Do I Need Academic Credit Courses for My Re-certification Requirements?
Model Teaching offers both Online Professional Development courses as well as University Partnered courses offered through regionally-accredited universities.
Learn more about these types of credit as well as your state requirements for teacher licence renewal, salary advancement, & certification:
Do I Need Academic Credit? Learn the Difference:
Valley City State University
Valley City State University (VCSU) is a public, regional university originally founded in 1890. Since its founding, VCSU has grown into an innovative state university, offering exceptional learning programs and learner-centered education throughout the central midwest. Regionally-accredited, including accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), VCSU offers continuing education courses to educators through private partnerships such as Model Teaching. Model Teaching’s graduate-level credit courses provided through VCSU are designed primarily for professional development/salary advancement & license renewal purposes. All online VCSU-partnered courses taken through Model Teaching will include access to graduate-level credit through VCSU along with an official transcript and letter grade.
Valley City State University is regionally-accredited and accredited by the following bodies:
- Higher Learning Commission (HLC), formerly the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA)
- National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education
- American Association of School Librarians (AASL-CAEP)
University of the Pacific
The University of the Pacific is California’s oldest private chartered university established in 1851 and is fully accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASCUC) (https://www.wscuc.org/). University of the Pacific offers continuing education courses through private partnerships such as Model Teaching. Model Teaching’s graduate-level credit courses provided through University of the Pacific are designed primarily for professional development/salary advancement & license renewal purposes. All online UOP-partnered courses taken through Model Teaching will include access to university credit through UOP along with an official transcript.
University of the Pacific is regionally-accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASCUC) (https://www.wscuc.org/)
Northeastern Illinois University (For Illinois Only)
Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) is a public, regional university originally founded in 1867. NEIU offers continuing education courses to educators through private partnerships such as Model Teaching. Model Teaching’s ISBE continuing education courses provided through NEIU are designed primarily for professional development & license renewal purposes. All online NEIU-partnered courses taken through Model Teaching will include access to a continuing education completion certificate documenting earned ISBE hours by NEIU.
Northeastern Illinois University is accredited through the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) (Formerly called the North Central Association of Colleges & Schools).
UMass Global
University of Massachusetts Global (UMass Global), is a nonprofit affiliate of University of Massachusetts, is fully accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). UMass Global (formerly Brandman University) offers nationally recognized academic programs for the nontraditional learner fully online, on ground at more than 25 campuses throughout California and Washington and through UMass Global MyPath, its self-paced online competency-based education. Continuing Education credits through UMass Global are offered as graduate-level professional development courses and indicated as Graduate Professional development on University transcripts. These university-credit courses are intended for recertification, salary advancement or lane changes, and continuing education for teachers and educators.
UMass Global is regionally accredited by the WSCUC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC).
Southern New Hampshire University
Continuing Education credits through Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) are offered as graduate-level professional development courses and indicated as Graduate Professional development on the University transcript. Offered as graduate-level, these courses are intended for recertification, salary advancement or lane changes, and continuing education for teachers and educators.
SNHU is regionally accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE).
Augustana University
Augustana University (AU) is a private, regionally accredited university founded in 1860. Augustana offers continuing education courses to educators through private partnerships such as Model Teaching. Model Teaching’s graduate credit courses provided through AU are courses that fall within the EDUC 600 course number range and are designed for continuing education. These courses can be applied to professional development, salary advancement, or your teaching license renewaAugustana University (AU) is a private, regionally accredited university founded in 1860. Augustana offers continuing education courses to educators through private partnerships such as Model Teaching. Model Teaching’s graduate credit courses provided through AU are courses that fall within the EDUC 600 course number range and are designed for continuing education. These courses can be applied to professional development, salary advancement, or your teaching license renewal.
9 credits of coursework through Model Teaching can also be applied toward Augustana’s Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree as part of Augustana’s learner-designed concentration. Learn More >
AU is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).
Our University Partnered Courses
Access to All Graduate-Level Courses. The most cost-effective way to earn Graduate-Level credits! Purchase your bundle, then choose any of our university-partnered courses. Access your courses for one year and work at your own pace. Pay the $70/credit fee as you go or when you finish.
In this comprehensive course, you will learn the fundamentals of financial literacy, including money management, budgeting, debt reduction, investing, and planning for important financial goals in your life.
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This Quick Course will teach you what Bloom’s Taxonomy is, how it’s related to cognition, & how to use Bloom’s to more effectively design lessons around your standard or lesson objective.
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This course will teach you about the six co-teaching instructional models and how to implement co-teaching in the classroom successfully.
Learn the professional characteristics to consider as you work to establish boundaries and respect that meet the ethical requirements in your educator code of conduct. You will consider interactions with your colleagues, your students, and your students’ families.
In this course, you will learn about the components of effective academic discussion and will be provided with everything you need to build a complete plan to implement academic discussions in your classroom while ensuring students master content knowledge aligned with your lesson objectives.
This course, best for educators new to the RTI model, provides an overview for how instruction in the classroom can best support a response to intervention model.
Learn how to actively monitor students throughout the instructional process and to analyze data collected in order to better support your students.
This course will provide a detailed overview of the benefits and limitations of student AI use in the classroom. It will review what AI is and how it is rapidly evolving, discuss ethical considerations, and describe a variety of student-focused AI tools commonly used today for various subjects.
This course is essential training for both new and experienced teachers who are interested in learning the basics of AI and how to incorporate AI tools in their lessons to help improve their instructional efficiency and quality.
This Quick Course will teach you how to design homework that is aligned to classroom instruction and effective in supporting student academic achievement.
This quick course will help you to understand common logical fallacies and consider how you might address fallacies within your lessons. You will learn about the structure of a sound logical argument, 12 fallacies that occur in flawed arguments, and examples for each fallacy.
This course will define developmental theories and how they drive teaching and learning practices. You will learn about various psychosocial, behavioral, and cognitive developmental theories, and why this knowledge is critical for educators.
This Quick Course shows how integrating visual arts boosts memory, reasoning, and creativity. With practical examples and the CREATE planning blueprint, you’ll leave with ready-to-use strategies to integrate art into your upcoming lessons.
Learn how to design a behavior contract for the students in your classroom. You will learn about choosing reinforcers for a desired student behavior, considering tracking methods and behavior contract design, and general ideas for behavior contract implementation.
Learn how to teach testing behaviors, testing strategies, and a process for students to justify their answer choices on assessments. You will learn specific strategies and methods to explicitly teach appropriate testing behaviors.
Learn how to select from the five main blended learning models to structure your lessons. You’ll learn a process for designing activities and choosing online resources for easier technology integration into your classroom.
