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Quilling
with Kim Crawford
Paper Quilling is the art of rolling, shaping, gluing, and creating shapes with colorful paper strips. With quilling you can make art, bookmarks, jewelry, magnets, cards, ornaments, key chains, multipurpose boxes, frames, and lots of other things. Kim will teach you some basic techniques. You will make a quilled item and take some supplies home with you at the end of the class.
Lab/Materials Fee: $10 to be paid to the instructor the night of class
Reiki II Training
with Donna Shaw
Reiki II is about "Emotional and Distant Healing". Considered the practitioners level, some take this degree to become practitioners, while others simply want to continue their own healing journey through Reiki. The two symbols given at this level are for emotional & distant healing of self and others. Student are trained to use the second degree keys (symbols) and to send long distance healing.
Lab fee: $125 to be paid directly to the instructor on the first day of class. Speak to instructor about payment options.
American Heart Association (AHA): Heartsaver Adult/Child/Infant CPR and AED & First Aid
with Susan Robbins R.N.
This course provides a framework for learning basic skills that may save a life or prevent further injury. You will learn first aid basics, CPR for adults, children, and infants, AED use, and emergency opioid aid. The course includes classroom instruction and practice as well as a return demonstration of skills. There is a pass/fail component to the demonstration of skills learned in the class. The class is 8 hours in length.
Watercolor for Beginners to Intermediate
with Donna Kantor
If you’ve always wanted to learn watercolor painting in a relaxed, no critique environment, this is the perfect class! A place to learn some foundational skills and a variety of techniques, painting a simple landscape, birds and a floral.
Suggested materials list will be available at first class. But please bring whatever materials you have.
Lab Fee: $10 to be paid directly to the instructor on the first day of class.
Drawing for Adult Beginners
with Donna Kantor
It’s never too late to learn! No experience is necessary or expected. A class that introduces a nuts and bolts approach to a structured drawing process. A variety of mediums will be used, graphite in different forms and charcoal in block, powder and vine. Materials provided for in-class use.
Lab Fee: $10 to be paid directly to the instructor on the first day of class.
Planning & Paying for College
with FAME Specialist
Do you have children who will be looking at college in the next few years or might you be thinking of returning to school yourself? Now is a great time to start thinking about the college financial aid process and ways to boost college savings. The earlier you start, the more confident and relaxed you will feel when it is time to apply for financial aid. Join Jessica Whittier, College Access Counselor with the Finance Authority of Maine for this 1-hour workshop as we talk all things paying for college.
Beginner Botanical Illustration Workshop
with Donna Kantor
Do you love gardening? Do you want to enjoy the flowers you grow year-round? Learn how to combine watercolor and colored pencils to capture your colorful garden! Donna Kantor will introduce you to new techniques and help you gain the skills to enjoy your flower garden year-round.
Real Estate Sales Agent Course
This 55-hour remote learning real estate agent course, approved by the Maine Real Estate Commission, is a prerequisite to taking the Pearson VUE state licensing exam. Based on the book, Introduction to a Successful Career in Maine Real Estate, by Charles “Kim” Coit, its content includes material that is basic to the practice of real estate in Maine. Concepts covered:
- How the business is organized and regulated by the Maine Real Estate Commission
- Licensing laws and agency relationships
- Fiduciary duties of a licensee with an agency agreement with a buyer or seller
- Private property rights with attention to the public and private limits that may exist on those rights.
- Required disclosures licensees must make to make to buyers and sellers
- Basics of contracts and how to complete agreements for real estate transactionsIntroduction to real estate financing and overview of different loan products available
- Closings and closing costs
- Tax considerations of property ownership
- Miscellaneous federal laws including Fair Housing and Americans with Disabilities.
The material is presented in manageable modules. Students read the text and then answer short questions based on the text. The questions are designed to help students focus on key points and reinforce learning. The course has four quizzes. Students take the quiz and with a passing grade of 75, move on to the next topics in the course. Students may retake quizzes until they secure a passing grade. The final course grade is the grade attained on the final exam. Students may retake the final exam as well. Students have 1 year to complete the course.
Upon passing this course AND completing a course evaluation required by the Maine Real Estate Commission, students will receive a Certificate of Completion. This Certificate is your ticket of admission to the Pearson VUE state licensing exam. Students have one year from the course completion to take the Pearson VUE test. We recommend taking the test as soon after completing the real estate agent course as possible.
When students pass the Pearson VUE exam, they affiliate with an agency. The Designated Broker of the Agency and the student sign the application for a license and send the application to the commission for processing.
Students are welcome to call or email the real estate course instructor at any time during the course with questions.
Materials include:
- Introduction to a Successful Career in Maine Real Estate textbook
- Maine Real Estate Commission License Law Reference Book