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Lansing Central School District
Gateway to Technology (GTT)Project Lead the Way (PLTW)
Presentation
Dr. Stephen L. Grimm - Superintendent
Technology Education in Lansing
20th Century Thinking and Skills
21st Century Thinking and Skills
Lansing Students are Ready!Strong Math and Science AptitudeSupportive Technology Business Infrastructure
Proposal
Implement PLTW GTT in the High SchoolCapable Teachers8th Grade Cohort is Coming to HS in Fall 2011Board Approval Needed for RegistrationFunding Provided by CDC
Project Lead The Way® Programs
A different approach to education
PLTW, Inc. is a 501(c)(3)
not-for-profit organization.
What is Project Lead the Way, Inc.?
Create dynamic partnerships with our nation’s schools
to prepare an increasing and more diverse group of students
to be successful in science, engineering, and engineering
technology programs.
The PLTW® Mission
The future of education is not what it used to be because
students are not what they used to be.
Project Lead The Way, Inc.
Food for thought
3. Find x.
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4 cm
3 c
m
Food for thought
3. Find x.
x
4 cm
3 c
m
Here it is
Food for thought
Why do I need to know this?
When will I ever use this?
What do I need to do for an A?
Questions Students Should Ask!
What if?
Why not?
How about?
When?
Where?
Is there a need for engineers?
Future Engineering Need & SupplyThis is true for the Power Industry as well…
PracticingEngineers
(USA)
Years2000 2020
1.3M*
Need
Current Workforce
How do We Fill the Gap?
* Note: Total workforce with Science & Engineering education exceeds 10M, 30+% work in S&E; Engineering accounts for 1.9M degrees and 1.3M working in the field, (NSF Science and Engineering Indicators 2000)
2010The Boeing Company 1/28/05
2010
Rigorous & Relevant Curricula (with end-of-course exams)
AND…… Rigorous & Relevant Professional Development
(for teachers and school counselors)
A Curriculum-Based Program that Provides:
Project Lead The Way® Programs
Gateway To Technology®
1. Design and Modeling™ (9 wks)
2. Automation and Robotics™ (9 wks)
3. The Magic of Electrons™ (9 wks)
4. The Science of Technology™ (9 wks)
5. Flight and Space™ (9 wks)
6. **Energy and the Environment™ (9 wks)
**to be developed
Middle School Program:
Foundation:
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Capstone:
Computer Integrated Manufacturing™
and/or Civil Engineering and Architecture™
and/or Biotechnical Engineering™ and/or Aerospace Engineering™
Introduction to Engineering Design™
Principles Of Engineering™ Digital Electronics™
Engineering Design and Development™:
High School Course Program:Pathway To Engineering
Note: This program requires college prep mathematics and science each year.
A course in Creativity & Innovation in Engineering
Evaluation 6
High RigorLow Context
High RigorHigh Context
Synthesis 5
Analysis 4
Application 3
Low RigorLow Context
Low RigorHigh Context
Understanding 2
Awareness 1
1 2 3 4 5
Knowledge Apply indiscipline
Apply across
disciplines
Apply to predictablereal-worldsituations
Apply to unpredictable
real-worldsituations
Adapted from W. Daggett Application Model
Bloom’s Levels of Learning
Reaching all Students
What does High Rigor & High Relevance
look like in a school curriculum?
PLTW® programs are a model.
Activities, Projects, and Problems
What’s the Difference?
Activities, Projects, and Problems
Activities are written and designed to provide students the experience needed to acquire the skills they will use throughout a course.
Projects are written and designed to aid students in developing and beginning to apply critical thinking skills and knowledge.
Problems are written and designed to utilize all skills and knowledge acquired through activities and projects in an open-ended format that aids students in developing full understanding of the main concepts and principles of the course.
