Online K-12 Teacher License Renewal Courses

Alaska

Easy steps for renewing a teaching certificate in Alaska:

  1. Get information about state renewal requirements and the pre-approval staff professional development process for teachers in AK.

  2. Find and take classes online for teachers:
    Contact Hour/ Non-Academic Credit (watch a quick FAQ video)
    Get a Certificate of Completion
    Semester Graduate Credit (watch a quick FAQ video)
    Get an official transcript from a regionally accredited university

  3. Record hours
    Free PD tracker included at no cost with all courses.

  4. Save or submit your total hours for renewal.
Start now, select online courses for Alaska teachers . . . 

 

  • Accommodating All Learners Package (45 Hours)
    Topics: Cognitive Skills, Brain Training, Students with Disabilities, IEPs, UDL, Autism, ADHD, Gifted Learners, and more!
    $280 for 45 Hours
    SAVE $77!
    3 Courses (15 hours each)
  • Integrating Standards Package (45 Hours)
    Topics: Enhancing Instruction through Standards, Assessment Strategies, Reflective Teaching Practices, Formative Assessment, Partnering with Parents, Communication in the Classroom, STEM, Mathematics, and SLC.
    $280 for 45 Hours
    SAVE $77!
    3 Courses (15 hours each)
  • Pedagogy Package (45 Hours)
    Topics: Curriculum Development, Classroom Organization, Guided Reading, Literacy, Examining Student Work, IBL, and more!
    $280 for 45 Hours
    SAVE $77!
    3 Courses (15 hours each)
  • Technology Essentials Package (45 Hours)
    Topics: Apps in the Classroom, iPads for Education, Internet Safety, Introduction to Technology, Technology in the 21st Century, Flipping Classrooms, Technology-related visual aids, videos in the classroom, and more!
    $280 for 45 Hours
    SAVE $77!
    3 Courses (15 hours each)
  • Child Abuse Prevention and Reporting (15 Hours)
    Protecting children is the role and responsibility of every adult. Be it in or outside of school, educators need to be aware of all red flags indicating a child is being abused.The course Child Abuse Prevention tackles this very sensitive issue and aims to equip teachers with the essentials of recognizing and preventing abuse to maintain safe and secure learning environments. Addressing accommodation, modification, and adaptation of curriculum, materials, and instruction to appropriately meet the needs of teachers and a variety of students.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Classroom Management for All Teachers (15 Hours)
    Teachers today play several different roles—they are guides, mentors, managers, and facilitators. They are not only responsible for the academic growth of their students but also create positive learning environments that enable every child to thrive, both intellectually and socially. Classroom management is a dynamic, multi-pronged approach that encompasses a range of strategies, guidelines, and interventions. In this course, we dive into the many aspects of managing an inclusive, diverse classroom, from Positive Behavior Interventions to bullying prevention, technical management, as well as student motivation and expectations.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Cognitive Development Skills (15 Hours)
    We all know the brain plays a major role in learning, but few are aware of how. In a class where each child differs in ability to learn, it is essential that educators know how the brain is related to the process of learning, in order to help facilitate student performance. Such knowledge will also give the educator an advantage when faced with the challenge of teaching a child with special needs. This course equips educators with extensive knowledge about the process of learning.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Cohesive Classroom Communities (15 hours)
    Teachers are equipped to transform their classrooms into cohesive learning communities, through this three part online PD course package. The course begins with Classroom Collaboration where educators come to understand the importance of the teacher’s role in creating an environment where young people are willing and able to work collaboratively. Teachers are taught to recognize, appropriately handle and make accommodations, for diagnosable mental health issues among students. The course helps teachers understand that they play a valuable role, and can help save a life, by learning about the prevalence of suicide; understanding suicide and how it may be prevented.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • ELL & ESL Instructional Strategies (15 Hours)
    Modifying instruction and curriculum to support every student and create an environment where every child has an opportunity to succeed can be a challenge. ELL & ESL Instructional Practices is a course brimming with ideas and strategies to help you maximize your abilities and cater to the individual needs of every student.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Ethics in Education (15 Hours)
    How do you set strong boundaries with students in the age of social media? How do you report abuse or misconduct effectively? How do you minimize instances of plagiarism in the era of AI? As teachers, we often experience a myriad of ethical dilemmas every day in the classroom, and it can often be challenging to navigate them effectively.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Implementation of Standards for All Classrooms (15 Hours)
