Frequently asked questions

Every course carries a credit-hour value and a verifiable certificate, and districts routinely accept documented professional development. Because acceptance varies, confirm with your district's PD or HR office, and see our state approvals page for current status. We're pursuing formal approval in TX, FL, CA, and OH first.

Instead of watching videos, you work through each course as a dialogue with Meri, an AI mentor. She asks questions, adapts to what you already know, and uses your real teaching situations as the material. It feels like being mentored by a sharp colleague — not clicking through slides.

14 days, with one full course unlocked free — including its credit hours and a verifiable certificate if you complete it. No mid-trial surprise charge.

They're yours, permanently. Cancelling stops your access to new courses, but every certificate and credit hour you already earned stays verifiable forever.

Yes. FacultyGenius is built mobile-first and installs as a PWA, so you can learn on your phone between classes, on the couch, or wherever the ten free minutes show up.

The 14-day free trial means you can fully evaluate FacultyGenius before paying anything. If a paid plan isn't right for you, reach out — we'll make it right.

Courses are reviewed and refreshed on a monthly cycle, and new courses ship monthly too. Because Meri delivers each course conversationally, updates reach you the moment they land — there's no stale video to re-record.

Courses stack into recognized micro-credentials, and those credentials stack into a career ladder — from Teacher Leader up to Master Educator, or from Aspiring Leader up to District Leadership. See leadership pathways for the full ladders.

Yes. Districts get per-seat pricing, admin dashboards, seat assignment, completion and credit-hour reporting, bulk onboarding, and invoiced billing. See for schools & districts.

A one-time $599 plan limited to the first 500 educators: lifetime access, lifetime priority on new courses, a private community, and 25% off the rest of the Genius Learning suite. Details on the Founding Educator page.

Yes. Your license and employment details are encrypted and never sold. Public certificate verification exposes only your name, the course, the date, and the credit hours — nothing else. See our privacy policy.

Anyone can confirm a certificate's authenticity at our public verification page using its verification ID — useful for districts confirming submitted PD.