College of Employment Services

The College of Employment Services provides online courses designed for people who explore, develop and support the employment goals of people with disabilities. This training is a powerful resource that can help equip people with the skills and competencies needed to provide employment services.

Certification opportunities

The Department of Human Services and the University of Minnesota have created learning modules that are available to help license-holders to provide competency-based training for their staffs around employment exploration, development and support services. These modules also align with the Certified Employment Support Professional (CESP) and the Association of Community Rehabilitation Educators (ACRE) certification requirements.

Sign up for courses

Please fill out the DirectCourse request form to sign up for courses from the College of Employment Services. After you submit the form, you will receive an e-mail with detailed enrollment instructions within a few days.

For more information please email Minnesota’s DirectCourse learning administrator.

Log into DirectCourse

Use the Minnesota DirectCourse login page to access courses.

Courses
Free and low-cost options
Contact

Courses

The College of Employment services has over 40 hours of training available for learners developed by the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Individuals and organizations can customize learning plans based on their unique needs and preferences with support from experienced learning administrators from the Department of Human Services, the University of Minnesota and Elsevier DirectCourse staff.

A full list of courses offered by the College of Employment services can be found in the eCatalog.

Topics of interest include:
- Foundations of employment services
- Performance and coaching support
- Strategies for job development
- Matching job-seekers with employers
- State and federal employment policies
Free and low-cost options

Organizations may set up learner and administrator accounts for a licensing fee based on the number of learners they have:
- Fewer than 60 learners: $545 per year
- 60 to 119 learners: $1,060 per year
- 120 to 199 learners: $2,130 per year
- 200 learners or more: $3,220 per year.
The following people may set up their own account for free:
- Organizations that serve nine or fewer people with disabilities
- People with disabilities and their families
- Direct support professionals and caregivers
- Professionals who serve people with disabilities
- State, county and tribal nation employees.
For their annual licensing fees, organizations receive:
- On-demand support directly from DirectCourse staff
- Administrative permissions that allow them to:
  - Customize learning plans for their staffs
  - Create and assign training modules
  - Document individual training competencies
  - Generate organizational training reports
  - Access many additional functions of the learning management system.
For more information about how your organization can use DirectCourse, please submit a DirectCourse request form or e-mail Minnesota’s DirectCourse learning administrator to receive tailored information for your organization.
Contact

Fill out a DirectCourse request form. A learning administrator will contact you with your new learner account or organizational information within a few days.

You may also e-mail the learning administrator at the Department of Human Services for support or more information.
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