Learner's Edge Inc. courses offer graduate level credit (posted in semester hours) from our partner universities. All partner universities are regionally accredited, with long-established traditions of quality teacher continuing education programs. These courses are designed to fulfill requirements for license renewal and salary advancement when the student has obtained proper approval through their local district personnel or state certification offices.

All of our instructors share our commitment to quality professional development. Each holds a Masters Degree and has significant teaching experience at various grade levels/subject areas.

Learner's Edge Inc. includes an easy-to-understand grading rubric with the course materials mailed to you. This rubric clearly outlines the expectations for the course work. Based on the rubric, participants may contract for the grade they would like. Participants may contract for a grade of "A" or "B".

We pride ourselves in responding promptly to all questions and concerns. We welcome your calls and emails.

There are no hidden fees.  Prices include graduate credit and course materials. Due to the nature of courses 717 and 729 there is a $10 additional materials fee.  For courses 660, 746 & 970 there is a $15 additional materials fee.

Please add $20 to all international orders.

For the University of St. Thomas:
Grades are submitted to St. Thomas weekly. Once St. Thomas processes the grades a grade report for that course is automatically mailed to you. Once you receive this grade report, you may then mail/fax St. Thomas an official transcript request form.

For Colorado State University - Pueblo:
Grades are submitted to CSU weekly. CSU will process and post the grades to their system within two weeks. You may view your grades on-line and print out an unofficial transcript directly from the CSU web site. Once your grades are in the CSU system, you may request an official transcript from the university.

For Augustana College:
Grades are submitted to Augustana College weekly. Augustana will process the grades and automatically mail you a report with your grade for that course. Once you receive this grade report, you may then mail/fax Augustana an official transcript request form.

For North Dakota State University:
Grades are submitted to NDSU weekly. NDSU will process and post the grades to their system within two weeks. You may view your grades on-line and print out an unofficial transcript directly from the NDSU web site. Once your grades are in the NDSU system, you may request an official transcript from the university.

We offer our distance learning courses year round. We will mail materials to you immediately, regardless of which session you register for.

You'll find our courses thought-provoking, engaging, and applicable.  When you take a Learner's Edge course, your teaching skills improve as you create activities/lessons that you will use with your students.  Teachers continually rate our courses as some of the most valuable they have taken.  Please take a moment to read what teachers say about Learner's Edge.  They say it best!

1. Consulting Services: specializing in creative teaching strategies
2. District-Wide Initiatives: we can partner with your school district to offer graduate credit for extension activities tied to staff development goals/programs.
3.  School/Site Based Options: We can partner with your school to extend staff development initiatives and offer graduate credit for activities tied to those goals.
4. Book Clubs: Join the book Club craze! Form Discussion groups centered around a popular text of your choice. Share your learning and excitement with other teachers at your school around concepts/strategies of similar interest. Contact us for more details.

All of our courses are formatted in a similar manner. Feel free to call or email for more specific requirements or questions:

1. Read the course text.
   Each course has its own course text(s) that contains a myriad of practical strategies and methods for the classroom teacher. Learner's Edge. uses only the most popular and applicable texts in the field.
2. Respond to the questions on the accompanying study guide.
   Each course has one study guide with 12-15 questions. The questions are designed to help you synthesize what you have been learning in the course text and apply that to your classroom. These questions are not designed to be "essay questions" or "papers."
3. Complete the application requirements.
   Each course requires that you create something applicable to your teaching situation. This typically involves creating a series of short lessons using the strategies, or designing activities to try with your students.

As you can see, course requirements are all designed to be relevant and useful to teachers in their classrooms. Next to each course description on our web page, we have included several comments from teachers who have taken that particular course. Please take a moment to read what teachers like you have to say about Learner's Edge courses!

Unfortunately, our courses do not qualify for student loan deferment.

If you are planning to use one or more of our courses to satisfy Pennsylvania Act 48 requirements please note the following:

·        All credits and hours must be related to an educator’s certificate type or area of assignment, unless enrolled in an administrative program or approved by the school board.

·        Collegiate credits earned outside of Pennsylvania must be submitted on an official college-sealed transcript to:

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If you have specific questions regarding Act 48 please contact the Pennsylvania Department of Education at www.pde.state.pa.us or 717-772-4944

If, as you begin to read the course text, you determine that you'd like to take a different course, please contact us and we'd be happy to switch courses.  If you find you need to cancel/withdraw from a course, please contact us right away.  Cancellations within 45 days will be charged a $30 cancellation fee.  We are unable to offer any refunds for course cancellations after 45 days.  (Additional fees will apply if we have already submitted your registration form(s) to the university/college).

Yes. DPI approval is no longer required for courses taken through accredited out-of-state institutions.  On-site, online, independent study, or correspondence courses are acceptable as long as they are related to your licensure area or professional competence.  If you would like more information on this, please visit www.dpi.state.wi.us/tepdl/tm-license.html

If you are considering taking a course through Learner's Edge and one of our accredited academic partners, we always recommend that you follow any school/district pre-approval policies that may be in place.

Learner's Edge distance learning courses are text based and have no online or video viewing requirements (with the exception of courses 648, 681 & 846).  These are the courses that we have built our reputation on.

In an effort to give our customers more choice in when, where and how they learn, we have partnered with the well known, and highly regarded Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) to make available for credit, over 50 ASCD online courses.

Be assured, no matter which learning model you choose, you will find our offerings to be leading edge, thought provoking, and versatile.

If you've received a letter regarding your St. Thomas course and are choosing Option 2 of said letter, please click on the following link, download the form and fax or mail to Learner's Edge Inc.

UST Extension Form

If you only need clock hours for professional development, and do not need full graduate credit and a university transcript, auditing a course may be a good option for you.

Our onsite and text-based distance learning courses can be audited.  The course fee is lower for an audited course, since you won't receive a university transcript.  Rather, you'd receive a letter of completion on Learner's Edge letterhead documenting successful completion of the course and indicating the credit value associated with the course.

Since you are accountable for the clock hours earned through an audit, the requirements/assignments when auditing a course are the same as the requirements/assignments when taking the course for graduate credit.