    Schools and educators all over the country are engaged in implementing state standards. This can be a challenge. This course is designed to provide teachers the support and confidence they need to implement the standards in their classrooms.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Literacy Across the Curriculum (15 hours)
    Reading should be a meaningful activity that is focused on comprehension and that results in understanding. When students struggle with a specific subject matter the underlying reason is nearly also identified as under developed reading skills. The strategies in this course are imperative for all educators to help their students become proficient readers.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Money for Classrooms  (15 Hours)
    This course will help teachers to maximize their classroom budget and raise funds for innovative ideas and projects. Teachers will learn to create effective budgets, write grants and create fundraising campaigns while connecting with community stakeholders to support educational endeavors in the classroom.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Pedagogy Essentials (15 Hours)
    Pedagogy is both the science and art of education. As comprehensive as it may seem, this definition remains a predominantly theoretical understanding. In teaching practice, there is often a disconnect, between the theory we read about, and the realities in the classroom. This course is designed to target and bridge that gap while helping teachers to pinpoint practical ways of harnessing research and pedagogical guidelines that directly benefit teaching.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Peer Coaching and Evaluation (15 Hours)
    Learning as a community of educators, and from each other is one of the best ways teachers can find encouragement, inspiration and support as they maneuver everyday challenges in the classroom. This course explores research-based strategies in peer teaching and professional development adopted and embraced by schools across the country.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Preparing College Ready and Career-bound Students (15 hours)
    Prepare students for a successful future in college and careers. This online course suggests an approach to overall development of the student from elementary through high school that can help students become college ready and successful in their careers.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Raising Academic Achievement (15 Hours)
    Academic achievement has become an important benchmark in education. This course is full of strategies and educational practices that can help improve academic achievement. In addition to classroom tools and ideas, this online course helps teachers analyze student work to identify gaps in their teaching and helps raise academic scores by establishing a culture of inquiry.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Standards and Communications in Teaching (15 Hours)
    In an age where there are multiple approaches to teaching and educating students, it becomes important to ensure that a particular standard is maintained. This class helps educators achieve goals, while empowering you with skills and tools to deliver the best of quality education. Standards and Communications in Teaching is a three part integrated course that highlights various strategies for facilitating student learning and improving academic achievement. It also focuses on positive communication, both with students and parents, in order to achieve excellence in education.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • STEM Across the Curriculum (15 Hours)
    The implementation of standards across the curriculum provides a real-world approach to learning and teaching. It is increasingly essential for educators to develop students who not only are critical thinkers but innovators as well. This course helps teachers to build up such students.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Students with Disabilities (15 hours)
    Every student is unique and has different needs, learning levels and abilities. As teachers, it is certainly challenging to teach each and every student effectively. This online course presents reaching students with special needs as a real possibility. It prepares teachers to plan for IEPs (Individualized Education Plans), reveals the Universal Design of Learning framework, and shares Assistive Communication tools and technologies to help all students attain their maximum educational potential.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Substitute Teaching 101 (15 Hours)
    Designed to train and introduce new substitute teachers to a range of topics and skills generally required for teaching in the classroom. Topic area sections covered include overviews of the following: Professionalism: Conduct, confidentiality, and legal responsibilities. Honoring diversity: Basic terminology and appropriate actions. Foundational classroom management techniques: Ways to control a classroom and diffusing conflict. Basic instructional strategies: Effective questioning, assessment methods, and lesson plans. Supporting students with special needs: Basic terminology of disorders and characteristics and appropriate strategies. Working with at-risk youth: Learning traits, characteristics, and appropriate strategies.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Systematic and Phonemic Reading Instruction (15 Hours)