PLTW® AP2 Modality
Benefits of PLTW® Engineering Curriculum
Course updates are generated by teachers of Project Lead The Way® programs for their use.Course materials are complete, which allows the teacher to focus on: Teaching Student achievement Assessment (i.e., formative and summative) Professional Development
Based on Research
How People Learnby the National Research Council
National Standards
Understanding by Designby the Wiggins & McTighe
Achieving Rigor & Relevance Through Project-Based Learning
by the Daggett & Blais
ABET Accreditation Criteria
Examples of
Project Lead The Way®
Activities, Projects, and Problems
AP2 – Activities, Projects, & Problems
From: Activities – Project – Problem-Based Learning by PLTW
• Helps students develop skills for living in a knowledge-based, technological society
• Adds relevance to students’ learning• Challenges students to high rigor• Promotes lifelong learning• Meets students’ needs with varying learning
styles
Activity-, Project-, and Problem-Based Learning (AP2) as used in the PLTW curriculum:
Design Process
Activities give the students what they need to traverse the “phases” in a design process.
Projects and Problems utilize the design process itself.
Example of a design process
Example taken from Gateway To Technology®
AP2 - Projects
GTT® – Science of Technology™“Rube Goldberg” style device
•Subsystem must demonstrate six simple machines
•Minimum 3-second energy transfer cycle
•12” x 12” base plate area
•No human intervention
•No electrical power
•Results must be repeatable
•Students select a project, simulate the circuit, breadboard and troubleshoot it
•They design and fabricate a PC board, solder the components, present the project with a work summary report
Example from Digital Electronics™
Light Meter
AP2 - Projects
Professional Development
Ready for core training
Ready for teaching
• Gateway To Technology® (Middle School)• Principles Of Engineering™ • Introduction To Engineering Design™• Digital Electronics™• Computer Integrated Manufacturing™• Civil Engineering/Architecture™• Aerospace Engineering™• Biotechnical Engineering™• Engineering Design and Development™
Core TrainingSummer Training
Institute (STI)
Pre-STI Assessment & Remediation
Continuous Training
Virtual Academy
3-Phase Professional Development
Level IITraining
How are we doing?
• Model K-12 curriculum materials on world class standards
• Foster high quality teaching with world class curricula, standards, & assessments of student learning
• Convene a national panel to collect, evaluate, and develop rigorous K-12 materials that are available, free of charge, as a voluntary national curriculum.Rising Above The Gathering Storm,
page 4
PLTW® programs are recommended as the model.
Nationally Recognized ProgramRECOMMENDATIONS:
Student Achievement
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GOAL HSTW PLTW
Reading
Mathematics
Science
Data Significant at .05 level in reading and mathData Significant at .001 in science
Source: Special Analysis of 2004 HSTW Assessment Data
Evaluation Results
Over 90% of seniors in PLTW®
courses said they had a clear and confident sense of the types of college majors and jobs they intended to pursue and their experiences in the PLTW® program were very significant in developing this self-knowledge....
True Outcomes Annual Assessment 2007-2008
Over 97% of seniors in PLTW® courses plan to attend a university, college, or community
college, compared with 67% for average seniors.
True Outcomes Annual Assessment Report 2007-2008
80% say they will study engineering,
technology, or computer science
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College Going Rate
Seniors inPLTW®
courses
AverageSeniors
Research DataKEY FINDINGS
Native American and Hispanic students, while widely under- represented in mathematics and science nationwide, are proportionately represented in PLTW®.
African-American students are attracted to the PLTW® engineering program at a rate greater than college engineering, but not proportional to their overall enrollment.
The proportion of female students in PLTW® engineering programs remained at 17%, the same as are attracted to college engineering study.
Male and female student achievement on end-of-course examinations were equivalent in all courses.
PLTW® programs are found in schools across all socioeconomic levels.
