Membership Benefits
The Shared Learning membership year is from September through August. Signing up in the Fall gives one a full year of membership and costs only $70 per person (as of September 2023). Non-members signing up for the first time through registration for Winter classes benefit from a reduced membership fee for the remainder of the membership year. For the modest membership fee, people may take as many courses as they wish from our rich course catalog. Courses in the shorter spring term are open to the public at large and do not require a membership; they thus provide an ideal way to sample the congenial Shared Learning environment at no cost.
Classes meet once a week, usually either from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., or 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.. Certain courses, called spotlight courses, do not run a full term but meet only from three to half a dozen times; schedules for these classes may vary. Times and venue for all courses are indicated in our course catalog. Check the Courses section of this website for further information.
Inclement Weather Policy: In-person (on-site) Shared Learning classes are canceled when Chapel Hill-Carrboro public schools are closed because of weather. The 9:30 a.m. Shared Learning classes are canceled when public schools open late while 11:30 and later classes meet unless canceled by the course moderator.
Join Us!
Joining Shared Learning is done by signing up for one or more classes and paying the membership fee. To do so, either
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Download the Course Catalog, print and fill out the course choices and registration pages at the end, and send them with a check for $70 per person to cover the registration fee to our registrar, Doug Shier, 182 Fearrington Post, Pittsboro, NC 27312, or
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Use the button below to register and, if necessary, pay online by credit card.
Moderate a course!
Do you have a hobby or another interest you are passionate about? Do you enjoy sharing your passion with others? Does the idea of communicating with people about your area of interest, teaching them and maybe also leaning from them sound appealing?
If so, Shared Learning would love to hear from you! We are always looking for people willing to moderate courses and thereby contribute to our community of learners. No teaching experience and no formal degree in the subject matter are necessary. Members of the CCC (Curricula and Catalog Committee) would appreciate talking with you. Contacting them by email does not constitute a commitment, but may result in a mutually beneficial collaboration. Why not click the email button below now?