Over the past several decades, the Morgridge College of Education has forged community partnerships with numerous organizations to strengthen our connection to the people around us. Take a look at our current community partnerships:

Aesthetic Education Institute of Colorado

The Aesthetic Education Institute of Colorado (AEIC) is one of few premier workshops in the country designed to prepare educators to embrace an arts-oriented approach to classroom teaching and K-12 school reform. The goals of the Institute are to have participants awaken their inner artistic sensibilities, and to think about education from aesthetic and arts-oriented approaches.  Read more.

Boettcher Teachers Program

Agree to teach in an urban classroom and get your teaching license and education master's degree at virtually no cost. In the program, students develop close working relationships with experienced, real-world teaching mentors. It's a wonderful option for people changing careers or re-focusing one that's in progress. Read more.

Buell Early Childhood Leadership Program

We teach the next generation of leaders in the emerging field of early childhood education through partnerships with several local organizations. By training these future leaders, the college hopes to prepare individuals who can improve the quality of early care and education, ensuring that all children are ready for kindergarten. Read more.   

Center for Innovative and Talented Youth

The Center for Innovative and Talented Youth (CITY) offers K-12 enrichment for high-interest and high-ability kids. Our focus is not only on how kids think and learn, but how they discover ways to navigate the world while thinking and learning differently. The CITY is focused on providing safe spaces for kids to laugh and play while being intellectually challenged and actively engaged in meaningful, authentic experiences. Read more.

Colorado Community Based Research Network

This network connects University students and faculty with community organizations needing research and information. Higher education can help address important community issues such as environmental threats, education decline, crime rates, immigration and economic inequality. But this research should serve as a catalyst for change and action within the community.

Counseling and Educational Services Clinic  

The clinic provides a community service for children, adolescents, adults, couples and families with personal, career, family, educational and other life concerns. The clinic offers assessment, counseling, consultation, support and therapy groups, and referrals to other community services at low cost to ensure access for clients who may have special financial needs. Read more.  

Fisher Early Learning Center

Highly qualified and experienced teachers implement the "Read, Play, and Learn!®", curriculum which is a literature-based teaching guide to introduce the love of reading and writing to our youngest learners. It is an integrated teaching model that includes every discipline children will see in elementary school. Read more.

Highline Academy

The Highline Academy College Preparatory Collaborative project provides access to higher education for high achieving underrepresented students. Highline students spend a week preparing for a visit to DU by talking about college, how long it takes to earn degrees and why it is important to go. The trip concludes with a dinner for students and their parents.

Principal Preparation District Partnership Programs

Morgridge has established innovative partnerships with Denver Public Schools, Adams Five Star Schools and Aurora Public Schools to design and deliver alternative, excellent programs for principal certification. Students selected for these programs receive University credit and recommendation for a Colorado Principal License, while developing strong professional networks. Read more.

Ricks Center

The curriculum at the Ricks Center is designed to address the whole child, including his or her emotional, intellectual, aesthetic, physical and social needs. While many programs offer students personal attention, the Ricks Center tailors education to each student in the context of a community built around an intellectual peer group. Read more.

Ritchie Program for School Leaders/APSLA

Educational Administration currently has two principal preparation programs formed in partnership with area school districts. The district partnership programs are highly selective, cohort-based principal preparation programs that are designed to prepare educational leaders specifically for the needs of that district. The programs provide rigorous, experiential and project-based learning to develop courageous, forward-thinking educational leaders. Read more.