"We're pleased to continue our relationship with Honeywell as part of our vision to be among the most highly respected, technology-focused learning institutions in the world," said Rafael L. Bras, Georgia Tech's Provost and Executive President for Academic Affairs, during the STEM Teacher Leadership Program announcement event on the university's campus. "Strong students start with strong foundations. Together with Honeywell's support, Georgia Tech will be able to continue to place strategic emphasis on teachers as they prepare the next generation of STEM leaders."

The program will be facilitated by The Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC) at Georgia Tech. Participating schools include the Atlanta Public Schools and the Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett County Schools.

"The complexities of today's connected world require young people to learn new computer science and software skills to solve tomorrow's problems," said Jamshed Patel, site leader for Honeywell's Atlanta Software Center. "By offering new teaching techniques in these subject areas to Metro Atlanta teachers, we hope to prepare students to join a workforce where success comes from the ability to logically think through a technical problem and find a way to solve it."