Posted June 2nd, 2015
By Kris Powers
This month we kick off a series of "Staff Profiles" - introducing you, our reader, to the talent behind Ed4Career. We could think of no better way to start this series than to start with the founders of this company, Dr. Rusty Barrier and Dr. Tricia Seymour. Below is an excerpt from "A Letter from the Founders of Ed4Career", written by Dr. Barrier and Dr. Seymour.
"We believe in the power of education and specifically online education to challenge us and help us grow. We both have PhDs in counseling psychology and understand the need for lifelong learning. We see the best in people and hope that they will always want to grow in both wisdom and knowledge.
We started our journeys in private practice as psychotherapists but quickly realized the need for ongoing education to improve one’s chances for a happy, healthy, and successful future. We both entered the education industry as a way to support our desire to assist people in their growth and to attain their goals in life. Since the early 1980s, before online education was available, we taught in secondary education, at the college level, and in corporations leading people to a better understanding of themselves and the world around them.
We were both early adopters of technology, incorporating it into our lives as soon as it was available to individuals in their homes and offices and as soon as online education became accessible we embraced the technology of education. By the year 2000, we quickly understood the value of the internet to provide equal opportunities to quality education for people all over. We saw that you could be in the military stationed in a foreign country and still be able to complete your college degree or be a psychotherapist in a rural setting and still access the latest ongoing continuing education. We also saw the need for continuity in the learning approach for the adult learner.
This journey led us to create Ed4Career. We were able to combine our love of education, technology, and psychology to develop online education that makes sense to the adult learner.
Our hope is that we all continue to learn and grow to both better ourselves and the world around us. Come and join us in this educational revolution!"
Ed4Career has assembled a top-notch team of individuals dedicated to providing the highest quality online learning experience to students everywhere. We hope you enjoy "meeting us" over the upcoming months as much as we enjoy getting to know you, our students and readers, through classes and correspondence.
