Professional Development Terms and Conditions

 

Last Update: Apr 10th, 2026

Relationship to Teach Away Terms of Service

These Terms supplement and form part of the Teach Away Terms of Service. In the event of any conflict between these Terms and the General Teach Away Terms of Service, these Terms shall prevail with respect to Professional Development Courses.

Terms

By accessing the Teach Away professional development courses you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions of the East Hill Education Inc. (o/a Teach Away) (hereafter known as “Teach Away”, “We” “Us”, or “Our”), all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing TEFL course, or other Professional Development courses and the course materials (hereafter known as the “Course”). Although you have been directed to the Course enrollment website of one of our industry partners (“Provider”), the Course that will become available to you upon enrollment has been developed and is being provided to you by Teach Away. Teach Away contracts with industry partners, including Provider, to make available online, self-directed learning programs like the Course to consumers, customers and employees of such industry partners. The materials contained in this Course and on are protected by applicable copyright and intellectual property laws of Teach Away and/or Provider.

For the purposes of these Terms, “User” refers to any individual accessing or using the Course. A “Customer” refers to a User who has purchased access to a Course. Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings set out in the Teach Away Terms of Service.

User License

Users are granted permission to temporarily download one copy of the materials (information or software) from the Course for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only.

This is the grant of a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free license exercisable only during the Duration of Access (as hereinafter defined) and is not a transfer of title.

Under this limited license you may NOT:
Modify, copy, extract, summarize, distribute or publicly display the Course materials;
Use the materials for any commercial purpose;
Attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained in or comprising the Course;
Remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
Transfer the materials to another person, “mirror” the materials on any other server, or do any other act in order to display it for multiple beneficiaries per license, for the purposes of education or training (referring to, but not limited to computer monitors, projectors, and TVs).

The limited license being made available to you will automatically terminate if any of these restrictions are violated and may be terminated by Us at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials, or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession, whether in electronic or printed format, immediately.

We and/or Provider own or are authorized licensees of all right, title and interest in and to the Course and the contents of the Course materials, as well as any trade names, trademarks, service marks, inventions, copyrights, trade secrets, patents, know-how and other intellectual property rights contained in and/or relating to the Course and the Course materials and the software and systems which make the Course available to you (“Intellectual Property”). Nothing in these Terms and Conditions constitutes a license to Customer to use or resell the Intellectual Property other than as specifically set forth herein.

Teach Away reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to suspend, restrict, or terminate access to the Course at any time, including in the event of a breach of these Terms or where necessary to protect the integrity of the Services.

Your use of the Course is also subject to the Teach Away Privacy Policy, which governs the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information.

Teach Away may use automated systems or artificial intelligence tools (collectively, “AI Tools”) exclusively to support the technical delivery, administration, quality assurance, and evaluation of Course content, including the automated marking of certain assessments. Teach Away makes no guarantees regarding the accuracy or outcomes of any such tools. You acknowledge that the use of AI Tools is for internal operational purposes only and does not create any warranty regarding your successful completion of the Course or professional outcome.

AI Tools are intended to assist in the delivery or evaluation of Course content and are not a substitute for human judgment. Teach Away does not guarantee that such tools are free from bias or errors.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

The Course and the Course materials in the Course are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Teach Away makes no warranties, expressed or implied, in respect of the operation of the Course and Teach Away hereby disclaims all other warranties, including, without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of third party rights. You agree to address any questions or concerns respecting the Course directly with Provider. This includes, without limitation, any concerns you may have about the content, likely results, fitness, quality, accuracy or reliability of the Course or the Course materials. Provider provides to Us and/or approves all content incorporated into the Course and the Course materials and Teach Away does not warrant or make any representations concerning the content, likely results, fitness, quality, accuracy or reliability of the Course and/or the use of the Course materials or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked within the Course or the Course materials. You agree that your enrollment in and use of the Course is at your sole risk. Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.