    Reading requires proficiency in a range of skills from phonemic awareness, understanding context, asking questions, to analyzing types of text. This course lays out explicit, sequential, and systematic approaches to reading instruction from developing students’ early reading skills and phonemic awareness to helping every child become a competent reader, regardless of their current reading level or learning condition.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Teacher Leaders in Education (15 Hours)
    The strength of an educational institution lies in its leadership, educators and students. This online course is rich in content that highlights changes or initiatives that can be implemented to improve student learning and encourage school improvement. Teachers taking this class can explore strategies for improving their public speaking skills and in turn, facilitate improved communication with audiences.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Teaching Online for the Classroom Teacher (15 Hours)
    Teachers learn how to deliver content online, assess through collaboration and engagement, plan safety considerations, incorporate digital reading technologies, and more. Technology supported reading, collaborative reading through technology, plan a virtual field trip, virtual field trip resources, conducting a virtual field trip, online PD for teachers.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Technology for Student Learning (15 Hours)
    We live in a technologically advanced world. But, for teachers, the hallmark question is to understand how we can effectively use this technology to enhance student learning in the classroom. This online course will shine light on the multi-faceted uses of technology in the classroom. Teachers will learn how to choose technology for the classroom, be techno-savvy especially in the use of iPads and how to flip a traditional classroom to one with innovative instructional methods designed for enhancing student learning.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Technology for Today's Classrooms (15 Hours)
    Technology plays a central role in the lives of teachers, students and virtually everyone these days. As educators we must know about computer and web technology, how it works in the 21st century classroom and how to protect children and ourselves on the constantly changing internet.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Understanding Special Learning Populations (15 Hours)
    As educators, we all face situations where we accommodate students with special needs in our classrooms. In such situations, how can we modulate our teaching to ensure that we reach each and every child? This course is designed to help educators encourage and maximize each child’s potential.Terms like Autism, ADHD, learning disability and gifted learners are being constantly used. What do they mean? What makes these children unique? And most importantly, how as an educator can you enhance these students’ learning ability? These are questions that are answered in this course.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Visual Aids in the Classroom (15 Hours)
    This online course on using visuals in learning is filled with tools and resources that teachers can learn and implement in the classroom. With it’s practical focus, this course coaches teachers to use a range of visuals including technology tools, videos, bulletin boards and classroom projects.
    $119 for 15 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Hybrid Classroom Planning (30 Hours, includes project)
    Topics: Designing hybrid lesson plans, online and hybrid teaching strategies, shared rubrics, technology safety, online PLCs, multi-faceted assessments, and more.
    $280 for 30 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Hybrid School Planning for Administrators (30 Hours, includes project)
    School Administrators plan for flexible hybrid schooling, adaptable assessments, technology infrastructure, safety, collaborations, professional development, and more.
    $280 for 30 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Online Teaching Skills (45 Hours, includes project)
    Topics: Online and hybrid teaching strategies, implementing asynchronous and synchronous lessons, recording a teaching video, student engagement, online assessments, and more.
    $420 for 45 Hours
    1 Certificate
    5 Year Access
  • Academic Interventions (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - University of North Dakota)
    This course introduces teachers to STEM and student-centered learning to create and implement a standards-based curriculum. Teachers are then able to customize and differentiate curriculum for each learner acting more as facilitators, coaches and mentors.
    Pay $140 today
    Pay $55 university credit
    Total Price = $195
  • Child Abuse Prevention (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - University of North Dakota)
    Protecting children is the role and responsibility of every teacher. Educators taking this course examine professional behaviors and boundaries while becoming aware of red flags that might indicate a child is being abused.
