{"id":52,"date":"2025-10-20T19:45:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T19:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centers.vermontstate.edu\/cfs\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:46:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:46:23","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/centers.vermontstate.edu\/cfs\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"blockGlobal paddingTopSM paddingBottomSM heroFluid\" style=\"background-color:#000C1F;\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-8 col-lg-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"maincopy dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>ABOUT<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumbsFluid white-text\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumbsStyle ghost light left\"><p id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/centers.vermontstate.edu\/cfs\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"blockGlobal paddingTopMD paddingBottomMD mediaObjectFluid\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"grid align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-6  mediaLeft\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n\t<div class=\"maincopy light\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h2\">CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR EDUCATORS <\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"center-for-schools\" class=\"has-font-sans-serif sans-serif-font\">Established in 2002, VTSU\u2019s Center for Schools is committed to advancing learning opportunities for practicing birth-grade 12 educators in Vermont and beyond through in-service programs, graduate coursework, and professional learning opportunities.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<a\nhref=\"https:\/\/centers.vermontstate.edu\/cfs\/course-catalog\/\"\nclass=\"primaryButton light\"\ntitle=\"Course Catalog\">\nCourse Catalog<\/a>\n\t\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-6 mediaRight\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<!--conditionals here-->\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"primaryImageWrap radiusImage\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-with-outline outline-right\">\n\t\n\t\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/centers.vermontstate.edu\/cfs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/johnson_trymajorday_2024023_3.webp\"\n\t\talt=\"A smiling instructor in a blue knit hat gestures toward a whiteboard while writing the word \u201cpredict\u201d during a classroom lesson.\"\n\t\tclass=\"aspectRatio primaryImage\"\n\t\tstyle=\"aspect-ratio: 4 \/ 3;\" \/>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- This style is only needed for the first example with aspectRatio -->\n<style>\n\t.aspectRatio:not([style*=\"aspect-ratio\"]) {\n\t\taspect-ratio: 21 \/ 5;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"blockGlobal paddingTopXS paddingBottomXS calloutBannerFluid light\" style=\"background-color:#F3F2F1;\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid calloutContent\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n\t<div class=\"maincopy light\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h3\">CONTACT US<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>VTSU\u2019s Center for Schools is committed to advancing learning opportunities for practicing educators in Vermont and beyond.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<a\nhref=\"tel:+18024681325\"\nclass=\"primaryButton light\"\ntitle=\"802.468.1325\">\n802.468.1325<\/a>\n\t\n\t\t\t<a\nhref=\"mailto:CFS@VermontState.edu\"\nclass=\"primaryButton outlined light\"\ntitle=\"CFS@VermontState.edu\">\nCFS@VermontState.edu<\/a>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Schools provides professional learning opportunities for teachers, support staff, and administrators in schools and districts across Vermont and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":149,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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