Franklin County Adult & Community Education & Adult Basic Education
| Address: | 108 Fairbanks Rd. Farmington, ME 04938 |
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| Phone: | (207) 778-3460 |
| Fax: | (207) 778-2971 |
| E-mail: | fcabe@mtbluersd.org |
| Website: | Website |
| Contact: | Ray Therrien, Director |
| Clients: | Adults who need to acquire life skills, improve basic literacy skills, learn English as a second language, acquire or upgrade writing, math, or computer skills, attain high school credits for a diploma or entrance to college or technical school, and those aspiring to earn a GED. |
| Services: | Small group instruction in basic literacy skills, General Educational Development (GED) preparation and testing, high school diploma completion, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), job and career exploration, Life Skills for educationally challenged adults, and computer literacy. Adult Basic Education also provides a library program and educational classes at the Franklin County Detention Center. Community Education Community Education offered through Adult Education is probably what comes to mind when people hear the term Adult Education. In fact, it is another component to the total AE program all together. Community Education offers Certificate Courses like CNA and Medical Terminology as well as others. It offers SAT preparation and Substitute trainings for substitute teachers. Community Ed. provides academic classes for students going into post secondary education or for specific skill trainings. Community Education offers numerous enrichment classes at various sites in MSAD9. Art and Calligraphy, parenting and care-giving classes, and chainsaw and woodworking classes are available to name just a few. It is a pay-for-itself program with the exception of a small amount of federal funds to run academic classes. Classes are prorated to cover the cost of the instructor and the over head to run the program. We do not run programs to generate revenues but rather to provide enjoyable, interesting learning experiences for the community throughout the year. This year alone, Community Education has offered over 149 classes to 1,249 people so far, and we are still counting. Sixty-four classes have been held in MSAD9 schools, fifty-two classes have been held in the community and thirty-three classes are being held here at the Adult Learning Center. Additionally, we are a satellite site of UMA's ITV program delivering 43 courses out of the Foster Tech Center. Three of the courses are web-based distance learning programs that are delivered directly to our learners via the internet. Community Education brokers with a California-based company, ED 2 GO, to provide over 300 web-based certificate programs for a small fee to Franklin County Learners. It has proven very successful and has continued to be part of our offerings for several years now. |
| Fees: | There are no fees for adult basic education classes or GED testing. There are fees (depending on the type of class) for Adult and Community Education classes. |
| Volunteer Opportunities: | One-on-one tutoring, driving educationally disadvantaged adult learners, flyer distribution. Required training: Meet with teacher and/or sectary. Time requirements: Variable, one + hours per week. Director: Ray Therrien (207) 778-3460. |
| Hours: | Monday through Thursday, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm; Friday, 8:30 am - 1:00 pm. GED by appointment. There are some evening classes available for individual and computer instruction. |
