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Carnegie Mellon University is offering some Teacher Training coursers this summer (actually, this month).  They have both a LEGO MINDSTORMS and a VEX based course.

Summer Teacher Training Courses
Use robots to teach Science, Technology, Engineering and
Math (STEM) concepts.

Unfortunately, the LEGO course is full.  But here is the information for the course:

July 14 - 18   / July 28 - Aug. 1 (full)

Course includes….
• 5 days of on site, hands-on training
• Use of one LEGO MINDSTORMS robot and several sensors
• Use of Robotics Engineering Vols. I and Vol. II, and Teaching ROBOTC for LEGO MINDSTORMS content developed
  by the CMU Robotics Academy
• Act 48 Credits / 36 hours per class ( for Pennsylvania teachers only )
• Certificate of Completion for course ‘graduates’ - may be used to apply for Continuing Education hours
• Mapping of the curriculum with National Science Education (NSES) Standards, National Council of Teachers
  of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards, and International Technology Education Association (ITEA) Standards.
• Tour of the CMU National Robotics Engineering Center

More information at Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Academy.

UPDATE: The NXT Step has some comments, and a list of extra links related to Robotics and the Carnegie Mellon course.

• Robot City – Where CMU tests many of their robots.
• Robotics Institute
• National Robotics Engineering Center
• Robotics Academy