The Teacher Apprenticeship Program (TAP) mission is to attract, support, and develop the most effective teachers in the state of Vermont. TAP is designed for individuals with a bachelor’s degree and strong content knowledge and work experience who are interested in pursuing a teaching career. TAP, which is one of Vermont’s Approved Educator Preparation Programs, is an 8-month full-time non-degree licensure program that includes coursework and student teaching with a mentor teacher. It takes place in-person, including Monday through Friday at the candidate’s host school, plus course attendance twice per month in-person in Burlington, VT.
TAP prepares successful candidates with an official recommendation to the Vermont Agency of Education (AOE) for Level I teacher licensure. The possibilities for licensure via the VT AOE upon successful completion of TAP are: PreK-12 specials license in art, music, physical education, Health; Middle level (grades 5-9) Math, Science, Social Studies, English; Secondary School (grades 7-12) Math, Science, Social Studies, English, Computer Science; and Grades 5-12 Family and Consumer Science (FACS), World Languages, Theater.
This cost of TAP is $11,900 plus a $100 application fee. Additional textbooks will be purchased for this course and an individual laptop is required. There is also a criminal background check fee. When applying for the official teaching license, there is a $200 fee and an additional criminal background check fee.
With an integrated approach that encompasses all aspects of the field, including programming, design, e-commerce, and infrastructure, Champlain’s web design and development degree will help students build key technical skills (including knowledge of over 32 key applications, platforms, and programming languages, listed on the website) in addition to in-demand soft skills such as problem-solving and communication. Students will also have the opportunity to differentiate their degree and gain subject matter expertise through a certificate in a specialization of their choice in Web Design or Web Programming. With a foundation of business savvy and subject matter expertise, students will be prepared to tackle new and emerging trends in the field. Designed for working adults, Champlain’s online bachelor’s in web design and development degree will give students the tools needed to marry creative design with back-end programming, and provide the confidence to launch or advance their careers in this dynamic field.
Gain a foundation in web design (including knowledge of key applications, platforms, and programming languages) and enter this growing field with a credential employers will respect with Champlain’s online web design certificate. Whether students have already earned an undergraduate degree or are currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree, a web design certificate is a great way to earn a credential in the field, get your resume noticed, and demonstrate proficiency in a focused area of knowledge. This certificate can be taken as a stand-alone program, or can be used as a stepping stone on the way to obtaining your online bachelor’s degree in web design & development or online bachelor’s degree in computer information systems.
Learn the most commonly used client- and server-side programming languages to build interactive, database-driven websites and enter the field with a credential employers will respect (and knowledge of 12+ key applications and platforms) with Champlain’s online web programming certificate. This certificate can be taken as a stand-alone program, or can be used as a stepping stone on the way to obtaining your online bachelor’s degree in web design & development or online bachelor’s degree in computer information systems.
Learn the foundations of marketing and enter the business field with a credential employers will respect with Champlain’s online marketing certificate. Whether students have already earned an undergraduate degree or are currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree, a marketing certificate is a great way to earn a credential in the field, get your resume noticed, and demonstrate proficiency in a focused area of knowledge. This certificate can be taken as a stand-alone program, or can be used as a stepping stone on the way to obtaining a bachelor’s degree in business management online.
Marketing is both an art and a science. It’s the business discipline that connects ideas to the people who find value in them. If you thrive on change, media creation, and communicating with people, marketing may be the ideal path for you. Students will start taking marketing courses in their first semester—in fact, they’ll hold industry-standard certifications before their sophomore year. It is this early learning that makes Champlain College’s Marketing students highly sought interns; employers know they’ll hit the ground running. Students will be working with real clients each year and interning with innovative Vermont businesses like Ben & Jerry’s, Burton Snowboards, NewBreed Marketing, and many more. By the time they graduate, students’ résumés will be full of professional experiences that will make them stand out from the job applicant crowd.
Global organizations, corporations, nonprofits, and small businesses rely on educated business professionals to deploy advanced business practices and systems thinking to achieve organizational success. With a valuable combination of business acumen, subject matter expertise, and the critical soft-skills of communication and collaboration needed in leadership roles, graduates of Champlain’s master of business administration online program will be prepared to pursue career paths in the fields of their choice. Champlain’s online MBA program is designed to provide a framework for today’s business professionals to think more critically, work more collaboratively, and approach complex workplace challenges more holistically. Students emerge from the program with a systems-thinking mindset, the ability to approach modern business challenges with confidence, and will be prepared to lead in a variety of roles in a dynamic organization.
Become a more effective champion of positive change within your organization, and gain a foundation in the philosophies, theories, applications and practice of Positive Organization Development through Champlain’s graduate certificate in positive organization development, the first of its kind. This certificate can be taken as a stand-alone program, or can be embedded in Champlain’s online MBA degree or online master’s in human relations and organization development degree, and was developed in partnership with Champlain College’s internationally renowned David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry.
If you want a career as a writer, you’ll need a solid foundation in the mechanics of good writing and editing, a storyteller’s gift for narrative, a poet’s eye for detail, and a desire to continue developing your talents in a dynamic industry. While students will certainly explore literature and learn to critique writing, this is not an English degree. At Champlain College, students learn the professional aspects of writing and how to get paid doing what they love. Students start thinking like professionals from their first semester. Virtually all Professional Writing majors are published by the time they graduate, and many are earning freelance income as undergraduates.
Learn to plan, organize and manage resources to meet project goals and objectives, and enter the business field with a credential employers will respect, with Champlain’s online project management certificate. Whether students have already earned an undergraduate degree or are currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree, a project management certificate is a great way to earn a credential in the field, get your resume noticed, and demonstrate proficiency in a focused area of knowledge. This certificate can be taken as a stand-alone program, or can be used as a stepping stone on the way to obtaining your bachelor’s degree in business management online.
