A Complete Professional Development Solution for K-12 Educators

Earn PD hours or credits for license renewal, or graduate‑level credits for salary advancement – 100% online & self‑paced.

  • Lowest Cost Courses & Bundles Offered Anywhere

  • True Pay-As-You-Go for All Credit Courses & Bundles

5 star courses
Rated  4.9/5  by  20,000+ Teachers

5 star courses

Rated  4.9/5  by  20,000+ Teachers

PD Courses That Meet the Needs of Both Teachers & Schools

For Teachers

For Teachers

Earn PD hours or graduate-level credits through our university-partnered courses.  Perfect for license renewal or salary advancement, and accepted by most states and districts. Chat with us for personalized recommendations.

For Schools Districts

For Schools & Districts

A comprehensive PD solution for your school or district. Implementation-focused courses with campus administrator management and tracking. Give your teachers full menu access and let them choose their own learning path.

Research-Backed Courses You Can Actually Use

Model Teaching’s online professional development courses are built upon the most relevant, research-backed topics in education today.

More than just PD, all Model Teaching courses will leave you with a plan of action and ready-to-use resources you can use to immediately implement what you have learned in your own classroom, if you choose to do so.

We know teachers are busy. That’s why all Model Teaching professional development courses are purposeful, without long essays and “busy work”. Earn the hours or credits you need, and actually gain something valuable from your PD.

An Extensive Course Menu to Select From:

100+

Courses to choose from

650+

PD Hours of Content

1,200+

Implementation Resources

Thousands of Teachers Use & Recommend Model Teaching Courses
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Teachers Trained

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Enroll In Courses or Build Your Own Bundle

From Individual Teachers to School Districts, We Have a Cost-effective Solution For You

Register for Individual Courses

Browse our course menu and choose the course(s) you need.

$15

& Up

  • Pick courses from our extensive menu.

  • Earn PD (clock hours, CPEs, CTLEs, Act 48, etc.) or graduate-level semester credits through our university-partnered courses.
  • You will have full access to complete your course(s) for 1 year.

Build Your Own Course Bundle

Pick your bundle based on how many PD hours or credits you need, then choose courses from our full menu.

$25

& Up.

Choose From Our Full Menu

  • Register for one of our cost-effective bundles.

  • Pick any courses from our full course menu (credit or graduate-level) and complete at your own pace.

  • You will have full access to pick and take your courses for 1 year.

For Schools & Districts

650+ Hours of Training Content Designed for Immediate Classroom Application

Discounts Provided for Groups

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  • Implementation-focused & built for immediate classroom application.
  • Comprehensive courses & 1-hour quick course, perfect for self-study, PLCs, or growth plans.

  • Track teacher progress in your school administrator dashboard. We’ll do the rest.

Renewing a Teaching License?

Model Teaching PD or credit courses are accepted in most states. Find out what we recommend.

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Renewing a Teaching License?

Model Teaching PD or credit courses are accepted in most states. Find out what we recommend.

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How We Work

Need Credits to Advance Your Salary?

Model Teaching offers the lowest cost-per-credit salary advancement courses you will find.

Graduate-Level Academic Credit Courses & Bundles Designed Specifically for Salary Advancement.

  • Earn Academic Credits At Your Own Pace.
  • Semester Credits From Accredited universities.
  • Includes An Official Transcript & Letter Grade.

  • Pay For Credits Over Time As You Complete Your Courses.

  • Up to 9 Graduate Credits May Be Applied Toward a M.Ed. Degree. Learn More >

  • Designed Specifically for Lane Change & Salary Advancement.

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This will be your TOTAL cost per credit when you bundle.

Model Teaching offers credits from the same regionally accredited universities as other providers, at up to 50% less.

Our University Partners

Earn Graduate-Level Semester Credits & Official Transcripts With Our Accredited Partnered Courses.

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Easy, Template-Based Course Format.

We know teachers are busy.  That’s why we make our course format as straightforward as possible.

  • Template-based assignments with no long essays – we want you to focus on the learning content seamlessly and hassle-free.  You’ll get high-quality learning without wasting time on long, open-ended essays. Our Quick Courses offer bite-sized learning in an hour or less. Take a quick quiz to showcase your learning & earn your certificate(s).

  • No busy work – our template prompts are designed to give you an easy way to showcase your learning so you can focus more on the content and less time on busy work.

  • Streamlined & standardized course format – from video lessons to built-in live chat with our instructors; once you complete one course with us, you will know exactly what’s expected for the rest of your courses.

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Fast & Convenient. Start Immediately & Work At Your Own Pace

On a tight timeline?  We can help! With ultra-fast course grading, certificate generation, & transcript processing.  Rolling credit processing means you can process your credits as soon as you are done & get your transcripts quickly.

  • Pick your courses & get started – start immediately or wait to begin in the semester of your choice.

  • Ultra-fast credit & transcript processing – For our credit courses – get your transcripts fast.  We will help you meet your salary advancement deadline.

  • 1 full year of course access  – you will have a full year to choose and work on your courses. Our course bundles allow you to control when you begin your learning and in which semester.

