High-quality, straightforward, and cost-effective online courses (including graduate-level) for South Dakota Teachers. Let us show you have we can help you improve your teaching effectiveness, maintain your teaching license, or advance your teaching career.

HOW OUR COURSES WORK

South Dakota 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.

Model Teaching offers great options for South Dakota teachers to earn semester credits from accredited universities in order to renew or maintain their teaching certification.

Be sure to confirm your specific teaching license renewal requirements with your state or local license-granting authority prior to enrolling.

South Dakota teachers must complete 6 education-related credits over a 5-year period to renew their teacher license. Only 3 of these credits must be taken through a regionally-accredited college or university. The remaining 3 credits (45 hours) can be taken through education-related organizations.

One University credit= 15 Professional Development hours.

Model Teaching offers professional development courses as well as university-partnered, academic credit courses provided through regionally-accredited university partners. Both our Non-University Partnered Professional Development, and University-Partnered Academic Credit Courses should meet the requirements for South Dakota teacher license renewal and Professional Development requirements. All courses completed through our academic partners will include access to an official transcript from that academic institution for submission to any license-granting authority. All non-academic professional development courses taken through Model Teaching will include a certificate of completion, documenting your earned credit hours.

If you would like to confirm approval of a course, please feel free to complete and email our Request Course Approval form to the South Dakota Department of Education.

REFERENCE: South Dakota Department of Education

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.