Certification program suggestions?

Okay, after years of messing around I'm ready to start going for certifications.

Eventually I want to be hired as the system administrator for the school system where I live. They want MCSA or MCSE certified and an AA degree.

I'm just about finished with an AA degree at a community college, but relocating to go to a college that offers anything in computer science is out of the question.
I've been looking at some of the online schools and things like quickcert, but what I am looking for is people who actually had some success using those programs.

Can anybody suggest a good instructor led certification program that can be done online? Or even good self-teaching kits?