As a professional educator, you are constantly seeking out ways to supplement your own continuing education and improve yourself. So, how can you receive credit for your efforts? This course will give you the means of receiving formal credit (SCECHs) for informal learning that has or will be completed on your own. With guidance, you will be asked to submit resources, explanations, and proof of application surrounding a single informal learning objective related to your classroom or professional interests.
The majority of our online professional development courses are self-paced, meaning there is no instructor and you can set your own pace for learning.
Some of our online professional development courses are facilitated, meaning that you will have an instructor guiding your journey through the course.
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Skip the paperwork — all you have to worry about is your learning. Once your course is completed, we will submit your SCECHs to the Michigan Online Educator Certification System (MOECS) for you.
Please allow 10 business days from course completion for your SCECHs to be processed.
The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) uses the Michigan Online Educator Certification System (MOECS) to renew teaching certificates for Michigan teachers. MDE authorizes Michigan Virtual as a State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECH) sponsor to provide courses that meet MDE SCECH standards. Information about your certificate renewal can be found at MDE – Educator Services.
As a special service to our educators, we will have extra staff working on SCECH processing towards the end of June 2022 to ensure that your SCECHs can be processed in time for the June 30 deadline.
As long as you complete your course by Sunday, June 26 at 11:59 pm, we guarantee your SCECHs will be processed by June 30. Course completions on June 27 or later may not be processed before July, and we will not be able to make exceptions for any learners. After June 30, we will resume our usual practices and process SCECHs within 10 business days.
After your course is marked as completed in the PLP, please allow 10 business days for your SCECHs to be processed. You will receive an email from MDE to the email address connected with your MOECS account with further instructions.
Please note: Courses often require time for feedback and grading. Please review the messaging within your course to learn whether extra time will be required after you submitted your assignments.
There could be a variety of reasons. Please begin by checking the following:
Please contact our Customer Care Center if you need assistance in the PLP after checking on your course completion.
Please contact MOECS if you have questions about your MOECS account.
In order to receive SCECHs for courses completed through Michigan Virtual’s Professional Learning Portal, learners must abide by all policies stated below:
