Until school districts budget 25 to 50 percent of their technology expenditures on staff training, we must come up with creative ways to spread the expertise of the technologically savvy teachers that exist in every district to the rest of the district staff. The Warrensburg School district has implemented several programs in which interested teachers from each school take on the role of Teacher Technology Mentors. These teachers are provided with an intensive series of instructional technology classes, as well as computer equipment, including laptop computers. In return for this they will serve as technology mentors to the other teachers. The New Orleans Public Schools use a cadre of 15 practicing teachers as trainers.
Teachers seem to learn best when taught by other teachers.