Our business is training teachers. It's a business, but it's education. The center was developed in 1997 with grant money provided by the New Jersey Department of Education. There are similar centers in each of the state's 21 counties. The Mount Laurel center is overseen by the Burlington County Institute of Technology and is housed at the Burlington County College campus on Briggs Road off Route 38.
Courses are tailor made to address the needs of New Jersey educators.
In addition to providing training, the centers also help certified teachers meet the state requirement to include technology as part of their 100 hours of professional development over five years. To assist those teachers, educators attending workshops are given a certificate of completion as evidence of their eligibility for professional development credits. The state requirement and rapid adoption of technology in the classrooms in recent years has made the center a busy place. English Teacher Lara Hill recently attended a workshop titled Teaching with Technology - Using our Brains. The center offers technology workshops for teachers throughout the day.