FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 18, 2010
MEDIA CONTACT
Jo Kadlecek
Office of College Communication
978.867.4752
jo.kadlecek@gordon.edu
WENHAM, MA— In
today’s economic climate, choosing a graduate school can be
challenging. Gordon College’s graduate education program is making this
decision easier by offering new affordable tuition rates and a
Certificate in Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS) in Educational Leadership
and Reading.
Gordon has decreased tuition by $300 for
three-credit courses within its graduate education program to encourage
career changers and teachers to pursue their Master of Education
(M.Ed.), Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.), CAGS, or licensure. The
newly added CAGS offers educational practitioners the opportunity to
pursue a post-master’s course of study to make themselves more
marketable and enhance their ability to be leaders in educational
reform, without the formal commitment and examination of a doctoral
program. The course sessions (some of which begin June 20) continue
throughout the summer, and enrollment is still open.
“Our
graduates tell us that our easy location, close personal attention and
flexible schedule enabled them to earn their degrees more quickly than
they imagined,” said Janet Arndt, director of graduate education and
licensure. “We believe by reducing tuition and offering the CAGS we can
make the Gordon opportunity available to all career changers and
teachers in the North Shore area.”
New students have four
opportunities throughout the year to start their licensure, CAGS,
M.Ed., or M.A.T. in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education,
Educational Leadership, English as a Second Language, Middle School
Education, Moderate Disabilities, Montessori Education, or Reading.
Gordon
also offers courses for Professional Development Points (PDPs)
throughout the year. Friday night/Saturday courses as well as
once-a-week night courses, and observance of Massachusetts’s public
school vacations fit the busy schedules of adult students.
“I
have become a more compassionate person and teacher as a result of
M.A.T in English as a Second Language at Gordon,” said Mary
Stormon-Flynn, graduate student. “Teaching strategies I’ve learned and
used have become invaluable in my classroom. With more stimulating
lessons, objectives and activities for my students, I believe they are
more engaged, more productive, and more fulfilled."
For course schedule information, please click here for the Graduate Education Schedule or Professional Development Points. Or to contact Gordon College Graduate Education at 978.867.4322, graduate-education
gordon.edu