  • 100% online  – with our video-based lessons and content, you will not have to wait for textbooks or specific start times.  You can begin your learning as soon as you register!

Administrator Dashboard Included With All School Accounts

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Manage Your Campus’ Professional Learning Program Within One Convenient Dashboard

Our platform provides full visibility and control over your teachers’ learning path.

  • Full course administrator management – From your school account you may: assign courses to specific teachers, monitor progress & time spent learning, generate progress reports, and more.
  • Classroom observation & feedback tools provided  – Monitor from training, to the classroom. All full-length courses come with ready-to-use observation and feedback tools you may download for use by your admin teams.

Frequently Asked Questions

Model Teaching offers a variety of course types, often in partnership with various university partners. We do this so that our courses can be applied to as many state education departments and districts as possible. Model Teaching PD (hours-based) courses are pre-approved in many states, and most states accept our university-partnered courses for license renewal. Also, Model Teaching offers graduate-level semester credits in partnership with regionally accredited universities, accepted by most school districts across the country for salary scale advancement and/or lane change. Please feel free to view your state requirements to learn which courses we recommend for your specific needs. Additionally, feel free to chat with us or open a ticket, and one of our instructors will provide recommendations on which courses best meet your specific needs and direct you to what you need.

Model Teaching courses are used by thousands of teachers and educators across the country to help them renew their teaching licenses/certifications, advance their teacher salaries, or advance in pay scales, as well as improve their instructional quality.

Model Teaching offers clock-hour PD courses, approved in many states, as well as university-partnered graduate-level courses. By offering these two credit types, Model Teaching courses can be used in almost every state for license renewal requirements. Additionally, our university-partnered credit courses are accepted by most districts for salary advancement or career advancement.

In addition, many schools and school districts partner with Model Teaching to provide a self-directed learning option for their teachers’ PD needs.  Our platform offers district-wide full menu access, as well as administrator management, so that school administrators can monitor progress. All Model Teaching courses are application-ready, meaning you will have everything you need to immediately implement what you have learned in your own classroom. All courses provide tools, resources, planning templates, and student-facing materials that enable you to put what you have learned into action immediately.

Model Teaching offers both Online Professional Development (hours-based) courses and Online Academic Credit University-Partnered courses offered through regionally accredited universities.  Model Teaching Professional Development courses are pre-approved in some states, while most State Departments of Education accept regionally-accredited continuing education credit for teacher license renewal requirements.  Visit our State PD Requirements page to find your state-specific PD requirements.

You can sort between our Professional Development and Academic Credit courses in our course menu by checking either “Professional Development” or “Academic Credit/Licensure” in the Credit Type section of our course menu filter.

Absolutely!  You do not need access to a classroom or students to take our courses.  Our courses are structured to allow you to apply the lessons learned directly in your own classroom; however, this is not required to complete the courses.

Yes.  In partnership with Augustana University (AU), you may apply Model Teaching courses towards a Master’s program, saving thousands.

9 credits of coursework through Model Teaching may be applied toward Augustana’s Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree as part of Augustana’s learner-designed concentration.

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Thousands of K-12 teachers and educators have taken Model Teaching courses, and many have left reviews of their experience.  To read a live list of running reviews from teachers currently taking our courses, please visit: https://www.modelteaching.com/latest-course-reviews

Yes!  Feel free to chat with us live during regular hours or leave a ticket. One of our instructors will be available to help guide you to what you need. Whether salary advancement or license renewal, our instructors are familiar with most state and/or district requirements. Also, feel free to email us at: [email protected]

Courses Focused on Relevant Teaching Methods, Ready For The Classroom

We focus our professional development courses on what’s important to you: relevant content focused on specific teaching strategies & evidence-based instructional best practices. Earn pre-approved PD hours and regionally-accredited academic credit through our university partners.

  • Earn CPE/Clock Hours
  • Earn Academic Credit
  • Courses That Cover a Wide-Range of Content Areas
  • Great for re-licensure or salary advancement
  • Pre-Approved By Many States

Model Teaching’s comprehensive menu of courses are designed to provide classroom-relevant training to developing teachers. While most professional development focuses only on the theory behind a particular classroom strategy, our courses guide teachers through the necessary steps for classroom implementation. In addition to this guided instruction, we also provide teachers with the tools, resources, templates, and planning outlines needed to put together a plan of action ready for the classroom. At the conclusion of your course, you will receive a certificate of completion, documenting your earned credit hours.

Comprehensive Resources, Tools, & Templates With Every Course

Each course comes with a variety of resources, tools, graphic organizers, activities, student lesson content, and lesson templates you can use to immediately implement your new training. Resources Include:

  • Lesson Plan Templates (With Examples & Samples)
  • Trackers (Mastery, Behavior, & Documentation)
  • Graphic Organizers to be Used With Students
  • Checklists & Tools to Aid in Planning
  • Implementation Tracking Tools for Admins
  • And More…

Model Teaching courses are designed to provide teachers with all the tools needed for planning and implementing their new training. With each course you may download our editable tools and use them for the remainder of your teaching career.

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