The Children's Guild enjoys strong partnerships with a number of universities. As a result, The Guild is recognized as a professional development school. Our mission is to provide professional preparation of our staff and to invite inquiry directed at the improvement of our educational practices. These partnerships not only enhance student achievement, but also provide a recruitment avenue for hiring highly qualified personnel. Several members of the current Children's Guild staff are former interns.

Types of Partnerships

Towson University (since 2011)
Department of Family Studies and Human Development

Graduate students join the Baltimore campus to grow professionally and gain real word experience in the human services field.

Community College of Baltimore City (since 2011)
Occupational Therapy

Graduate students join our O.T. department as both level 1 and level 2 interns they work one on one with students and teachers to receive hands on experience working with both emotionally disturbed and autistic spectrum students.

Bowie State University (since 2010):

Graduate students join seasoned teachers at the Chillum campus to complete practical experience in the field. Students receive experience with both our emotionally disturbed and autistic youth as they prepare for their own careers in the field of special education.

Loyola University (2008-2010):

Undergraduate education interns observe teachers in our Baltimore campus in both the fall and spring semesters. These interns use this experience to decide whether this is the population of students they would like to work with.

Loyola University (since 2008):

Graduate speech interns work with our speech therapists at the Baltimore campus, providing speech and language therapy. University supervision supports the use of these interns to fulfill IEP-related services.

Stevenson University (2009-2010):

Students complete student-teacher requirements toward teaching degree through student-teacher placement for fall/spring semester.

University of Maryland (since 2009):

Social work interns are placed at all of our campuses and the group living academy.

Catholic University (2007-2010):

Social work interns are placed at Chillum two days a week.

Goucher College (2008-2010):

Graduate interns are placed every semester.

George Washington University (1999-2009):

Graduate teaching interns are immersed in our school culture, our TranZed methodology and become part of the classroom teams. Candidates receive a master certificate in emotionally and behaviorally disturbed. Interns are currently based in Chillum and Baltimore.