Projects:

West Virginia
Your Future in West Virginia...Growing Together

Project Homepage:
http://www.wvhtf.org/challenge.htm

The West Virginia High Technology Consortium (WVHTC) Foundation and Monongalia County Schools are partnering with eight additional county school districts, the West Virginia Department of Education, West Virginia University, NASA, and fiftenn local businesses in a project that will impact 55,400 students in 152 schools, and as many as 100,000 community members in nine counties.

The project is composed of two interdependent tracks, (1) basic and advanced training of teachers with respect to computer skills and classroom integration, and (2) parent and community training on the use of technology with a focus on preparation for new careers. Track one consists of intense teacher training. Teachers who are competent in the area of technology allow students to maximize classroom opportunities. Track two consists of training students and community members through certificate programs at Technology Opportunity Centers. These centers are laboratories equipped with computer and multi-media technologies for use by the entire community. Six centers are in place at the end of the first year of the grant period.

Year Grant Awarded:
1996

Grantee:
Monongalia County Schools and the WV High Technology Consortium Foundation

Project Director:
Lydotta Taylor
Vice President of Education
Phone: : 304-366-2577
Fax: 304-366-2699
Email:
lmtaylor@wvhtf.org

Address:
WVHTC Foundation
1000 Technology Drive
Suite 1000
Fairmont, WV 26554