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Explore our course recommendations so you can find the right fit fast. We have processed over 300,000 SCECHs worth of affordable and meaningful learning, and we are ready to support you. Discover your next professional learning opportunity with us!

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Self-Paced Online Courses

The majority of our online professional development courses are self-paced. This means you can take a course that fits the needs of your schedule. Learn anytime, anywhere!

Facilitated Online Courses​

Some of our courses are facilitated, which means there is an instructor in the course evaluating activities that support content application. 

Design Your Own PD Plan​

Want to design your own learning experience? MyPD is a personalized course that puts you in the driver’s seat of your own professional development. 

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Featured Course

MDE Educator Excellence:
Understanding MOECS

Want a SCECH to learn about SCECHs?

Explore the features of MOECS and take the guesswork out of Michigan educator certification. In this free course, you will explore how to navigate the Michigan Online Educator Certification System (MOECS) with ease and gain insights into certification types, renewal requirements, and frequently asked questions around professional learning tracking. 

SCECH Processing FAQs

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.

Please refer to the Retrieve Personal Identification Code (PIC) support article.

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:

  1. Have ten business days passed since course completion? If not, please be patient while SCECHs are uploaded to MOECS.
  2. In PLP, is your course listed under your completed courses? Check the Professional Learning Portal to verify the course is in your completed list. The Check Course Completion Status can guide you through how to check. If not in your completed list, please complete your course. Please remember that a facilitated course must be graded by your facilitator.
  3. Do you have an evaluation due in MOECS? For MOECS to record your SCECHs in your transcript, you must claim them first. If you experience issues with the evaluation, please contact the MOECS help desk at 517-373-3310 or via email.

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.

SCECH Processing FAQs

In order to receive SCECHs for courses completed through Michigan Virtual’s Professional Learning Portal, learners must abide by all policies stated below:

  • Users must supply their PIC (Personal Identification Code) in their PLP account. PICs can be located from the Michigan Online Educator Certification System (MOECS). Refer to our support article for more details.
  • Your first and last name must match in your PLP and MOECS accounts. If your first and last names do not match, this may result in a delay.
  • You must complete, at a minimum, the posted estimated SCECH hours for the course.
  • SCECH credits are uploaded to MOECS; please allow up to 10 business days from your completion date for Michigan Virtual to upload your SCECH credits to MOECS.
  • The MOECS system then generates an email notification from [email protected] that requires you to complete an online evaluation.
  • You must complete the MDE online evaluation. After completing the required evaluation in MOECS, the SCECHs will be visible in your MOECS account.