Workforce Center / Workforce Agency Dislocated Worker Course Registration and Payment

To ensure smooth and timely enrollment of your clients to Metro State Institute for Professional Development (IPD) courses, please follow these steps:

  1. Become an Approved Vendor for Metro State Institute for Professional Development
    1. Contact IPD to complete information and receive a link to set-up as vendor
      OR
    2. Provide vendor ID
    3. Complete Memorandum of Agreement.
    4. Contact information:
      1. Main Line: 612-659-7230
      2. Email: Institute@metrostate.edu
  2. Provide IPD with a Purchase Order
    1. Information to have ready:
      1. Name of student
      2. Approved courses for student registration
    2. Purchase Order
      1. Note: IPD will shepherd your purchase order through Metropolitan State University processes.
    3. Contact information:
      1. Main Line: 612-659-7230
      2. Email: Institute@metrostate.edu
  3. Receive Confirmation of Registration
    1. You will be CC’d on the registration confirmation sent to the student.
    2. Note: to receive a refund, students must cancel 6 business days prior to the course start date
  4. Payment
    1. Organization will be invoiced through Metropolitan State University business office.

Please note: Sending a purchase order directly to the Metropolitan State University business office will not result in any action being taken to register your client in an IPD course.   The procedure used to register clients for credit courses does not work to register students in IPD courses.

Steps for using Dislocated Worker Funds to register and pay for a course

If you are a dislocated worker and your workforce center or agency training funds are paying for your professional development, you must follow these steps to be admitted to class.

  1. Contact IPD to see if your workforce center or agency is an approved Metro State IPD vendor.
    1. Information to have ready:
      1. Name of workforce center/agency
      2. Name of counselor
      3. Email of counselor
      4. Phone number of counselor
    2. Contact:
      1. Main Line: 612-659-7230
      2. Email: Institute@metrostate.edu
  2. IPD will provide you with a course fee to provide to your counselor.
    1. Information to have ready:
      1. Name and dates of the courses you wish to attend
      2. Your email address
      3. Your phone number
      4. Someplace to record fee amount
    2. Contact:
      1. Main Line: 612-659-7230
      2. Email: Institute@metrostate.edu
  1. Receive registration confirmation from IPD.
    1. You will receive an email with your agency’s purchase order number.
    2. Please note our cancellation policy – must cancel 6 business days prior to start date to receive a refund.
  1. When attending class, bring the Email you received from IPD with the purchase order number and the approved courses.

Please note: If you do not follow these steps, and we do not have a record of your registration or payment, you may be denied admittance to the course.