ABOUT OUR SCHOOL

Thomson CompuTaught, a division of Thomson Learning Inc., is an established leader in computer-based education in real estate and appraisal. Thomson Learning Inc. is focused on developing and delivering the highest quality education programs available for computer instruction. Since its inception, CompuTaught, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Thomson Learning Inc., has dominated the computer-based real estate education market. The educational quality of its courses has been instrumental in the widespread acceptance among the stringent regulatory arena. The courses offer "in class" content, but are not bound by location or schedule. Thomson CompuTaught courses currently are accepted in 38 states with a growing number of courses available in each state.
Career WebSchool was created as a retail business unit of Thomson CompuTaught. Our goal is to provide students with an alternative method of receiving quality education at your own convenience and pace. Our courses have been certified by the International Distance Education Certification Council (IDECC), The Association of Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO) and The Appraisal Qualification Board (AQB) of The Appraisal Foundation. Career WebSchool is approved to offer appraisal and real estate courses by the governing boards in the following states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, FL, IA, ID, KS, LA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, and WY.

CAREER WEBSCHOOL'S OWNERS, OFFICERS, AND STAFF

OWNERS:
It is a publicly traded corporation.

STAFF:
Sr. Vice President/General Manager: Charles R. Hunsucker
School Director: Lucia Coghlan
School Administrators: Nicole Mitchell (Appraisal), Vonetta Brown (Real Estate), Erica Elsberry (Real Estate)
School Instructor: A.M. (Bud) Black, Stephen Williams, Jeanne LaMere, Tom Gillette, Ralph Tamper

SCHOOL HOURS OF OPERATIONS (CALENDER)

Career WebSchool students may access their courses via the Internet immediately upon enrollment. Courses are accessible to you at any time within the enrollment period. As our courses are taught via distance education (Internet), students do not have the calendar constraints common to in-class courses. The administrative staff hours of operation are: M-F 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m. (EST). The technical support hours are: M-F 9:00a.m.-11:00p.m. (EST) and Saturday and Sundays 12:00p.m.-4:00p.m. (EST). Career WebSchool staff office is closed in recognition for the following holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the day after Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

NOTICE TO STUDENTS

Should you have any questions or difficulty regarding the course content, our approved instructor will be glad to assist you, and can be reached at 1-800-532-7649.

ENROLLMENT POLICIES

Students may enroll in a Career WebSchool course at any time. There are no prerequisites for enrollment with the exception that you must be at least 18 years old. It is advisable to contact your state's Appraisal Board or Real Estate Board for information specific to becoming an appraiser or real estate agent in your state. Since you choose to register for a course at a time that fits your schedule, there are no late enrollment requirements. Career WebSchool's enrollment policy is that all course lessons on the computer must be completed within an established amount of time from the date of enrollment. The established time period for a course varies depending on the amount of hours in that course. Access to the computer lessons will expire at midnight on the last day of your allotted time. You will have 90 days to access and review the course content after you have completed the last lesson in a course.(Regardless of when the course is completed within the enrollment period.) The established time period for completing the course is A) 30 days from date of enrollment for courses less than 30 hours or B) 60 days from the date of enrollment for courses 30 hours or longer.

EXTENSION POLICY

As our distance education courses are delivered via the Internet, Career WebSchool does not have an attendance policy. However, if the course is not completed within the established amount of time, you may receive up to two free extensions of 60 days (affective from the course expiration date). You can contact Career WebSchool at 1-800-532-7649 to request an extension.

SCHOOL'S PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE

Career WebSchool does not offer placement assistance.

HOW OUR COURSES MONITOR YOUR PROGRESS

Career WebSchool's courses are created by its parent corporation, Thomson CompuTaught. Thomson CompuTaught courses utilize the personal computer to perform the functions traditionally performed by the teacher. Using Thomson CompuTaught software ("courseware"), the computer becomes essentially a one-on-one tutor. It presents the material to be learned, provides adequate explanation to insure that you understand what is being presented, and requires that you demonstrate your understanding through active participation in the learning process. More importantly, it acts as a constant monitor of what you know and don't know and uses that information to dynamically adjust the presentation to meet your needs as you learn. The result of this process is that the courseware provides a fully self-contained instructional program that can adjust to the needs of students who may vary widely both in the amount of knowledge they bring into the learning session as well as their learning ability (i.e., how quickly they learn). The course itself keeps up with your progress and which eliminates the need for a manual progress reports. There are a number of specific features of the Thomson CompuTaught learning system that contribute both to its uniqueness and to its effectiveness in teaching. At a more general level, the learning process emphasizes two primary characteristics:

