Bridgewater State Partnership

Bridgewater State University and the Cape Cod Collaborative have formally agreed to jointly enhance professional development opportunities for educators on Cape Cod.  On January 28, 2020, the two organizations signed a memorandum of understanding to bring a “holistic center for teacher training and professional development to the Cape.” 

In January 2020, executive Director Paul Hilton of the Cape Cod Collaborative, and BSU President Frederick W. Clark Jr., Esq., signed the agreement, which also calls for school districts on the Cape to collaborate and pool resources for professional development.

“BSU,” said President Clark, “will foster a deeper partnership between the comprehensive public university in this region and the educational ecosystem on the Cape. BSU has had a decades-long connection to the Cape and reestablished its presence on the Cape five years ago, with the opening of a satellite campus in South Yarmouth.

As part of the agreement, BSU Cape Cod will provide office space for the Cape Cod Collaborative to pursue outreach and program development as well as offer the facility’s conference room, computing and classrooms for program delivery.

Meanwhile, BSU’s colleges of continuing and graduate studies will offer all off-site programs designed for educators on the Cape in partnership with the Collaborative and explore offering graduate credits to educators enrolled in Cape Cod Collaborative professional development courses.