PRESERVICE TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP  PROGRAM (PTLP)

The primary focus of the Preservice Technology Leadership Program (PTLP) involves long-term collaboration between in-service teachers and undergraduate teacher education students.  Within this program, the teachers and students participate in twenty-four hours of technology training each year.  Outside of training, the teachers serve as mentors to the students and collaborate on instructional applications of technology. 

The model used for this program is the "train the trainer" approach.  After the training and collaboration within this program, the mentors and students are ready to provide professional development to area educators.  This professional development may be a workshop or in-service within the school district, technology seminar on NKU's campus, or presentation at a technology-related conference.  Travel is provided for the teachers and students to attend the Kentucky Teaching and Learning Conference (KTLC) in the spring of each year.

Stipends are provided to the teachers and students for full participation in this program.  In order to be eligible for the full stipend, the PTLP participants must:

• full participation in the training sessions

• document collaboration for at least one hour each month

• develop a lesson or other instructional activity that infuses technology and try it out with students

•  plan and conduct one professional development activity (minimum of one hour)

• provide a topic for a discussion forum in the Blackboard class site

• either write an article for the PTLP newsletter or develop a bulletin board  with a technology topic

• work two hours per week in the open lab (students only)