• teaching to mastery and fluency
• the dynamic control of the learning process

OUR SYSTEM FOR MAKING PROGRESS REPORTS TO STUDENTS

1. Each lesson begins with a set of stated learning objectives for the lesson.
2. At frequent intervals throughout the lesson, you must answer questions that assess the extent to which you have mastered the stated learning objectives. These questions are objective, multiple-choice questions.
3. Based on your responses, remediation is provided for items that you have not yet mastered.
4. This remediation continues until you demonstrate mastery of all items in the instructional content for the lesson.
5. Once you have demonstrated mastery by answering the questions correctly twice, you will be allowed to move to the next lesson.

Thus, a lesson is based on a constant comparison of actual performance against the desired performance, i.e., mastery of the content material. A lesson may not be completed until the stated learning objectives have been met. You must complete each lesson to preset criteria for mastery and fluency. Thus, the learning objectives, the structured learning process that guides your progress, and the mastery and fluency criteria collectively constitute an integrated learning system that leads you to mastery. The process is one of "teaching to mastery" rather than simply "testing for mastery" after major segments of instruction.

EXAMINATION AND GRADING POLICY

Career WebSchool offers qualifying (appraisal), pre-license (real estate) and continuing education appraisal and real estate courses. All of the qualifying and pre-license courses require an examination upon completion of the course lessons. If a final examination is required for the course you are taking, you must pass the exam with a minimum score of 75% correct to pass the course. All final exams are proctored. If you fail the first exam you may schedule a second exam no sooner than the next day. Should you fail both exams, you must re-register and repeat the course from the beginning before taking the final exam again. A discounted re-enrollment fee will be charged.

Scheduling Final Exams: For students taking courses that require a final exam, all exams are proctored. Therefore, you must call (1-800-532-7649) or email Career WebSchool (realestate@careerwebschool.com) to schedule your final exam in a proctored setting.

STUDENT CONDUCT POLICY

As Career WebSchool offers only distance education courses, there are no regulations relating to student conduct and conditions for dismissal for unsatisfactory conduct. The only exception for dismissal (or denying access to the student's course) would occur for a student who has elected to purchase the course through our E-Z Pay method. If you choose the E-Z Pay method and do not submit an acceptable form of payment in accordance with the enrollment agreement, Career WebSchool will deny you access to the course until payment has been made.

DESCRIPTION OF FACILITIES

As the courses are conducted over the Internet, students have the ability to take the course at a location and setting of their choice. Therefore, a description and floor plan of Career WebSchool is not an applicable.

FEE SCHEDULE

Career WebSchool reserves the right to change course prices when necessary. Course has an all inclusive price which covers the cost of the course, student handouts, tech support, service charges, and completion certificates. The clock hours associated with these courses are indicated below. Our Fee Schedule for courses is as follows:

APPRAISAL:

REAL ESTATE:

COURSE OUTLINES AND DESCRIPTIONS

Course outlines are available to you upon request. For your convenience, course outlines and descriptions have been enclosed at the back of this catalog.

POLICY RELATING TO GRANTING CREDIT FOR PREVIOUS EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Career WebSchool does not grant credit for previous education and training. Also, Career WebSchool does not guarantee the transferability of its credits to any other educational institution. Transferability is up to the receiving institution.

REGISTRATION CANCELLATION POLICY

If you have registered and paid for a course, then your registration is deemed to be accepted and you are enrolled in the course. If you have enrolled in, but have not begun, a course and wish to cancel your registration for the course, you may receive a full refund of the course enrollment fee providing you make a request for cancellation of the enrollment to Career WebSchool by email within three days from the date of enrollment. If Career WebSchool discontinues a course while you are enrolled in the course, the entire enrollment fee will be refunded to you. All refunds will be made in the same form of payment received from you (e.g., enrollments paid for by credit card will be credited to your credit card, enrollments paid for by check will be paid by check). All refunds will be credited or paid within 30 days of the date of request for refund. When you withdraw from a course, the amount of the refund due depends on the length of the course and the time since enrollment as described below.

