GT Looks to Shift Unemployed IT Pros to Teaching

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Atlanta, GA | Posted: September 22, 2009

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The College of Computing is looking to transform economic lemons into educational lemonade by shifting unemployed technology professionals into teaching careers. Dubbed "Operation Reboot," the program will combine with the Georgia Teacher Alternative Preparation Program and is designed prepare IT professionals to teach high school computer science. It kicked off Sept. 1 with an initial set of 30 technology workers and is expected to operate for the next three years. Source: CampusTechnology.com

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  • Created By: Louise Russo
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Feb 9, 2010 - 4:39pm
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 11:04pm