Academy offers teachers a lesson for students - Arin Gencer, Baltimore Sun

Dozens of Maryland public school teachers returned to the classroom this summer, this time taking a seat behind the desks. From counties throughout the state, they gathered at Towson University to learn how to teach their students to do their jobs. Their meetings were preparation for the Teacher Academy of Maryland, a career and technology education program that introduces high school students to teaching.For two weeks, educators participated in the Teacher Academy of Maryland Summer Leadership institutes. The weeklong sessions serve to help teachers feel comfortable handling the curriculum, which uses college-level texts and was written by Towson professors, said Pamela Williams Morgan, Towson's project co-coordinator for the academy, who organized the institutes.

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