Give yourself
some credit.
Optional graduate-level credits or professional development hours, layered on top of your Passports tour.
- 3 grad credits via SNHU ($600) or 45 PD hours ($285)
- Coursework in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Mandarin, or Italian
- Register 30–60 days before departure; finish within 3 months
- Payment + processing handled directly with Idioma
An optional academic enhancement to your travel experience.
We’re thrilled to have partnered with Idioma Education & Consulting to bring our teachers the opportunity to earn graduate-level credits or professional development hours as an optional enhancement to your travel experience. Coursework can be submitted in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Mandarin, or Italian — and you have 3 months from registration to finish online.
Pick what fits your district.
Stacks toward your master's program or salary scale advancement.
Counts toward state recertification and district PD requirements.
Pricing set by Idioma; payment is directly between you and Idioma. Passports is the introducer — we don’t process the registration or coursework.
Five steps, start to finish.
Register direct with Idioma 30–60 days before departure.
- Step 1
Register 30–60 days before departure
Sign up for Learning Beyond the Classroom: Travel Course on Idioma's site.
- Step 2
Pick your credit option
3 graduate-level credits through SNHU for $600, or 45 PD hours for $285. Payment is directly between you and Idioma.
- Step 3
Get your course access
Idioma emails Schoology instructions before your trip departs.
- Step 4
Travel, then complete coursework
Document the experience and develop curricula you can integrate into your classroom. You have 3 months from registration.
- Step 5
Idioma processes your credits
Once coursework is complete, Idioma issues credits or hours directly.
Learning Beyond the Classroom: Travel Course
This Learning Beyond the Classroom: Travel Course provides K-12 teachers an opportunity to earn graduate credit or professional development for the development of a travel program or personal travel overseas. The purpose of this course is to document the process, reflect on the experience and develop curricula to integrate into the classroom in order to address problems that connect to important world issues. Coursework may be submitted in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Mandarin or Italian. Teachers have 3 months from date of registration to complete the online course material.
Idioma Education & Consulting, LLC
Questions about registration, coursework, or credit transfer? Contact Idioma directly — they handle every part of the academic side end-to-end.
Register direct with Idioma.
30 to 60 days before your tour departs. Coursework starts there; the trip itself is your classroom.