Mt. Desert Island Adult & Community Education
Maine Adult Education Program
Welcome to MDI Adult and Community Education!
We’re here to support you on your learning journey, no matter where you’re starting from or where you want to go.
Are you looking to earn your high school diploma or equivalency?
Do you want to gain new skills to advance in your career?
Have you always wanted to explore the arts, improve your financial literacy, or become more confident with technology?
Adult education in Maine is about opening doors—whether you’re pursuing personal growth, job training, college preparation, or learning just for the joy of it. We offer flexible, supportive programs designed to help you reach your goals at your own pace.
Click the links below to explore our diverse range of courses and programs. We can’t wait to learn with you!
Make this your year!
The Maine.gov website says that adult education programs throughout Maine provide a range of instructional services to help adults develop the skills for further educational opportunities, job training, and better employment, and to realize their full potential as productive workers, family members and citizens.
Whatever new skill or life change you’re dreaming of, there’s a good chance your local Maine adult education program can help you get there.
The National Digital Equity Center offers free, online, interactive technology classes. These classes are held online or in person. Please visit them at digitalequitycenter.org to enroll.
Mar
31
Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People
This is an online, live class. In just a few hours, you can learn enough secrets of the trade togive you years of musical enjoyment. Learn to play piano theway professionals do-using chords. The chord method is LOTSof fun and dramatically easier to learn than reading notes. Feeincludes the online book, online follow up lessons, […]
Apr
1
Quickbooks: Basic Accounting Principles and QB Online
During these three sessions, you will learn basic accounting principles and how to apply them to setting up QuickBooks online for a small business or organization. The design of the course is that you’ll attend the class and also do 2-3 hours of work between sessions which greatly enhances your learning. For this workshop, […]
Apr
1
Instant Guitar for Hopelessly Busy People
This is a live, online class. Instant Guitar for Hopelessly Busy PeopleIn just a few hours you can learn enough about playing the guitar to giveyou years of musical enjoyment, and you won’t have to take privatelessons to do it. This crash course will teach you some basic chords andget you playing along with your […]
Apr
2
Grow Your Own Organic Garden
This is an in-person, classroom-based course at Mount Desert Island High School. Grow Your Own Organic Garden covers all the basics of organic gardening — such as supporting soil and plant health, starting seeds indoors and outdoors, interplanting, pest management, watering, and harvesting. Participants will have plenty of time to ask questions and connect with one another about shared experiences in their […]