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Google Teacher Academy
 The Google Teacher Academy is a FREE professional development experience designed to help K-12 educators get the most from innovative technologies. Each Academy is an intensive, one-day event where participants get hands-on experience with Google's free products and other technologies, learn about innovative instructional strategies, receive resources to share with colleagues, and immerse themselves in an innovative corporate environment. Upon completion, Academy participants become Google Certified Teachers who share what they learn with other K-12 educators in their local region.
 
  
About the Academy
50 innovative educators are selected to attend each GTA based on the merits of their online application. Potential applicants include classroom teachers, curriculum specialists, technology specialists, librarians, administrators, professional trainers, and other education professionals who actively serve K-12 teachers and students.
Participants are selected based on their professional experience, their passion for teaching and learning, and their successful use of technology in K-12 settings. Since the program relies on a "train-the-trainers" model, we are particularly interested in educators who actively provide technology-related mentoring or training for classroom teachers.
Participants must provide their own travel, and if necessary, their own lodging. We've changed our format based on past feedback, so that we may include interested applicants from regions all around the world. Though we will give preference to K-12 educators within a 90-minute local commute of an Academy event (in this case, Washington, DC), anyone may apply. Please remember that each Academy is designed to create a strong professional learning community of educators who support each other over the course of a year, so if you are not local, you must be willing to be resourceful with all technologies to facilitate communication and collaboration with your fellow Google Certified Teachers.
Google Certified Teachers
Educators who attend a Google Teacher Academy become Google Certified Teachers.
Google Certified Teachers are:
- Exceptional K-12 educators with a passion for using innovative tools to improve teaching and learning.
- Creative leaders who understand their local needs and can spread innovation as a recognized expert.
- Ambassadors for change who model high expectations, life-long learning, collaboration, equity & inclusion, and innovation.
Google Certified Teachers are expected to:
- Develop a "Personal Action Plan."
- Lead at least three local professional development activities over the course of 12 months.
- Successfully deploy one school on to Google Apps for Education.
- Actively participate in the Google Certified Teacher Online Community.
- Share the impact of their work with other Google Certified Teachers through an end-of-year reflection.
In addition to a free day of training, Google Certified Teachers get:
- Access to the GCT Online Community
- Access to additional free ed tech resources
- Opportunities to give Google feedback on educational uses of tools
- Invitations to join Google at special events
- The right to post the GCT web badge on their website or blog.
Application Requirements
All applications to the Google Teacher Academy must be submitted using our online form. Only completed applications submitted before the deadline will be considered, and you may only apply to an Academy in your local region.
*NOTE: Each applicant to the Google Teacher Academy is REQUIRED to produce and submit an original
one minute video on EITHER of the following topics: "Motivation and Learning" OR "Classroom
Innovation." Be as creative as you like.
Once you create the video, you must post it on the Web to Google Video or YouTube for us to download or view, then paste the specific URL for your video into the appropriate field on the application. We will not accept videos by email, and we will not watch more than one minute. So, make it count!
This video is a very important part of your application. The task is designed to demonstrate your technical ability, your resourcefulness, your commitment, and your unique personality and interests. We realize that you may have never produced a video before and that you may not own video equipment, but through perseverance we are confident you can find a way to meet this requirement. You do not need to be in the video, but please do not submit videos produced for another project or videos created by others. We're specifically looking for educators that creatively address one of the above topics in an original way.
The Google Teacher Academy is coordinated by CUE and WestEd
 
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