True Outcomes Annual Assessment Report 2007-2008
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PLTW® Network 2008 – 2009 Academic Year
• Districts: 1,600+• High Schools: 2,000+• Middle Schools: 900+• Total Schools: 2,900+• Total teachers trained: 7,000 • Total counselors trained: 5,000 • Total students enrolled in PLTW® courses: 250,000
Growth of Schools in thePLTW® Network
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1998 19992000
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20052006
20072008
1 11 36 94 159 268 419 600910
1,2301,616
2,292
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3,000
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Growth in Schools offering PLTW® Program
For More Information
Visit our
website www.pltw.org or
email us
Lansing Multi-Year Implementation Plan
Lansing Project Lead the Way 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015
Middle School
6th Design and Modeling Design and Modeling Design and Modeling Design and Modeling Design and Modeling
7th Design and Modeling
Flight and Space Flight and Space Flight and Space Flight and Space
8thDesign and Modeling
/ Automation and Robotics
Automation and Robotics / Magic of Electrons
Automation and Robotics / Magic of Electrons
Automation and Robotics / Magic of Electrons
Automation and Robotics / Magic of Electrons
High School
9th Design and Drawing for Production
Design and Drawing for Production
Design and Drawing for Production
Design and Drawing for Production
10th Digital Electronics Digital Electronics Digital Electronics
11th Principals of Engineering
Principals of Engineering
12th Engineering
Development and Design
Lansing Multi-Year Implementation Plan
Lansing Project Lead the Way 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015
Middle School
Computers - includes instructor laptop $ 26,000
Equipment/Supplies $ 8,200 $ 2,000 $ 2,000 $ 2,000 $ 2,000
Furniture $ 9,400
Software $ 1,300 $ 1,300 $ 1,300 $ 1,300 $ 1,300
Consumables $ 1,100 $ 1,100 $ 1,100 $ 1,100 $ 1,100
Computer Rm Air Conditioning
Design/Modeling - Equip and Supplies $ 300 $ 300 $ 300 $ 300
$ 300
Automation/Robotics - Equip and Supplies $ 6,000 $ 200 $ 200 $ 200
$ 200
Magic of Electrons- Equip and Supplies $ 2,300 $ 500 $ 500
$ 500
Flight & Space™ Unit- Equip and Supplies $ 1,400 $ 200 $ 200
$ 200
Total Cost - Middle School $ 52,300 $ 8,600 $ 5,600 $ 5,600 $ 5,600
Lansing Multi-Year Implementation Plan
High School
Computers
Equipment/Supplies 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 Furniture
Software 1,300 1,300 1,300 1,300
Consumables 1,100 1,100 1,100 1,100
Introduction to Eng Des (DDP) 3,200 100 100 100
Digital Electronics 10,000 100 100
Principles of Engineering 17,000 200
Engineering Design and Development
$ 2,500
Total Cost - High School
$ -
$ 7,600
$ 14,500
$ 21,600
$ 7,300
Grand Total - MS + HS per year
$ 52,300
$ 16,200
$ 20,100
$ 27,200
$ 12,900
Cumulative Total $
52,300 $
68,500 $
88,600 $ 115,800
$ 128,700
Lansing Multi-Year Implementation Plan
Lansing Project Lead the Way 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015
CDC and Sponsors: 45,000 15,000 15,000 15,000
Cargill HS 20,000 10,000 5,000Anonymous 6,500
Merrill 2,000Cumulative Total 53,500 88,500 113,500 133,500 133,500
Over/Under 1,200 20,000 24,900 17,700 4,800
CDC Checks Sent 32,000
Advantages
Updates curriculum and provides opportunityFlexible curriculumMeets current needs of our studentsPrepares students for futureEmphasizes higher level thinking and problem
solving skillsTeacher training and professional developmentEngages professional technology community Increases technology teacher retentionFosters student success
Disadvantages
Requires full multi-year commitmentCosts more than traditional programAn increased demand for high school courses may
require more staff in the future at high school level
Needs
Board Support of Multiyear ImplementationShow of support enlists CDC funding supportNeed to officially register the High School with
PLTW
Action
Board Resolution Next MonthAllows Lansing to officially engage the High
School with PLTW
Teacher Professional DevelopmentTeacher training Summer 2011Counselor and Administrator training
(Conference)
Questions?