Hopkins will play a key role in this path-breaking alliance. The School of Continuing Studies' Graduate Division of Education and its Center for Technology in Education have joined with several other partners for the five-year professional development program for middle and high school teachers.
Funding comes from a federal technology innovation challenge grant.
The MTLT is one of only 20 such projects to be funded nationwide. Plans for the program include a summer technology academy, professional development and distance learning. The primary target of the initiative is teachers working in middle and high schools in Montgomery County with large numbers of students who are educationally disadvantaged as a result of poverty, limited English proficiency or disability. The majority of the professional development activities will involve hands-on use of advanced telecommunications technologies. For its part in the program, Hopkins will implement TeamTech Learning, its new system for integrating technology into classrooms and curriculum.