About TITUS

The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) serves a highly diverse urban student population. The university's teacher preparation programs, through the Council on Teacher Education (CTE) enrolls approximately 1,100 students per year and is the top provider of new teachers to the Chicago Public School system, annually recommending 250 to 300 teachers for certification. In recent years, has made great strides in infusing technology in its' teacher preparation programs. This work, funded in part by a U.S. Department of Education PT3 grant, has served 14 teacher preparation programs across 3 colleges. Project TITUS (Teachers Infusing Technology in Urban Schools) builds upon UIC's position as a primary provider of new teachers to CPS to prepare teachers to use technology effectively in urban public school classrooms. Project TITUS reforms teacher certification programs across colleges by integrating technology-infused instruction into pre-service teaching courses for elementary and secondary programs. This instruction occurs across a continuum of preparation experiences and contexts, including university coursework and field based practicum. The intended outcomes of Project TITUS are three-fold: •  To create and implement subject area design teams who collaboratively design a total of 20 modules to be used across teacher preparation programs. •  To provide regular and ongoing in-depth professional development experiences for the teacher education faculty both during the academic year and through an annual intensive weeklong summer institute. •  To substantially reform the approach to bringing technology into field experiences, providing enhanced learning opportunities for students not only at the college but also in field settings.

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