We build successful, independent, business owners!
The Academy is a vibrant and supportive membership community of professional quilt, craft, and art teachers.
We provide our members with continual professional development support and training to improve virtual teaching skills.
Together we work to become more Proficient, Profitable, and Professional educators, sharing the joy of making with our students.
Basic level Academy membership is now FREE.
Why Join the Academy?
Free Membership in our Private Community
- Monthly Discussion Topics
Discuss all aspects of your virtual teaching business.
Access to free mini-courses like Virtual Teaching 101. - Monthly Roundtables
Live zoom meetings to brainstorm solutions with your colleagues. - Guest Seminars
Learn from the experts in these live Zoom interviews + Q&A. - Free Mini Course: Virtual Teaching 101
An introduction to what is involved in becoming a virtual teacher.
Professional Development Membership
- Discounted Class Listings
List your workshops on the AVT class calendar (this website).
Professional Development level members get a $10 credit each month. - Accountability Groups
Meet with peers and help each other achieve your goals. - Professional Development Membership
Ongoing training for online teachers. - Practice Zoom Sessions
Get better at live virtual workshops by practicing with your peers.
Other Academy Offerings
- Certification Program
Gain your AVT certification at a discount. Proof of your proficiency with virtual technology. - Virtual Teaching Masterclass
Members get a discount on this live, intensive capstone course, designed to take you through every step of setting up an online course and business. Masterclass students may build their first course on the AVT platform.
Interested in how
VIRTUAL TEACHING
can fit into your business?
You are in EXACTLY the right place!
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We invite you to learn more about how we can help you build a sustainable and profitable business, teaching what you love.
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"I appreciate the thoughtfulness in the amount and wide-range of content in the AVT Masterclass. It's very robust! Pretty much every area and topic for building a virtual teaching business are covered and there is concrete information on what you need and tutorials on how to get it done."
Kena Tangi-Dorsey
Kena Quilt Studios
•Professional • Proficient • Profitable •
A Community of Virtual Educators
The Academy for Virtual Teaching is a vibrant and supportive paid membership community of professional quilt, craft, and art teachers. Together we are bringing our offerings to a global audience through live and on-demand virtual workshops.
The academy provides its members with continual professional development support and training to improve our virtual teaching skills so that we can become more Proficient, Profitable, and Professional educators, sharing the joy of making with our students.
AVT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES
Twice each year we open our keystone offering, a step-by-step guide to creating your own on-demand courses and improving your live virtual teaching skills. Masterclass members are invited to build their first on-demand course on the AVT platform at no further cost.
A permanent course for Academy members, offered to the public twice each year, this mini-workshop is an overview of what you need to get your virtual workshops up and running. You can view this seminar with a 2 week free trial of Academy Membership.
"I've learned that my fellow teachers are not my competitors and each one has a space of their own. And that when we lift each other, we all rise together."
Saba Asim
To Thread or Knot
"I love the community. No one was worried about competition. Everyone was all in for helping and supporting each other."
Becky Campbell
Sew Forever Quilting
academy
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1. a place of study or training in a special field.
2. a society or institution of distinguished scholars
and artists or scientists that aims to promote
and maintain standards in its particular field.
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