Western Governors University

[EricaJean]

My husband finished his teaching degree through WGU last year. They accepted many of his very old credits (not upper level) from a B&M university. Most classes had no teachers, just tasks and assessments through Taskstream followed by a proctored exam. He was a little frustrated with the graders, as they worked for Taskstream and were not at all consistent. He was not allowed to test out of assessments without doing the tasks (writing papers), so he really improved his writing skills! You have a mentor to guide you, and a good mentor can make all the difference. That said, my husband had six mentors in 2.5 years. They weren’t all good. He’s teaching now, though and feels as though he was well prepared by the WGU program. At first, he was worried that the local principals might not respect an online teaching degree, but everyone he has dealt with felt that it was a rigorous program. They also arranged placement for his student teaching.