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Q&A Sessions Scheduled to Discuss 2015-16 Scale-Up Programs
PLTW is thrilled to partner with the state of Iowa to provide your district four wonderful ways to implement the PLTW STEM curriculum.
PLTW Launch Scale-Up Award
PLTW Gateway: Design and Modeling (DM) / Automation and Robotics (AR) Scale-Up Award
PLTW Engineering: Principles Of Engineering (POE) Scale-Up Award
PLTW Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSE) Scale-Up Award
The application due date is March 9, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. (CT). Applicants will be notified at the end of March.
DiscoverE Educator Awards - Applications Due March 16, 2015
ATTENTION Educators (Grades 6-12) Are you inspiring students to discover engineering? Or do you know someone who is?
We want to recognize and honor educators who are inspiring tomorrow's generation of innovative engineers!
Know excellent teachers? Nominate for Presidential Teaching Award; Deadline April 1
Do you know a 7th-12th grade teacher who provides excellent mathematics or science instruction to his or her students? Then please consider nominating him or her for a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST).
Applications for 2015-16 STEM Scale-Up Programs Now Open
Apply today, Monday, January 26, 2015 through Monday, March 9, 2015. Eligible Project Lead The Way courses: Launch (elementary), Gateway Design & Modeling (DM) and Automation & Robotics (AR), Principles of Engineering (POE), and Computer Science & Software Engineering (CSE).
PLTW Readiness Training Registration Opens Feb. 2, 2015
Readiness Training, the first phase of PLTW's three-phase professional development, is designed to introduce teachers to Project Lead The Way and the activity-, project-, and problem-based instructional approach that our curriculum utilizes. In addition, Readiness Training will introduce participants to specific courses and the software that is relevant to those courses. Participants engage in Readiness Training, available at no cost, through the myPLTW Learning Management System (LMS).
Successful completion of Readiness Training serves as a prerequisite to Core Training registration.
2015-2016 Scale-Up Program Updates and Proposed Timeline
The Governor's STEM Advisory Council will keep the current ten providers for a second year and open up a small Request for Proposal (RFP) cycle to bring in up to five additional programs to appear on the educator menu in spring of 2015. The Council, depending on responses to the RFP, may target areas of emphasis to be favored such as computer science, mathematics, life science, career awareness, interdisciplinarity, etc.
The RFP cycle closed on December 12, 2014, and programs are being reviewed.
PLTW Launch Building-Level Readiness Training Update
PLTW released an enhanced PLTW Launch Building-Level Readiness Training course on Dec. 1, 2014. This new course simplifies the enrollment process by allowing teachers to self-enroll. Instead of having a course that is specific to each PLTW Launch school, all PLTW Launch teachers will self-enroll in the same PLTW Launch Building-Level Readiness Training course. Lead Teachers as well as Classroom Teachers will be students in the new course.
Student Rostering for 2014-15 School Year is Now Open!
Rostering for the 2014-15 school year is now open! All PLTW Launch, PLTW Gateway, PLTW Engineering, PLTW Computer Science, and PLTW Biomedical Science students need to be rostered by the PLTW District Administrator, School Administrator, or Principal. Once students are rostered, teachers can enroll them into the PLTW Learning Management System (LMS).
Get Certified in Leading 3-D Design Software Programs From Autodesk
Certiport and Autodesk have teamed with PLTW to expand access to industrial certification.
Competition for the 2015 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) is Now Open!
If you know great math and science teachers, nominate them for this prestigious award!
2014-15 PLTW Assessment Guide
This can also be found under "College Credit/Assessment"
PLTW Assessment Program Update: Introduction to Engineering Design (IED) Released Sample End of Course (EoC) Items
As promised, the PLTW Assessment Program has rolled out the Introduction to Engineering Design (IED) released sample End of Course (EoC) items. These released items will provide both teachers and students with an opportunity to experience the types of questions that are found on the EoC assessment, as well as understand the level of rigor of the EoC.
NEW: TeachIowa.gov - Iowa's Marketplace for Education Jobs Now Under "Resources" Tab
Learn more about PLTW job openings in the State of Iowa
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