About the PTC

Professional Training Center

The Professional Training Center (PTC) is the place from which the district staff development program grows. Formerly a U.S. Post Office, it is a 10,000 square foot building with a teacher make-and-take lab, two computer training labs, a conference room, a Reading Recovery training lab, and office space. We transformed this building in 1993 from an under-used facility to one that is bustling with productive activity by gutting the inside and redesigning it with our staff development vision in mind.

Teachers attend classes in the PTC almost everyday. Committed to professional growth, Decatur provides a vast amount of release time so that teachers can leave their classes with substitutes and come in for training. After hours, teachers are welcome to work as they choose in the make-and-take lab and in the computer labs. The building hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday except for Tuesday when the building is open until 6:00 p.m.

For more information on the Decatur City Schools Staff Development Program contact Jeanne Payne (JPayne@dcs.edu) at (256) 552-3000. For questions regarding the PTC, contact Danny Truitt (dtruitt@ptc.dcs.edu) at (256) 552-3020.