Licensure Renewal Program General Information

Credit Costs (as of Summer Session 2008)

Recertification & Audit

• $85/credit

 

Graduate Credit

• Drake University: $147/credit

• Morningside College: $125/credit

• Viterbo University: $135/credit

 

Professional Growth

• (Dubuque CSD only) $85/credit

 

Payment of Fees

Course fees are paid at registration. All fees for licensure renewal courses shall be remitted by electronic format. Such electronic collection shall be by Pay Pal (credit card or electronic fund transfer). The exception to this procedure will be payment made by school districts via the purchase order procedure. Registration questions can be directed to Bruce Floyd or Dee O'Brien at 1-800-632-5918.

 

Change of Credit

Change of credit prior to the first class meeting can be done by calling Dee O'Brien in the Elkader office. All other requests must be submitted on the "Request for Change of Credit" form, which can be found on the licensure renewal home page at http://www.aea1.k12.ia.us/profdevelopment/profdevelopment.htm. No requests will be accepted after the second class meeting.

 

Upon approval of change of credit by the licensure renewal coordinator, information regarding payment of any additional fees owed will be forwarded to the participant.

 

Course Cancellations

Cancellations due to low enrollment will be made in writing or by phone, whichever is convenient and expedient, to registered students only.

 

Inclement Weather

Cancellations due to inclement weather will be announced on radio stations KOEL (950 AM or 92.5 FM), WDBQ (1490 AM), WMT (600 AM) and KDEC (1240 AM). For a recording of current cancellations due to weather, participants may call the Dubuque or Elkader offices 24 hrs. a day for weather cancellation information. (After hours requires touch-tone phone.)

 

Withdrawal and Refund Information

Please read and follow the procedure as needed. 

Request prior to the first class meeting shall be made in writing or by phone to the Licensure Renewal Coordinator or the Licensure Renewal Office Assistant. Phone requests must be followed by a written request for documentation purposes. Refund of fees, prior to the first class meeting, may be in full less a per-credit-hour administrative fee.

 

Requests for refunds after the first class meeting date, whether the enrollee attends or not, shall not exceed 50% of the Keystone fees for the course. Any other refund shall be prorated based on the number of sessions attended. Any refund of fees for graduate credit, after funds have been forward to the granting institution, will be subject to the granting institution's requirements and approval by the Director of Curriculum Services or his/her designee.

 

Incomplete

A grade of "I" (incomplete course work) is assigned at the discretion of the instructor and only in the event that a serious reason has prevented the student from meeting the requirements of the course. Please confer with the instructor if an incomplete becomes necessary.