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.
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.
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We offer diverse array of credit-bearing certificates for both undergraduate and graduate students.
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 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.
A non-credit trainer hired by the university will create and deliver specialized training programs for students, faculty, or external partners. They will customize content, provide expert instruction, align outcomes with goals, and assess participant performance to enhance the learning experience.