As the cost of education rises, it is even more important to make sure you are attending accredited schools. Check with the Department of Education to verify their status so you do not waste money. If a school has changed their name, be sure to check both!

When you pick a school or schools, be sure that credits are transferable from one to the other.

If you are like many, you can't afford it anyway. My suggestion is to go to your library and read the books that are used in the school(s) you would like to go to, and also go through the exercises in as many of the accompanying material as you can. If you can't find them, ask for "a" copy to be brought in. If that's not possible, find the most current and accepted books they have. Reading more than one will give you various aspects of the subject. Once you complete the course from your library books, try to "test out" of that particular course. If this is your ultimate goal, check what the school will and will not allow. If you can't get to the library, see what, if any, of the ones you are interested in are available online.

If you are lucky enough to have a job, find out what upward mobility options are available and where the company is going in the future, so you can get in on the ground floor or be ready when they need you. Some companies will pay for you to go to school or reimburse you.

If you are an educator looking for work, create video classes and/or write books or testing material on the subject of your expertise. Books do not have to be "printed" by you or a publisher. Call me for more information.

If you have resources to add, please contact me. The lack of education costs us all, one way or another.

Mary Steele
757-887-6629
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