Our Mission:
Dover Adult Learning Center helps adults in the Strafford County area enhance their life-coping skills and improve their lives through basic education, job training, high school completion, and enrichment classes. We help our students become more effective lifelong learners, family members, workers, and citizens.

Description:
Each year, more than 2,500 adults take advantage of the educational services that Dover Adult Learning Center provides. We are the adult literacy agency for Strafford County and the community education provider for Dover.
We offer Adult Basic Education classes in Dover, Rochester, Farmington, and at the Strafford County House of Corrections.
We schedule high school credit courses in Dover and other high schools in the county, varying by term.
We are a GED testing center. +/-200 people pass the GED here each year.
We provide English for Speakers of Other Languages classes in Dover and we administer the Strafford County Adult Tutorial Program for adults unable to attend classes and/or needing additional assistance.
We provide life skills classes for clients of Community Partners and we provide a vocational class for people on public assistance.
We offer classes from astronomy to computers, cooking, drawing, crafts, digital photography, Reiki, and whittling.
Our on-site computer teaching lab features small classes at convenient schedules.

History:
Dover Adult Learning Center grew out of Dover's first Adult Basic Education classes, which began in 1968. The Center become incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1972 and acquired its current facility in Dover in 1978. In 1988, the U.S. Secretary of Education recognized the Center as one of six outstanding programs in the nation. In 1995, the Center opened its first Adult Basic Educations classes outside Dover. In 2006, the Center relocated to the beautiful new McConnell Community Center in the heart of downtown Dover. In Rochester our programs are housed at First Church Congregational.

Contact people:

Jim Verschueren, Executive Director, (phone), (email) Debbie Liskow, Tutorial Program Coordinator, (phone), (email) Terry Snook, Office Manager, (phone), (email)

Address:

61 Locust Street - McConnell Community Center Dover, NH 03820 (See a map)

Directions:

From the Spaulding Turnpike, take Exit 8E. You are now on Silver St. Go to the second set of lights, turn left onto Locust Street. Turn left at the Dover Public Library to park behind the library. The McConnell Community. . . (more)   Nearest Bus Stop: Coast Bus/City Hall, 5 minute walk

Miscellaneous Information

Name of Executive Director (or equivalent) if not listed above:
	James Verschueren
Type of organization
	Nonprofit 501(c)3
Is your organization a Health and Human Service agency?
	Yes

Overall Experience   
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For over a year I've worked with an individual on literacy. It started with her requesting help for a course she was taking, but transitioned into addressing her needs around writing. I've gained a whole new perspective on how lucky I am and the difficulties that illiteracy poses in what I consider "everyday" activities. posted by ameyer on February 19, 2004