Courses of 30 hours or more

The course enrollment is valid for a 60 day period. When you withdraw from a course, you may request and receive a refund of the course enrollment fee subject to the following conditions. The refund request must be made in writing or by email. For purposes of prorating the refund amount, the date the request is postmarked or received by email is the date of withdrawal. A processing fee of 25% of the enrollment fee or $150, whichever is less, will be charged for any refund issued. The amount of the refund depends on the time since enrollment as follows:

• If you withdraw less than 6 days after enrollment the amount of the refund will be 90% of the enrollment fee, less the processing fee
• If you withdraw more than 6 days but less than 15 days after enrollment the amount of the refund will be 75% of the enrollment fee, less the processing fee
• If you withdraw more than 15 days but less than 30 days after enrollment the amount of the refund will be 50% of the enrollment fee, less the processing fee
• If you withdraw more than 30 days but less than 45 days after enrollment the amount of the refund will be 25% of the enrollment fee, less the processing fee
• If you withdraw more than 45 days after enrollment, no refund will be issued

Courses of less than 30 hours

The course enrollment is valid for a 30 day period. When you withdraw from a course, then you may request and receive a refund of the course enrollment fee subject to the following conditions. The refund request must be made in writing or by email. For purposes of prorating the refund amount, the date the request is postmarked or received by email is the date of withdrawal. A processing fee of 25% of the enrollment fee or $150, whichever is less, will be charged for any refund issued. The amount of the refund depends on the time since enrollment as follows:

• If you withdraw less than 3 days after enrollment the amount of the refund will be 90% of the enrollment fee, less the processing fee (Note: If the course has not been started, the entire enrollment fee is refunded.)
• If you withdraw more than 3 days but less than 8 days after enrollment the amount of the refund will be 75% of the enrollment fee, less the processing fee
• If you withdraw more than 8 days but less than 15 days after enrollment the amount of the refund will be 50% of the enrollment fee, less the processing fee
• If you withdraw more than 15 days but less than 23 days after enrollment the amount of the refund will be 25% of the enrollment fee, less the processing fee
• If you withdraw more than 23 days after enrollment, no refund will be issued

PROCESSING TIMES

After you have completed all the lessons on the computer, you must allow the following times for processing to complete the course and receive your Course Completion Certificate:

• Scheduling the proctored final exam 3 business days
• Mailing of exam from proctor to Career WebSchool 3 days (estimated)
• Grading of Exam and issuing Course Completion Certificate 3 business days
• Receipt of the Course Completion Certificate by U.S. Mail 3 days (estimated)

Important Notes:

• Issuing" a Course Completion Certificate means that we will place the Certificate in the U.S. Mail.
• The minimum time you should allow between taking the exam and receiving your course completion certificate is approximately 9 business days, (depending on mailing time) so PLAN YOUR SCHEDULE ACCORDINGLY!
• The proctor cannot fax or email exams, answer sheets or scores to Career WebSchool and we cannot fax or email course completion certificates to the student.
• We must receive your signed "Student Affidavit" before we can issue a Course Completion Certificate. (Click on the "Course Info" link on the menu to the left for more information on the "Student Affidavit".)
• In the event the certificate is lost, a duplicate may be obtained from the Career WebSchool offices by written request. An administrative fee of $10 will be charged for the duplicate and must be included in the written request.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

The quickest way to solve most technical support problems is to go to www.computaught.com and click on the Tech Support button. (90% of all problems can be answered from that website) For those problems not addressed, please email your questions to CompuTaught at techsupport@mycoursepage.com or call CompuTaught Tech Support directly at (800) 743-8703. Technical Support via email and telephone is available Monday thru Friday 9:00am to 11:00pm EST, as well as Saturday and Sunday 12:00pm to 4:00pm EST, excluding holidays.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• IBM PC Compatible Computer (minimum 350 MHz processor with 64 MB RAM)
• SVGA (800x600) video card, driver, and monitor
• Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000*/XP*
• Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or greater (free download available with course)
• Internet connection (minimum 56Kbps required, although we highly recommend a high speed connection such as DSL, cable or T1)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.5 or greater (free download available with course) (CompuTaught courses do not support any “Beta” versions of Internet Explorer)
• Printer (for course documentation and Student Affidavit)
• Flash Player plug-in (free download available with course)

RECORD RETENTION

Career WebSchool retains student records for a period of six years.

NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY

Career WebSchool will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, handicap, or familial status in the establishment of fees, entrance qualifications or standards for successful completion of any course.

Complaints or claims pursuant to Section 12-59-118, C.R.S. or Section 12-59-115(6)(a), C.R.S., may be filed with the Colorado Department of Higher Education, Division of Private Occupational Schools (DPOS) within two years after you discontinue your course at Career WebSchool, or at any time prior to the commencement of the course. Complaints must be filed in writing with the DPOS.

Colorado Department of Higher Education
Division of Private Occupational Schools
1380 Lawrence Street
Suite 1200
Denver, CO 80204
(303)894-2960