Overview

Our Mission

The Center for Health and Learning is committed to promoting the health and well-being of children, families, schools and communities by providing training, technical assistance, resources and support for strategic initiatives.

Our Goals and Activities

We design and coordinate projects and professional development to promote school and community health. Our aim is to achieve systemic and sustainable changes through education, policy and environmental strategies. Our goals and activities include:

Conducting training for educators and other professionals on health issues utilizing research-based models with proven track records.
Designing services to ensure equitable and quality education to diverse audiences.
Building local capacity by creating partnerships as well as providing technical assistance and follow-up support to schools and communities.
Working with institutes of higher education and professional associations to offer pre-service and in-service coursework and educational opportunities.

Our History

The Center for Health and Learning was founded as the Green Mountain Training Center for Healthy Schools and Communities (GMTC) in 1996. At that time, the Vermont Department of Education was seeking a vehicle that could provide assistance on a broad range of school and public health issues. With funding from the Centers for Disease Control, the GMTC emerged as an active participant in the CDC's campaign to establish regional training centers capable of delivering high quality educational events and building local capacity for school and community health promotion.

In 2004 the organization's name changed from GMTC to the Center for Health and Learning. Since 2002 CHL has served more than 12,000 professionals and community members. In our mission to promote healthy and safe schools and communities, we have created partnerships with, and provided services to, more than 100 cooperating agencies and school systems. For more information, link here or above to Past Activities.