Long ago when I was working as a para-professional for a CPA I was sent to H & R Block tax school to learn how to prepare taxes.  To this day I think their forms based curriculum was a great approach.  

I now have an employee who would like to start preparing returns and I went to enroll her in H & R's course and found they now have a non-compete clause that if you work for, or plan to work for, a competing tax practice you cannot take the course.

I am wondering if any of you have had experience with any of the other entry level tax preparer courses out there.  An additional issue we have is that we are in Oregon where you have to be licensed to prepare taxes for compensation. The first level of licensure requires an 80 hour course. Even though she will be working under my license, I would want the coursework she does to qualify for her to sit the exam.

Thanks in advance for any input.