Ellsworth Adult and Community Education

Ellsworth Adult & Community Education is working with MDI Hospital and Birch Bay Village to offer a Certified Nursing Assistant course.

This is an in-person program with 70 hours of classes scheduled  Monday and Tuesday evenings 20 hours of labs  and Wednesday evenings. These sessions will be held at Hancock County Technical Center in Ellsworth.  After the labs are complete 40 hours of clinical will follow on Wednesdays during the daytime hours. 

CNA Plus also offers BLS, CPR & First Aid, Digital Literacy Certification and a WorkReady credential. 

Interested students can begin on the Northstar Digital Literacy anytime, which is recommended.  Here's a link to our CNA Information Session Material

Please call 664.7110, email adultedinfo@ellsworthschools.org we will make an appointment for you to meet with our student advisor or register you for an upcoming CNA Information Session. 

This course is free for Maine residents who plan to work at a facility in Hancock County. It is funded by a Strengthen Maine's Workforce Grant offered by the State of Maine.