VESI-like Tons of grad classes $110 per credit hour

[cookderosa]

I just don't see the utility of these courses if they cannot be transferred as graduate credit. A teacher needing credits for a pay raise would be better off working on a master's degree elsewhere than taking these courses, that is if they aren't transferrable. Now if they are that changes things dramatically and in that case I would be very interested.

Here is an example of a salary table that public schools use:
http://www.k12.wa.us/safs/PUB/PER/SalAllocSchedule.pdf

This sample uses quarters (MA + 45 quarter credits = MA + 30 regular credits)
So, at $100 each, you can see that it's only $3000 to pull up to the next pay step if you use organizations like these. They fill a need, especially since it's more involved to enroll in a degree program (entrance requirements, transcript sending/fees, GREs, deadlines for completion, etc) and many people have no desire to go through the exit process again for another master's. You can just "collect" 30 random un-attached graduate level credits and you're good to go. I think, based on the table, I'd be in the camp of getting 30-45 random grad credits instead of a doctorate degree!