August 24, 2010 - Editure Professional Development, Inc. has entered into a strategic partnership with Alchemy Systems, LP to provide one of the most comprehensive professional development and technology offerings to K-12 schools. The combined partnership currently provides products and services to over 12,500 schools around the world. This extensive expertise and experience will allow the combined team to offer an unparalleled level of service to K-12 customers in the United States.
Editure Professional Development, which is headquartered in New York, provides a full range of researched-based professional development for teachers and staff, including job-embedded consulting services, online content, professional learning communities (“PLCs”), technology in the classroom and university accredited advancement courses for teachers. Editure Professional Development has over 250 staff and contractors in the United States and has offices in New York, Seattle, Los Angeles and Austin. Editure Professional Development is the United States subsidiary of Editure Limited. Editure Limited is a leading Australian education company that provides professional development and learning management system software to approximately 8,000 schools in six countries around the world.
Alchemy’s Avatar® Professional Development Management System (“Avatar”) enables school districts and other organizations to deliver, manage and track professional learning content, events, resources and participants. School districts and educational service centers across the U.S. rely on Avatar’s unique technology to help automate the scheduling, evaluation and reporting of their staff development activities. Alchemy’s technology solutions are used in over 4,500 schools in the United States.
As partners, Alchemy will work with Editure to continue to deliver dynamic training management tools that embrace state-of-the-art learning management technologies, while complementing this with a broader range of professional development content and services which are available on-line and via personalized instruction either in a classroom or workshop setting.
Both companies have extensive educational technology knowledge and will combine this expertise to offer a comprehensive platform that will incorporate resources to facilitate the online management of all teacher professional development delivery and PLCs that cater to the needs of teachers, students, parents, and administrators.
The key point of contact for the new partnership will be Martin Mascarenas, who was one of the original founders of Avatar and has been actively involved in all aspects of the business for almost fifteen years. He will work closely with Jeff Vohden, the President of Editure Professional Development.
“Based on feedback from our customers, both Alchemy and Editure saw the benefits of coupling our Avatar platform with Editure’s professional development and technology offerings specifically focused on K-12 needs and challenges,” remarked Martin Mascarenas. “We are focused on using best practices from around the world to meet the increasingly rigorous educational standards expected in schools today.”
“This partnership is a key part of our mission to provide the highest level of service to K-12 customers in the United States” said Jeff Vohden. “The combined offering is truly unique. It provides an outstanding opportunity for us to work with students, teachers, staff, parents, and administrators to enhance educational outcomes.”
ABOUT EDITURE
Editure is a leading education and training company providing services and products aimed at improving school performance through professional development and educational technology. Editure provides services and products to approximately 8,000 schools around the world and has customers in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, South Africa and Asia. Editure has approximately 400 employees and contractors around the world and has seven offices located in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.
ABOUT ALCHEMY
Alchemy Systems, L.P., based in Austin, Texas, develops innovative technology and rich media to provide products for production and professional workers in the education, commercial, and social service industries. The Avatar PDMS is currently being utilized by almost 500,000 teachers in more than 4,500 schools throughout the United States. For more information on Alchemy, please go to www.alchemysystems.com.