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Marlboro College Partnership With VT-HEC to Benefit Vermont Teachers

The Vermont Higher Education Collaborative (VT-HEC) and Marlboro College have successfully formed a partnership to increase high quality professional development to Vermont teachers. Working through Marlboro’s Master of Arts in Teaching with Technology (MAT) program, the partnership enables VT-HEC to have some of their education courses include the option for graduate credit. “Collaborating with VT-HEC to provide more high-quality, educational technology–oriented professional development to Vermont teachers compliments our mission,” said Caleb Clark, faculty chair of Marlboro’s MAT program. “It builds on our existing educational technology courses, certificate in EdTech, and master’s program.”

The first course in the partnership, Using Technology to Assist the Struggling Learner, filled up quickly with 25 students and began January 23 under the instruction of assistive technology expert Chris CichoskiKelly. This course is designed for educators interested in learning how to use technology to enhance their students’ learning, through increasing independent learning and access to the curriculum.Students may take the new course with or without credits from Marlboro College, to be earned after successful completion. Students who complete the course will be awarded 3 graduate credits, which may be used by Vermont teachers seeking relicensure or put toward Marlboro’s 30-credit M.A. in Teaching with Technology program.

“This new partnership exemplifies our goal of addressing what Vermont educators have identified as a need to be successful at teaching all of the kids in their classrooms,” said Patty Morgan, VT-HEC Director of Programs.“By working with Marlboro College, these teachers can not only learn from experts like Chris, but can also create a pathway for advancing their careers. It’s a wonderful ‘win-win,’ I believe.”

Marlboro College’s Graduate and Professional Studies programs provide motivated learners with the relevant knowledge and practical skills they need to advance their careers and meet the opportunities of an ever-changing, interconnected world. The goal of M.A. in Teaching with Technology program (edtech.marlboro.edu) is for students to develop the ability to effectively integrate technology into teaching and training.  For more information, contact the Marlboro College marketing and communication office at 802-251-7644 or [email protected]. With locations in the foothills of Vermont’s Green Mountains and downtown Brattleboro, Marlboro College provides independent thinkers with exceptional opportunities to broaden their intellectual horizons, benefit from a small and close-knit learning community, create a strong framework for personal and career fulfillment, and make a positive difference in the world. At our undergraduate campus in the town of Marlboro and our Center for Graduate and Professional Studies in Brattleboro, students engage in deep exploration of their interests—and discover new avenues for using their skills to benefit themselves and others—in an atmosphere that emphasizes critical and creative thinking, independence, social justice, sustainability, and community.

To read the press release at Vermont Digger, click here:  http://vtdigger.org/2015/02/13/marlboro-college-partnership-vt-hec-benefit-vermont-teachers/