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Principals As Technology Leaders

About PATL

PATL Home  I  About PATL  I  Application I  Curriculum & Assignments  I  PATL Programs  
Instructors  I  Advisory Board  I  Laptops  I  Partners  I  Skill Development  I  Graduates

Program Expectations 

  1. Principals with current student enrollment of 100 or more and Superintendents may apply.

    • A school can not send a principal consecutive years.

    • Principals may only attend PATL once.

    • Superintendents must attend PATL with at least one principal from their district.

  2. Applicants will complete the application process prior to being registered in a program (application process=application, registration fee and Participation Approval Form received by PEP).  Note: Fees are NON-refundable, choose your program carefully.  Each program consists of two two-day sessions for a total of four days.  Sessions can not be intermixed  (for example, a participant can not come to session 1 of program 17 and session 2 of program 20).

  3. Registered participants will complete all homework assignments and attend all four days of the program during the same academic year.

  4. Click here to apply.

For more program information, click on a topic below.

 

Topic Description
CEUs How many Continuing Education Units will I receive?
Curriculum What will I learn?  What will I take back to my school?
Eligibility Who can attend?  Who can not attend?
Fees How much does PATL cost?  What am I responsible for paying?
Laptops What kind of laptop with I get?  Who owns the laptop?
Location Where are the program sites?
Lodging Where do I stay?  Who pays for it?
Superintendents What will I learn?  Why do I have to attend with a principal from my district?

    

Continuing Education Units 

PEP will provide documentation for 4.0 technology-related continuing education units for participants who successfully complete PATL.  back to table

Curriculum 

PATL is a four-day program (two, two-day sessions).  Prior to the first session each principal completes the TAGLIT online.  (Each principal completes a leadership assessment, and 80 percent of the classroom teachers at the principal's school complete teacher's assessments.  Superintendents are not require to complete an assessment.)  

The first two-day session focuses on vision and the status of technology integration at the participant's school/system.  Participants will: (1) learn, in accordance with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study, to employ technology to involve students in real-life projects that develop critical thinking skills, (2) analyze preliminary results from the TAGLIT about technology use in their schools, (3) use a Technology Leadership Framework to organize professional development, planning, budgeting, etc. with respect to technology, and (4) create a web page about themselves.  

The second two-day session will focus on instructional resources.  Participants will:  (1) learn about instructional technology organizations, websites, projects, listservs, organizations, models, books, and articles that are dedicated to helping administrators improve the use of technology for teaching and learning, (2) develop a technology action plan that addresses specific needs, and  (3) create a web page about their school/system and technology action plan.  back to table

Eligibility

PATL is open to all North Carolina superintendents and all principals of North Carolina schools with enrollments of at least 100 students (including independent schools).  Approximately twenty-one PATL Programs will be offered over the four year life of the grant.  A school can not send a principal consecutive years.  (For example, if Principal Jones from Smith Middle School attends this year then leaves Smith Middle School, Principal Jones’s successor at Smith will not be permitted to attend a PATL program next year.)

Unfortunately, the Gates Foundation grant stipulates that only principals and superintendents may participate in this program.  Therefore, assistant principals and central office administrators need not apply.  back to table

Fees

The cost to attend PATL is $250 per participant.  The fee is non-refundable.  Participants are also responsible for the costs of lodging and transportation to and from the program site.   back to table

Laptops

Laptops are issued to participants on the first day of each PATL program.  Ownership of the computers will be transferred from PEP to the schools or districts of participants who successfully complete the program.  An invoice for the cost of the laptop will be issued to the school if the principal cannot complete the program.  Click here for more information about the laptop.  back to table

Location

  Please see the program schedule for dates and locations.  back to table

Lodging

Lodging is available at discount rates at hotels convenient to the program site.  Specific information will be forwarded to registrants.  back to table

Superintendents

Superintendents who wish to attend PATL should attend with at least one principal from their district.  back to table