QTL: Quality Teaching and Learning
Quality Teaching and Learning (QTL) is a comprehensive professional development model designed to empower educators with knowledge of effective instructional strategies and technology integration to implement the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for second through fifth grade. Literacy connections address the incorporation of print, audio/video and multimedia resources to support teaching and learning. The correlation of all resources addresses diverse learning styles. Demonstration of effective classroom management techniques is evident throughout the model using strategies proven to affect student achievement. Classroom time is allotted primarily to learning strategies for engaging learners using technology as a tool. Technology is integrated in a holistic approach where connections are logical. QTL establishes a consistent instructional design that incorporates best practices, designs for learning, and new tools for learning including technology.
A team of educators from an elementary school will attend six days of training
and participate in two classroom visits from the QTL instructor. During the first five
days participants will be actively engaged in lessons that model best practices
and learning theories in a classroom/lab setting. Participants will leave the
sessions with a notebook packed full of useful information that reinforces what
they have learned. The final day of training will focus on instructional
planning and lesson plan development. Two classroom visits will provide
follow-up and support to ensure teachers are able to apply what they have learned
in their own classroom setting. The first visit will be an individualized
coaching session where the QTL instructor will assist in developing a lesson
plan that includes appropriate activating, cognitive, and summarizing strategies
that address the SCOS objective and essential question. The QTL instructor will
also aid in the appropriate utilization of technology as a teaching tool.
School teams should consist of the following personnel:
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Minimum of five 2nd through 5th grade classroom or resource teachers
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One additional team member may be chosen from the following in order of priority:
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Curriculum Facilitator
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Technology Facilitator/Assistant
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Media Specialist
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This program is not designed for PE, Music, Art, Guidance, Spanish, Speech or for classroom assistants.
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The school principal must attend QTL for Leadership (A special three day version of the training is available for elementary school principals and administrators) or three of the five days with their school's team.
Credits: 4.4 CEUs*
Learner Outcomes:
Participants must attend all sessions and complete all assignments.
Each teacher will be responsible writing and implementing a minimum of one
lesson with effective activating, cognitive and summary strategies, including
the use of technology. All materials needed to teach the lesson must also be
submitted. The lesson plan must meet all criteria for publication as established
by the QTL instructors.
No partial credit will be given.
Prerequisite:
Teachers must have basic word processing skills and the ability to use the
Internet and GCS email. Teachers selected to participate in this workshop should
be creative and motivated to learn all that this workshop has to offer.
A self-assessment is provided to assist you in determining your readiness for
this course. Please click the following links to view the checklists: Internet
Self-Assessment Checklist and Desktop
Publishing Self-Assessment Checklist.
*approved for Technology Renewal Credit
Partnerships
Thanks to a partnership with UNCG, QTL participants now have the opportunity to receive three units of graduate credit for Course CUI 610, Integrating Technology in the K12 Curriculum.
Guilford County QTL is available due to a partnership with Explornet. For more information on Explornet's QTL training go to: ExplorNet's QTL Orientation.
