Extended Learning
Welcome to the Extended Learning Office, your gateway to lifelong learning and professional development. Our office provides diverse and comprehensive programs designed to meet the evolving needs of adult learners, professionals, and community members. Whether you're looking to enhance your career skills, pursue a new passion, or simply expand your knowledge, we offer a wide range of courses, workshops, and certificate programs to help you achieve your goals. Join us and take the next step in your educational journey.
Professional Development
Extended Learning's industry-focused training and education brand, KU Advance, caters to professionals across various sectors and communities, as well as KU students, staff, and faculty. We offer faculty-led and externally developed courses and certificates specifically tailored to meet industry needs.
Displaced Federal Employees
Kutztown University's KU Advance program is offering six months of free non-credit training to the first 1,000 displaced federal employees through Coursera’s Career Academy. The program includes over 300 courses and 40+ certificates in fields like data analysis, social media management, business, technology, and personal development.
Certificates & Micro-credentials
We offer a diverse array of micro-credentials and credit-bearing certificates for both undergraduate and graduate students.
Kutztown University Alumni Courses
We are excited to offer Kutztown University alumni the opportunity to take credit-bearing and non-credit bearing courses each semester. Click here to learn more about our current offerings.
Act 48 of 1999 & Act 45 of 2007
Act 48 of 1999 requires all Pennsylvania educators with PDE certifications to engage in ongoing professional education. Act 45 of 2007, or "PIL legislation," updated the Public School Code to focus school and system leaders' training on the nine Pennsylvania Leadership Standards.
Non-Credit Trainer Pool Opportunity
A non-credit trainer hired by the university will create and deliver specialized training programs for students, faculty, or external partners. The trainers will customize content, provide expert instruction, align outcomes with goals, and assess participant performance to enhance the learning experience.