FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DETROIT,
MI, JANUARY 16, 2007--Marygrove
College today announced its partnership with Teachscape, Inc., of San Francisco,
CA, to offer online Master in the Art of Teaching (MAT) degrees for elementary
and secondary school teachers.
The Master in the Art of Teaching in Reading &
Literacy, Grades K-6, will begin on January 22.
The Master in the Art of Teaching in Mathematics, Grades K-5, will start
in summer '07.
As one of the pioneers of distance learning Master's
degrees for teachers, Marygrove has more than 20,000 graduates since it
introduced the MAT in 1996, making its program one of the largest in the nation.
Teachscape is the country's leading provider of
professional development services to schools and school districts.
"When Marygrove decided to expand and diversify
our distance learning programs to reflect the needs of today's educators,"
said President David Fike, PhD, "it was important for our legacy of
quality teacher education to find a partner with the same dedication. After a national search, it was clear that
Teachscape had the knowledge and the technology to help Marygrove move
aggressively into the world of online learning for educators."
Mark Atkinson, CEO of Teachscape, said, "The
Master's programs that we and Marygrove develop will be highly relevant,
academically rigorous, engaging and convenient.
What sets these programs apart is Teachscape's best-in-class,
proprietary online learning technology, our extensive library of streaming video
teaching cases and our connection to national and international subject matter
experts. Marygrove has a stellar
reputation among teachers around the country for the quality of its programs
and we make a great team."
The online MAT in Reading & Literacy, Grades K-6,
provides comprehensive study in the reading process and the instructional
techniques, focusing on the structure of language and the five components of
reading.
With the online MAT in Mathematics, Grades K-5,
elementary teachers assess their own conceptual understanding of fundamental
mathematics and build their own concept knowledge by moving from procedural the
conceptual strategies in the areas of number and operations, measurement,
geometry, algebra, and data analysis and probability.
For more information, contact Dr. Brenda Bryant, director
of the Master in the Art of Teaching program, at 313-927-1502 or
bryant@marygrove.edu, or visit www.marygrove.edu/onlinemat.
Teachscape, founded in 1999,
is a technology-enabled professional development service company that provides
research-based, data-driven, integrated professional learning for
educators. Teachscape currently
collaborates with almost 500 districts and schools to achieve one compelling
goal—to raise student achievement through the delivery of rigorous,
differentiated instruction in every classroom in every school.
Marygrove is an independent
liberal arts college in
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