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Biddeford Adult Education



Personal Enrichment

Beginning Handbuilding

$150

with Tamsyn Bodwell

Calendar Next session starts Apr 1, 2025 at 10 am
1 additional session on May 6, 2025

During this 4-week session, you will learn the basics of hand-building using pinch, coil, and slab construction to make cups, mugs, and bowls. Weeks 1 and 2 will be constructing items and weeks 3 and 4 will be decorating and glazing. Work will be picked up following week 4.

Beginning Wheel Throwing

$150

with Tamsyn Bodwell

Calendar Next session starts Apr 5, 2025 at 10 am
1 additional session on May 10, 2025

During this 4-week session, you will learn the basics of wheel throwing to make simple vessels such as bowls, tumblers, and plates. Weeks 1 and 2 will be focused on throwing and weeks 3 and 4 we will be decorating and glazing. Work will be picked up following week 4.

Full Course

Adobe Illustrator Essentials

$225

with Andi Helmi

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 7, 2025
1 additional session on Jun 2, 2025

Adobe Illustrator is the industry standard computer illustration software. Use Illustrator to draw shapes and design logos, flyers, posters, banners, business cards or any other vector graphics for print or web. In this course, you will learn Adobe Illustrator fundamentals to set up a print document and use various tools to draw, type and color all kinds of shapes and illustrations. Learn how to efficiently manage layers and artboards, and create print-ready PDF documents.

Access to Adobe Illustrator software required.

How it Works click HERE.

Certificate in Mastering Computer Skills for the Workplace

$495

with Elizabeth Flanagan

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 7, 2025
1 additional session on Jun 2, 2025

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.

This certificate consists of:

How it Works click HERE.

Introduction to Social Media

$195

with Travette Webster

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 7, 2025
1 additional session on Jun 2, 2025

Get involved in the move from in-person to online communication. Learn what social media are and their role in your business and personal life. Find out the top sites and how businesses are using the sites for communication, customer retention, branding, marketing, market research, needs assessment and serving customers and clients. Explore the options for your organization. Look at case studies of what other organizations are doing. Let your instructor guide your exploration of Facebook and YouTube. For anyone interested in social media.

How it Works click HERE.

QuickBooks Level 1

$195

with Marcus Lander

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 7, 2025
1 additional session on Jun 2, 2025

Get a comprehensive understanding of QuickBooks Online, one of the most popular cloud based accounting programs and preferred choice for small business managers, owners, bookkeepers and accounting professionals. In four hands-on units you will learn how to use QuickBooks Online to enter sales, purchases, receive and make payments and add inventory.

How it Works click HERE.

Social Media for Business Certificate

$495

with Travette Webster, Melissa Torres, Jo-Carolyn Goode

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 7, 2025
1 additional session on Jun 2, 2025

Get in on this exciting and growing way to communicate, market and serve your customers and clients. For businesses, nonprofits, government, and other organizations. From Facebook to Twitter, blogging, YouTube, LinkedIn, and more, discover the new principles of communication that apply across all networks and how these specific social networks work and the possible uses for your organization.

Learn how social networks are used to develop a two-way communication and marketing strategy for your organization. Then find out what you can be doing, what you should be doing, and take back a plan to integrate social networks into your communication and marketing.

Whether you are new to social networks or already involved, you will come away with both an understanding of social networks and practical, how-to techniques to integrate social networks into your organization or business. Your instructors are outstanding practitioners who also speak, write, and train others on social networks.

This certificate includes and must be take in order:

  • Introduction to Social Media
  • Marketing Using Social Media
  • Integrating Social Media in Your Organization

 How it Works click HERE.

Maine Driving Dynamics

$70

with William King

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 8, 2025 at 6 pm

This driver improvement course is designed to improve your defensive driving awareness and includes discussion of collision avoidance techniques, safety issues, driver habits and attitudes, and the basic elements that constantly challenge drivers on Maine’s highways. Our goal is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce vehicle-related crashes. Date of birth and driver’s license information required to complete enrollment.





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