Arizona Teacher Professional Development
Hundreds of Arizona teachers take Model Teaching courses every year to help them renew their Arizona teaching license, advance their salary, or simply to improve their instructional effectiveness. Learn more below about how our professional development and continuing education courses can help you today!
Professional Development for Arizona Teachers
High-quality, straightforward, and cost-effective online courses (including graduate-level) for Arizona Teachers. Let us show you have we can help you improve your teaching effectiveness, maintain your teaching license, and advance your teaching career.
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HOW OUR COURSES WORK
Arizona Teacher License Renewal & Certification Renewal Requirements
Hundreds of Arizona teachers utilize Model Teaching courses every year to earn academic credits for license renewal. All Model Teaching university-partnered courses provide graduate-level semester credit for license renewal or salary advancement purposes. You may choose any Model Teaching university-partnered courses of interest or enroll in one of our Course Bundle Packs – the most cost-effective way to earn credits.
Regionally-Accredited Semester Credits
Model Teaching offers great options for Arizona teachers to earn semester credits from accredited universities in order to renew or maintain their teaching certification.
For renewable teaching certificates, the Arizona Department of Education requires the completion of 15 clock hours of professional development activities or one semester credit hour of university course work (1 Credit = 15 PD Hours), for each year of the teaching certificate term.
Acceptable Professional Development Activities:
- Academic courses related to education or a subject area taught in Arizona public schools – Official transcripts required from an accredited institution. 1 Credit Hour = 15 PD Hours.
- District or school-sponsored in-service training – Written verification required from district or school stating dates and clock hours earned.
Other Activities May Include:
Attendance at professional conferences and workshops, internships, sponsored educational research at an accredited institution, leadership time spent at a professional organization dedicated to public education, serving with an accreditation agency, etc.
*Please visit the Arizona Department of Education for more information on approved PD activities.
What We Recommended for Arizona Teachers
Build Your Own Graduate-Level Bundle Pack
Access Our Full University-Partnered Course Menu to Earn Your Required Number of Credits
Includes full access to all graduate-level courses from any of our university partners
Register for any credits package, take any courses until you use all of your credits
Choose from our entire suite of university-partnered courses, work to complete as many as you wish at your own pace
- Course Partners Include: University of the Pacific, Southern New Hampshire University, University of Massachusetts Global, & Valley City State University
All university-partnered courses are regionally-accredited & include an official transcript & letter grade
Great for salary advancement or license renewal
All courses self-paced & accessible for 1 year
Salary Advancement Information for Teachers
Model Teaching partners with regionally-accredited universities across the country to provide graduate-level courses to thousands of K-12 teachers and educators every year. Generally, school districts across the country provide various salary scale advancement opportunities to teachers that often includes participation in graduate-level professional development. Our university-partnered, graduate-level courses are an excellent and cost-effective way for you to earn the continuing education academic credit you need.
PLEASE NOTE: The content provided on this page does not exempt users from their responsibility to ensure that our courses meet their state or district’s salary advancement policies or requirements. Please check with your district for details regarding your district’s salary advancement policies before enrolling in a course.