are some of the foremost authorities in the world on these subjects. They write, and speak around North America, on learning styles.
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Certificate in Mastering Computer Skills for the Workplace
with Betsy Flanagan and Flanagan, Five Town CSD Adult & Community Education
Get hands-on experience with the most widely used computer programs in the world, and take away the skills to create professional documents, presentations, and spreadsheets.Whether you're looking to enhance your current career or launch a new one, this certificate program will equip you with the skills you need to succeed in today's digital world. Earn a certificate that demonstrates your mastery of computer skills for the workplace by taking all three classes in this series. Discover the power of Microsoft Excel to create, edit and manage spreadsheets, master the art of professional document creation with Microsoft Word, and bring your proposals and presentations to life with Microsoft PowerPoint. Courses do not need to be taken in order.
CEUs/ILUs: 4.8
Length (in hours): 48
Price in USD $495
Offered 4 times/year, call for dates.
Certificate in Meditation
with ed 2go, Kittery Adult Education
To register for this class or for more details visit: https://www.ed2go.com/kae/online-courses/meditation-certificate-program/
Although there are many ways to meditate and many different forms of meditation, they all share the characteristic of intentionally training a person's attention and concentration. Meditation practices are used by diverse cultures, are rooted in the traditions of the great religions, and have been practiced for thousands of years to promote healing. Evidence of meditation's health effects has been well documented: the practice offers improvement in the symptoms of various disease conditions in addition to the experience of a deeper spiritual connection.
The outcome of this certificate is for the learner to describe the types and practices of meditation, specific health effects, and the practice of mindfulness meditation. (8 contact hours)