    Pay $140 today
    Pay $55 university credit
    Total Price = $195
  • Cognitive Skills Understanding Learning Challenges (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - University of North Dakota)
    We all know the brain plays a major role in learning, but few are aware of how. In a class where each child differs in ability to learn, it is essential that educators know how the brain is related to the process of learning, in order to help facilitate student performance. Such knowledge will also give the educator an advantage when faced with the challenge of teaching a child with special needs. This course equips educators with extensive knowledge about the process of learning.
    Pay $140 today
    Pay $55 university credit
    Total Price = $195
  • Cohesive Classroom Communities (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - University of North Dakota)
    Teachers are equipped to transform their classrooms into cohesive learning communities, through this online course. The course begins with Classroom Collaboration where educators come to understand the importance of the teacher’s role in creating an environment where young people are willing and able to work collaboratively. Teachers are taught to recognize, appropriately handle and make accommodations, for diagnosable mental health issues among students. The course helps teachers understand that they play a valuable role, and can help save a life, by learning about the prevalence of suicide; understanding suicide and how it may be prevented.
    Pay $140 today
    Pay $55 university credit
    Total Price = $195
  • ELL & ESL Instructional Strategies (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - University of North Dakota)
    The strategies in this course help educators understand the influence second language acquisition has on learning and how to promote effective interaction between ELL students and their classmates. Teachers learn how expected behaviors within a classroom should be taught through consistent responses and positive reinforcement.
    Pay $140 today
    Pay $55 university credit
    Total Price = $195
  • Ethics in Education (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - University of North Dakota)
    As teachers, we often experience a myriad of ethical dilemmas every day in the classroom, and it can often be challenging to navigate them effectively. The Ethics in Education course provides teachers with an ethical foundation to analyze real-world scenarios, develop insights to make informed decisions in the classroom, and foster a positive learning environment for their students. Whether you are a seasoned educator or just starting on your teaching journey, this course will equip you with the knowledge and tools necessary to address the many ethical challenges in today’s educational landscape.
    Pay $140 today
    Pay $55 university credit
    Total Price = $195
  • Money for Classrooms (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - University of North Dakota)
    This course will help teachers to maximize their classroom budget and raise funds for innovative ideas and projects. Teachers will learn to create effective budgets, write grants and create fundraising campaigns while connecting with community stakeholders to support educational endeavors in the classroom.
    Pay $140 today
    Pay $55 university credit
    Total Price = $195
  • Pedagogy Essentials (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - University of North Dakota)
    Teaching amongst the technological advances of the 21st century, brings with it unique challenges of combining education and theory with classroom practice. This three part course is designed to provide teachers the background knowledge and resources they require to use research findings to enhance their students’ learning. The course covers Research Based Instructional Strategies, which focuses on strategies teachers can use to channel research findings to improve their quality of instruction. Curriculum Development equips teachers to create effective, yet practical unit and lesson plans that equip students to learn more efficiently. The course also focuses on enabling teachers organize their teaching plans, work-life balance and the various aspects of their classroom.
    Pay $140 today
    Pay $55 university credit
    Total Price = $195
  • Peer Coaching and Evaluation (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - University of North Dakota)
    Learning as a community of educators, and from each other is one of the best ways teachers can find encouragement, inspiration and support as they maneuver everyday challenges in the classroom. This course explores research-based strategies in peer teaching and professional development adopted and embraced by schools across the country.
    Pay $140 today
    Pay $55 university credit
    Total Price = $195
  • Preparing College Ready and Career-bound Students (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - University of North Dakota)
    Prepare students for a successful future in college and careers. This online course suggests an approach to overall development of the student from elementary through high school that can help students become college ready and successful in their careers.
    Pay $140 today
    Pay $55 university credit
    Total Price = $195
  • Raising Academic Achievement (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - University of North Dakota)
    Academic achievement has become an important benchmark in education. This course is full of strategies and educational practices that can help improve academic achievement. In addition to classroom tools and ideas, this online course helps teachers analyze student work to identify gaps in their teaching and helps raise academic scores by establishing a culture of inquiry.