Teach Away cannot guarantee continuous availability of the Course, availability at a particular time, integrity of data, information or content stored or transmitted via the Internet. Teach Away will not be liable for any unauthorized access to, or any corruption, erasure, theft, destruction, alteration or inadvertent disclosure of data, information or content transmitted, received or stored pursuant to your enrolment in and/or use of the Course.

employees, agents, directors, officers, subcontractors, representatives or suppliers) be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, special, liquidated, punitive or consequential damages, including damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption) arising from the use or inability to use the Course or the Course materials even if Teach Away, or an authorized representative of Us, have been notified of the possibility of such damage. You further agree that Teach Away and our subsidiaries or affiliates (and each of their respective employees, agents, directors, officers, subcontractors, representatives or suppliers) shall not be liable to you for any damages of any kind arising from Provider’s use or misuse of your personal information. You agree that for any liability related to the Course for which Teach Away might, by a court having jurisdiction, be found to be liable for, Teach Away shall not be liable or responsible for any amount of damages above the aggregate dollar amount paid by you in respect of your enrollment in the Course or $500.00, whichever is less.

Unless otherwise specified in these Terms or a separate written agreement, the limitations of liability set out in the Teach Away Terms of Service shall also apply. Where a different limitation is expressly stated in these Terms, such limitation shall apply solely to the Course and shall not modify the general limitations of liability set out in the Teach Away Terms of Service.

Revisions and Errata

Away does not warrant that any of the Course materials are accurate, complete or current. Teach Away may make changes to the materials contained on its Course at any time without notice. Teach Away does not, however, make any commitment to update the Course materials unless and until requested or required by Provider.

Links

Teach Away has not reviewed all of the websites to which there may be links in the Course materials and Teach Away is not responsible for the contents of any such linked website. The inclusion of any link within the Course or the Course materials does not imply endorsement of such website by Us or Provider. Use of any such linked website is at your own discretion and risk.

Refund Policy

Enrollment fees are non-refundable once paid, except where required by applicable law or expressly agreed otherwise in writing by Teach Away.

TEFL and other Professional Development Courses: These Courses are provided as an “all-in-one” software package, which means that once enrolment fees are paid, admission is final and refunds are not available. Whereas there is no penalty for failing to complete the Course once enrolled, if you do not to complete the Course, you will not be eligible for a refund of any enrolment or other fees paid, except where required by applicable law or expressly agreed otherwise in writing by Teach Away.

Premium Memberships: Enrollment in the Premium Membership is final. Once the membership fee is paid, there will be no refunds available under any circumstances, except where required by applicable law or expressly agreed otherwise in writing by Teach Away.

Course Expiry

TEFL, Teacher Development Program and Professional Development Courses: In order to receive Provider’s certificate of completion you are required to successfully complete all aspects of the Course (including the final assessment) within the respective Course deadline (hereafter “Duration of Access”) of receiving your course login details from Us. If you fail to complete the course within the given Duration of Access, you will not be awarded a certificate of completion and, in accordance with paragraph 7, will not be eligible for a refund, except where required by applicable law or expressly agreed otherwise in writing by Teach Away. The Course deadlines are as follows:

i.  TEFL, Digital Learning in the K-8 Classroom, Digital Literacy: 365 days from the date of enrollment

ii.  Culturally Responsive Teaching and all other professional development courses: 90 days from the date of enrollment

iii.  Teacher Development Program: 365 days from the date of enrollment

iv.  All other Professional Development Courses: within 365 days from the date of enrollment

Terms of Use Modifications

Teach Away may revise these terms and conditions of use at any time without notice. By using this website, you are agreeing to be bound by any updated version of these Terms and Conditions.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Us and our subsidiaries and affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders, representatives and agents (each an “indemnified party” and, collectively, “indemnified parties”) from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, suits, actions, demands, proceedings (whether legal or administrative), and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable legal fees) threatened, asserted, or filed by a third party against any of the indemnified parties arising out of or relating to (i) your use of the Course, (ii) any violation by you of these Terms and Conditions.

Governing Law

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You hereby irrevocably attorn to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of such province. These Terms & Conditions and the transactions contemplated herein are not and never will be subject to the United Nations Convention on the Uniform Sale of goods or the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (prepared by the National Conference of Commissioner on Uniform State Laws) as currently enacted by any jurisdiction or as may be codified or amended from time to time by any jurisdiction.

Severability

These Terms & Conditions state the entire agreement between you and Us. If any term or condition herein shall be held to be invalid, illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with the law of any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining terms shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. You agree with Us that it is our mutual intent that these Terms & Conditions, including without limitation any limitation of liability herein, be enforced as written, but otherwise to the maximum extent allowable by law.