Students meet live with the teacher and a group of students. The benefits of live courses are that students have interaction with a teacher and peers in a community. Longer (multi-day, semester, and subscription) courses offer them the ability to develop relationships with their teacher and peers while studying content that builds on previous learning such as longer-range essays, projects, and assignments with teacher feedback.

Live courses can be a: 

• One-time course that only meets once
• multi-day course (they meet multiple times over a period of days or weeks)
• semester course (they meet for an entire semester on regularly scheduled days)
• subscription course (they meet on a regular basis, based on the subscription terms. For example, they may meet once per week, every other week, or three times per week. Payment is made per subscription terms, and you are not charged for weeks you don’t meet).  

Teacher and learner are “synced” together for learning but not at the exact same moment like in a scheduled live class (the “a” in “asynchronous!”

These are courses that give students the flexibility to work when they can, but they still have deadlines and accountability with a teacher! Learners have a teacher getting to know them, guiding them and interacting with them, offering feedback, and grading their work. The course includes video lessons, interactive activities, assignments, and quizzes. As this is an asynchronous course, there are no live classes. These courses are less expensive and very flexible, while still having interaction with a teacher. 

Async Courses can be: 

• multi-day course (students have multiple days or weeks of content such as a 5-week essay course or a 30-week literature course). 
• semester course (students work through at least 13 weeks of content).
• Yearlong course (students work through at least 26 weeks of content).

Students have access to curriculum or lessons and can go through them at their own pace or “on demand.” There are no live classes and students complete the lessons independent of a teacher. The benefits of the online lessons are that they are the most affordable way to experience an excellent curriculum with videos, interactive material, and quizzes. For younger students, parents are able to direct them through the learning; for older students, they can often navigate the lessons on their own. 

Think of the online curriculum as an interactive, video-based, online book! 

Online curriculum can be a: 

• MicroLesson (a super quick lesson on one skill or concept, usually 1-3 minutes. Students do not have a classroom for this.)
• multi-week curriculum (students have multiple weeks of content such as a 5-week essay curriculum or a 30-week literature curriculum)
• semester long curriculum (students have at least 13 weeks of content).
• Yearlong curriculum (students have at least 26 weeks of content).

Students meet with a degreed and certified teacher in a one-on-one live session. Your teacher will help you with the school work you already have or will design a custom curriculum for you. Price varies by teacher and whether your instructor is designing a custom curriculum or if you are bringing your homework for some support.

Tutoring can be: 

• a one-time live booking
• a multi-day booking (meeting for a pre-determined number of sessions)
• a subscription-based booking (meeting on a ongoing basis)