PD Prices & Policies

Pricing

Individual Enrollments
Individuals and Schools are able to purchase Professional Development seats individually at the following prices:

Best Practices Series
Member Schools - $175 per course
Non-Member Schools - $275 per course

Fractions For Elementary School Teachers
Member Schools - $245 per course
Non-Member Schools - $345 per course

Blended Learning Series
We are currently offering these courses on a private basis to support the Professional Development and Blended Learning needs of individual schools, school districts, and states.  Please contact us to discuss your needs.

Click Here to register as an individual enrollment.

Member Schools are schools that participate within the VHS collaborative during the academic year. For more information on our membership options, please view our Getting Started page.

Professional Development Seat Packages
VHS has designed these packages to accommodate schools that would like to fill multiple seats in a session or to put a teacher through multiple courses. If you take advantage of our PD packages your district can save up to 20% off each course.

5 Seat Package: - 10% Discount

  • Member Schools - $787.50
  • Non-Member Schools - $1,237.50


10 Seat Package: - 15% Discount

  • Member Schools - $1,487.50
  • Non-Member Schools - $2,337.50


20 Seat Package: - 20% Discount

  • Member Schools - $2,800.00
  • Non-Member Schools - $4,400.00


All prices above are for the tuition only. If you wish to take these courses for graduate credit, there is a separate fee. Please see our Graduate Credit Overview for more information about graduate credits and the fees associated with them.

For more information about our PD Package Pricing please contact a VHS representative at 978.897.1900 x 3

Policies

Requirements:
Each Best Practices course is six (6) weeks long and is taken entirely over the Internet. Courses move forward on a weekly schedule and require a minimum of 8-10 hours of in-class activities per week with additional time spent working with new tools and applying these tools to the classroom.

Best Practices courses can be taken independently or in sequence, with the exception of the "Becoming an Online Teacher" capstone course. To take the capstone course, you must first successfully complete the other four courses within the Best Practices course series.

Refunds:

  • A full refund will be granted prior to the start of class.
  • 75% tuition refund will be granted if the withdrawal from the course occurs during the first week of the course.
  • No tuition refund will be granted after the first week of the course.
  • Tuition refunds are not granted for unused seats purchased in membership bundles.

Certificate in Online Teaching and Learning:
The VHS Collaborative has partnered with Plymouth State University's College of Graduate Studies and Endicott College's Van Loan School of Graduate and Professional Studies to offer a graduate certificate focused on online teaching and learning. The certificate program meets the needs of teachers who are new to integrating technology into the classroom and those who want to incorporate cutting edge technology. The certificate consists of our five Best Practices courses. All candidates earning a certificate in online teaching and learning will be able to use the Internet in instruction efficiently and effectively to develop student-centered, project based learning that supports the development of 21st century skills.

*Note: candidates must elect to receive graduate credit for all five courses through PSU or Endicott in order to earn the Certificate from that institution. Please note that this certificate is not reflected on the official transcript from Endicott. "You will receive this under separate cover."

This five-course certificate sequence may be incorporated into a self-designed master of education degree at PSU. Click here to see the Certificate listing on the Plymouth State website.

Register today for 21st Century Teaching and Learning, or the complete Best Practices series.