Looking for Advice on Degree Pathway – Business to Education

[timR]

Ontario was actually in my first post, I removed it because, it's not the center of Canada.  I was also thinking Quebec on a lesser scale.  Anyways, since you don't have many credits, I would get the bulk of your credits from Sophia.org first, Study.com, and if you want to, complete the last class from UofP.  I wouldn't recommend finishing a degree from them, unless you absolutely want to as they're NA, RA is a better option.

What do you do for a living? Does your workplace have tuition assistance or reimbursement? If not, Canada has a couple options for learning, tax free loans for the first year.  I suggest going the UMPI route over UofP, as they have a payment plan, and in the end, you're paying less so much less overall for a much better degree!  UMPI will cost $1700, but UofP will be more (unless you have that scholarship you mentioned paying almost everything).

I see what you mean about RA vs. NA accreditation, and I definitely think RA is the better option. Also, I agree that getting the bulk of my credits from Sophia/Study.com seems to be the way to go.

To answer your question, I’m an online ESL teacher, so I don’t have tuition assistance or reimbursement through work. Unfortunately, I doubt I’d qualify for much financial aid since I’m looking to accelerate my degree and studying online, but I’m currently looking into any possible options.

I like UMPI, but after researching, I really want a full degree in Education, not just a minor. My goal is to teach at the elementary level, so I need a degree that aligns with that path. If UMPI doesn’t offer a full Education degree, I’d need to find a way to transfer credits to a school that does.

What about WGU? Would that be a better option for an Education degree?

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Does Canada care about NA vs RA?

Good Question! From what I have found looking around, it looks like RA is the way to go.