Rosanne (Albanese) Trolan, who completed our Teacher Certification program in 1988, was honored as Distinguished Educator of the Year by Massachusetts College of Art and Design at the commencement ceremony May 21.

Rosanne is the visual arts teacher at the Cotting School in Lexington, Mass., where she has worked for the past 15 years.

Cotting School serves 120 students ranging from ages 3-22 with a broad spectrum of learning and communication disabilities, physical challenges and complex medical conditions.

Rosanne has implemented a unique curriculum accessible to all, supported by adaptive teaching methods, adaptive materials and low and high tech adaptive equipment.

Dan Serig, Art Education Department Chair, Maureen Kelly, President Katherine Sloan, Rosanne Trolan, and John Crowe at the Commencement ceremony May 21, 2010