    Pay $140 today
    Pay $55 university credit
    Total Price = $195
  • Reading Across the Curriculum (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - University of North Dakota)
    Reading should be a meaningful activity that is focused on comprehension and that results in understanding. When students struggle with a specific subject matter the underlying reason is usually also identified as under developed reading skills. The strategies in this course are imperative for all educators to help their students become proficient readers. This course helps teachers understand how to assess reading skills in the classroom and plan instruction accordingly. It also equips educators to empower their students with confidence when handling tough text. Teachers also learn how to act as a facilitator for small groups for guided reading.
    Pay $140 today
    Pay $55 university credit
    Total Price = $195
  • Standards and Communications in Teaching (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - University of North Dakota)
    In an age where there are multiple approaches to teaching and educating students, it becomes important to ensure that a particular standard is maintained. This class helps educators achieve goals, while empowering you with skills and tools to deliver the best of quality education. Standards and Communications in Teaching is a three part integrated course that highlights various strategies for facilitating student learning and improving academic achievement. It also focuses on positive communication, both with students and parents, in order to achieve excellence in education.
    Pay $140 today
    Pay $55 university credit
    Total Price = $195
  • Standards in the Classroom (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - University of North Dakota)
    Teachers in this course explore approaches to instruction, assessment and evaluation that they can implement in their classroom. This course focuses on practices teachers can use to promote student motivation and self-learning while decreasing and eliminating behavior issues.
    Pay $140 today
    Pay $55 university credit
    Total Price = $195
  • Students with Disabilities (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - University of North Dakota)
    Every student is unique and has different needs, learning levels and abilities. As teachers, it is certainly challenging to teach each and every student effectively. This online course presents reaching students with special needs as a real possibility. It prepares teachers to plan for IEPs (Individualized Education Plans), reveals the Universal Design of Learning framework, and shares Assistive Communication tools and technologies to help all students attain their maximum educational potential.
    Pay $140 today
    Pay $55 university credit
    Total Price = $195
  • Systematic and Phonemic Reading Instruction (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - University of North Dakota)
    This course lays out explicit, sequential, and systematic approaches to reading instruction from developing students’ early reading skills and phonemic awareness to helping every child become a competent reader, regardless of their current reading level or learning condition. This must-have course for teachers is full of multisensory instruction strategies and explicit intervention techniques, video demos and downloadable templates.
    Pay $140 today
    Pay $55 university credit
    Total Price = $195
  • Teachers in Leadership (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - University of North Dakota)
    The strength of an educational institution lies in its leadership, educators and students. This online course is rich in content that highlights changes or initiatives that can be implemented to improve student learning and encourage school improvement. Teachers taking this class can explore strategies for improving their public speaking skills and in turn, facilitate improved communication with audiences.
    Pay $140 today
    Pay $55 university credit
    Total Price = $195
  • Teaching Online for the Classroom Teacher (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - University of North Dakota)
    TOPICS: Delivering content online, assessment through collaboration and engagement, planning and safety considerations, digital reading technologies, technology supported reading, collaborative reading through technology, planning a virtual field trip, virtual field trip resources, conducting a virtual field trip, online PD for teachers.
    Pay $140 today
    Pay $55 university credit
    Total Price = $195
  • Technology for Student Learning (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - University of North Dakota)
    We live in a technologically advanced world. But, for teachers, the hallmark question is to understand how we can effectively use this technology to enhance student learning in the classroom. This online course will shine light on the multi-faceted uses of technology in the classroom. Teachers will learn how to choose technology for the classroom, be techno-savvy especially in the use of iPads and how to flip a traditional classroom to one with innovative instructional methods designed for enhancing student learning.
    Pay $140 today
    Pay $55 university credit
    Total Price = $195
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