Maine Adult Education Association
Educate Empower Enrich
with Elaine Abbott, MSAD #37 Adult & Community Education
April 4th, 2025
Participants will learn about commonfinancial frauds including check washing and check fraud. Also coveredare critical components of keeping accounts secure including password management and freezing one’s credit.
with Tyler Kretschmar, Kittery Adult Education
March 20th, 2025
The course will be an in depth look at Medicare, including details on every part, when to sign up, if you have to sign up, costs and coverages of each part. Reviewing extra help qualifications, enrollment periods, and income related monthly adjustment. Tyler is a holistic retirement planner in Dover NH covering Medicare, social security, finances, and estate planning.
Thursday,, Feb. 13 or March 20 or April 17 or May 22, 5-6:30pm
with Irene Bowen, Kittery Adult Education
April 29th, 2025
Health Care and Your Retirement is an educational program that addresses what steps investors should take to prepare for health care costs to help ensure their retirement savings stay healthy.
Tuesday, April 29, 6:00-7:00pm
Registration Fee: $12
with Kathryn Bedell, Kittery Adult Education
May 6th, 2025
This class will begin with an overview of basic estate planning, including Wills, Powers of Attorney, Health Care Directives, etc. The class will then delve into, learning how revocable trusts can help avoid probate and protect your privacy, and how irrevocable trusts can protect your assets from nursing home or Maine Care (Medicaid) liens. Discussion will include other strategies to safeguard assets from life events such as business failure or divorce of adult children. Kathryn Bedell is a lawyer in York, Maine and has been practicing for 31 years. Her practice focuses on estate planning, asset preservation, and probate matters.
with Irene Bowen, Kittery Adult Education
March 25th, 2025
Social Security: Your Questions Answered is an educational program for people who are nearing retirement, ages 55 and up who have questions about social security. During this seminar we'll help answer these questions: How does Social Security fit into my retirement income plan? When should I start taking benefits? What about taxes?
Tuesday, March 25, 6:00-7:00pm
Registration Fee: $12
with ed 2go, Kittery Adult Education
To register or for more details visit:
https://www.ed2go.com/kae/online-courses/accounting-basics/
Accounting Fundamentals
In this course, you'll learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, as well as how to analyze and record financial transactions. You'll get hands-on experience with handling accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll procedures, sales taxes, and various common banking activities. We'll cover all the bases, from writing checks to preparing an income statement and closing out accounts at the end of each fiscal period.
Accounting Fundamentals II
This course will build on the knowledge you gained in Accounting Fundamentals, to provide you with a solid understanding of corporate accounting practices. You'll explore such topics as special journals, uncollectible accounts receivable, plant assets, depreciation, notes and interest, accrued revenue and expenses, dividends, retained earnings, and various financial reports for corporations.