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Becoming a Worksheet Warrior-Excel Basics

with John Hessler

Mar

4

March 4th to 25th, 2025

$10 More Info

This course is designed for beginning Excel users, demonstrating the basic layout and functionality of the program. In this course, students will learn to create new files, insert and manipulate data, and learn some useful and common functions. The goals of this course are to impart a basic mastery of Excel and to provide a solid foundation from which students can continue to develop their spreadsheet skills. This is an in-person class.

John was born and raised in Ellsworth and received a BS in chemical engineering from the University of Maine. He currently works in the field of sustainable aquaculture, focusing particularly on recirculating aquaculture systems. John is an avid Excel/spreadsheet user, both within and outside of work, and looks forward to sharing his enthusiasm for it as one of the most accessible and versatile computational tools today.

Google Forms: Gather Information

with Annie Sargent

Feb

13

February 13th, 2025

$10 More Info

Forms is the Google Suite App that allows you to create surveys, proposals and so much more. The surveys are easy to create and can automatically be formatted to download to a google sheet which makes reviewing the results quick and easy. This is an in-person class;

You’ll need a Gmail account for this workshop, and will need to know your account username and password. It’s ideal if you access your Gmail on the web vs. a computer-based program. If you’re not sure what this means, please contact us and we’ll be glad to assist you! Google applications are free and are a practical way to learn programs without investing in software.

English for Life & Work

with Emily Nash

Jan

13

January 13th to May 30th, 2025

Price not available More Info

This course is designed to help adults improve their reading, writing, proofreading, editing, and revising to prepare for standardized exams. We cover the basics of grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, paragraph development, and will eventually write effective essays with clear ideas, smooth transitions, and logical support. We will practice planning, research, prewriting, and organizing our writing. Learning to proofread for punctuation, usage, content, and support will be emphasized. This is an in-person class with ongoing enrollment through May.

Emily Nash brings many years of experience teaching adult education and has strong skills in designing curriculum to meet the real needs of students. She’s respectful and sensitive to the needs of adult learners and is always a good listening ear. She loves to read, and between stints as an adult education teacher, she is a seasonal professional landscaper. Emily is a student advisor, and teaches English, HiSET prep and Multilingual Learners.

If you would like to learn more about this class call 207.664.7110, or email adultedinfo@ellsworthschools.org for an appointment with a student advisor.

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Success in the Workforce

with Vanessa Richards

Price not available More Info

If you are ready to make a change in your life - finding the right job or career - this offering will provide you with the resources, skills, knowledge and support to seek your fortune!

You’ll have the opportunity to take career assessments, explore job opportunities, identify the training or education required (and apply for those programs), prepare to apply for jobs by writing resumes and participating in informational and mock interviews, complete paper and online job applications, and strengthen communication and other foundation skills to reach your goals. You will work with a veteran instructor to design your own individualized program.

The first step is to meet with one of our career advisors to make a plan that meets your needs and goals. Call us at 664.7110 to schedule an initial appointment to learn more about the program.

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Google Calendar (Jan)

with Vanessa Richards

Jan

7

January 7th to 14th, 2025

$20 More Info

Google Calendar is a versatile and shareable calendar that is used by many public and private employers. It's also very useful for busy families who are juggling lots of activities. This is an in-person class.

You’ll need a Gmail account for this workshop, and will need to know your account username and password. It’s ideal if you access your Gmail on the web vs. a computer-based program. If you’re not sure what this means, please contact us and we’ll be glad to assist you! Google applications are free and are a practical way to learn programs without investing in software.

Vanessa loves working with adult learners. She is really easy to be around and makes people extremely comfortable; she even makes learning math and computers fun! She is committed to helping adults discover their strengths, build their confidence, and realize they can accomplish their goals. In her free time, she loves to travel and explore the outdoors. Vanessa teaches math, science, technology, and provides college and career advising.

Microsoft Excel Power Tools-Power Query, Power Pivot Tables, Power Business Intelligence (May)

with Val Landry

May

1

May 1st to 15th, 2025

$89 More Info

These new Excel tools allow you to bring your work with Excel to a whole other level, from importing and sharing, importing and cleaning data, and modeling and calculating a large amount a data creating efficiencies, and so much more.

Power Query allows you to import and shape data. It has an easy to use interface, powerful tools to import and clean data.

Power Pivot Tables allows data modeling and calculations. It easily handles millions of rows of data and has modeling tools for efficient data storage and analysis.

Power BI (Business Intelligence) is a complete business intelligence tool. It features incredible visual options, has simple built-in interactive options, fantastic graphs and allows easy sharing of data.

The design of this course includes 2-3 hours of work with the software between sessions to gain maximum benefit from the class.

This is a live, online class using ZOOM; makeup class, if needed, 05/22/25.

You will want to have Microsoft Excel on your computer for this workshop and many people find it helpful to have two monitors, though it is certainly not necessary to benefit from the sessions. There are two ways to accomplish this: 1) attach an external screen to your computer (contact our program if you need technical assistance with that); or 2) using two computers (one for Excel and the other for the ZOOM meeting).

Val is a lifelong business educator and academic advisor focused on helping enrich and enhance students' educational and life purposes. He is experienced in college management and as an adult educator having taught at Mid-State College and Kennebec Valley Community College. His teaching experience covers over 45 years in the areas of computer applications, accounting, and Quickbooks training workshops.