Training government since 1921

Video editing training for teams that have to ship the video themselves

Private group training in Premiere Pro, After Effects, and post-production workflow, delivered onsite, live online, or self-paced.

Graduate School USA instructors working with a client team

Trusted across the federal government

500,000+
government employees trained
125+
federal agencies served
Since 1921
training the federal workforce
All 15
HR functional areas taught today
200+
federally experienced subject-matter experts
400+
courses and certificates
U.S. Department of AgricultureU.S. Department of the TreasuryU.S. Department of CommerceU.S. Department of EnergyU.S. Department of Veterans AffairsU.S. Department of DefenseU.S. Department of Homeland SecurityU.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesU.S. Department of JusticeU.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Department of LaborU.S. Department of TransportationU.S. Office of Personnel ManagementU.S. General Services AdministrationU.S. Department of StateNASA

Agency seals reflect organizations Graduate School USA has trained. They do not imply endorsement by, or affiliation with, any federal agency.

Three ways to train your team

Every format draws on the same practitioner-built post-production curriculum and instructors who cut video for a living. Choose the one that fits your team's schedule.

  • Private group training: we bring a course to your team, tailored to your mission
  • Open enrollment: send people to scheduled public classes, live online or in Washington, DC
  • Self-paced eLearning: online courses your team completes on their own schedule, with the option to take the live class for free within a year
A federal employee working through a Graduate School USA course on a laptop
A Graduate School USA advisor meeting one-on-one with an agency client

Private group training

When you have a team, an office, or a whole component to train, we bring the course to you and shape it around your agency's mission, priorities, and real cases.

  • Any course in our video catalog, delivered onsite, live online, or blended
  • A curriculum shaped around the footage, formats, and delivery specs your team actually works with
  • Scheduling around production calendars, including split sessions and half days

Open enrollment

Prefer to send a few people rather than book a whole class? Register them into our scheduled public sessions, held throughout the year.

  • A published schedule across the video curriculum, beginner through advanced
  • Live online, or in person, with the same instructors who teach our private groups
  • Seats bought individually when you only need to train one or two people
A Graduate School USA instructor leading a federal class

Self-paced eLearning

Self-paced online courses your team can start anytime and complete on their own schedule, on any device.

  • Finish self-paced, then take the instructor-led class for free within a year
  • Interactive practice and knowledge checks, not just slides to read
  • An always-available AI coach grounded in the course material
  • Enroll one person or a whole cohort, with completion tracking
On-demand, self-paced learning at Graduate School USA
On-demand learning at Graduate School USA

Most-requested The full video catalog courses

A place to start. Each of these runs onsite, live online, or self-paced, and can be tailored to your team.

Adobe Premiere Pro

Editing, timeline workflow, audio, titles, and export for every delivery target.

Adobe After Effects

Motion graphics, titling, and compositing that hold up next to the edit.

Video Production

Shooting, lighting, and audio capture so the footage is workable before it reaches the timeline.

Post-Production Workflow

Media management, proxies, review cycles, and handoff across a team.

The full video catalog

From a first assembly edit through motion graphics and delivery, plus the media-management habits that keep a team's projects openable a year later. Tell us your team's starting point and we will map the sequence.

A training institution your team can stand behind

Graduate School USA has trained working professionals since 1921. Our video instructors are practitioners: they teach the media management, review, and delivery habits that keep a team's work usable long after the class ends.

  • Founded 1921 as the USDA Graduate School; 500,000+ government employees trained across 125+ agencies
  • ACCET-accredited (ACCET is a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accreditor)
  • Center for Leadership and Management runs ECQ-aligned executive development, including the Executive Potential Program since 1995
  • 200+ federally experienced subject-matter experts across 400+ courses and certificates
  • Available on an active GSA MAS Schedule (SINs 611430 and 541611)
A historical Graduate School USA faculty and leadership gathering, reflecting the institution’s roots as the USDA Graduate School since 1921

Questions agencies ask

The answers training officers and program directors ask for most, in one place.

How does my agency buy training from Graduate School USA?
Graduate School USA holds GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract 47QRAA24D004K (SINs 611430 and 541611), so you can place a pre-priced order directly under FAR Subpart 8.4 without running an open-market procurement. We accept the SF-182, Schedule orders, government purchase orders, and purchase cards for micro-purchases.
Can courses be tailored to our agency?
Yes. We tailor existing courses to reflect your agency's mission, policies, and real cases, and we can develop new courses for unique requirements, all delivered under GSA contract 47QRAA24D004K.
What is the difference between private group training and open enrollment?
Open enrollment classes are scheduled public sessions anyone can register for, taken live online or at our Washington, DC campus at 1050 Connecticut Ave NW. Private group training delivers a course for your agency's own cohort, tailored to your mission and delivered onsite, live online, or blended.
Can employees train self-paced, and still take the live class later?
Yes. Our self-paced online courses let a learner start anytime and work at their own pace, and when you buy the self-paced course the learner may also attend the live instructor-led course for free within one year.
What if an employee needs to repeat a class?
We offer one free retake of a class within one year, so a first attempt is never wasted if someone is reassigned, deployed, or needs a refresher before applying the material.

Plan your team's video training

Tell us your topics, headcount, and timeline, and we will propose the right mix for your team.

Group training team
onsite@graduateschool.edu
Main line: (888) 744-4723