October 18, 2007Illinois PLTW Counselor, Administrator, Teacher Conference

The Numbers Tell (Part of) the Story

Brenda Pacey Illinois PLTW Affiliate DirectorBrenda Pacey, Illinois PLTW Affiliate DirectorSteve Parrott, PLTW State Leader

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Growth Status Growth Status

As of May 2007 PLTW has:250,000+ students,located at 2200+ school sites,in 46 states & DC,being taught engineering curricula,by over 3500 teachers,all trained by PLTW,at 29 university sites.

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Network Growth Network Growth –– Participating StatesParticipating States

346 States & DC • 1700+ School Sites • Derby, England

Illi i S h l 2007Illi i S h l 2007 0808Illinois Schools 2007Illinois Schools 2007--08:08:

61 sites offer PLTW courses:55 Hi h S h l ff PLTW55 High Schools offer PLTW courses (includes career center and college sites)6 Middle Schools offer GTT courses6 Middle Schools offer GTT courses

19 of these are new 2007-0815 25 additional schools have indicated15-25 additional schools have indicated interest to join and to begin courses in 2008-09

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2008-09

Illi i HS PLTW CIlli i HS PLTW CIllinois HS PLTW Course Illinois HS PLTW Course Offerings 2007Offerings 2007--08:08:

17 sites offering 1 course21 sites offering 2 courses9 sites offering 3 or more coursesg8 sites offering 4 or more courses

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Illi i PLTWIlli i PLTWIllinois PLTW Illinois PLTW Course Offerings 2007Course Offerings 2007--0808gg

GTT6 schools

FoundationsIED-48

SpecialtyBiotech- 36 schools IED-48

POE-30DE-18

Biotech- 3CEA - 11CIM - 5EDD- 5

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Illi i PLTW T hIlli i PLTW T hIllinois PLTW Teachers Illinois PLTW Teachers Trained 2004Trained 2004--20072007

126 teachers totalTeachers trained per course

GTT - 15 Teachers (6 schools offer 2007-08)

Biotech- 5 Teachers (3 schools)

CEA 11 T h (11 h l )CEA- 11 Teachers (11 schools)

CIM- 7 Teachers (5 schools)

DE- 19 Teachers (18 schools)

EDD- 5 Teachers (5 schools)

IED- 62 Teachers (48 schools)

POE- 41 Teachers (30 schools)

2007 Summer Training Institute participation

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69 teachers from 38 Illinois schools attended STI sessions in Illinois (42) and out-of-state (27)

Illinois PLTW High SchoolEnrollments 2006-07

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PLTW Di itPLTW Di itPLTW DiversityPLTW Diversity

Gender Ratio

17%8%

1%

Racial Composition

Females18%

4%0%

African-Americans

Asians

Native Americans

Caucasians

Males82%70%

Hispanic

Multi-Racial

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E ll t FiE ll t FiEnrollment FiguresEnrollment FiguresTotal Enrollment Course Breakdown

400

450

500

Total Enrollment

4% 11%

2%

Course Breakdown

IED

200

250

300

350

Freshmen

Sophomores

Juniors

48%2%

5% POE

CIM

CEA

0

50

100

150 Seniors

28%

BTE

DE

EDD

Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors

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C Off iC Off iCourse OfferingsCourse OfferingsIED Classes POE Classes

200

250

IED Classes

140160180

POE Classes

100

150Freshmen

Sophomores

Juniors406080

100120140

Freshmen

Sophomores

Juniors

0

50 Seniors

02040 Seniors

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Illinois 2006Illinois 2006--07 PLTW HS 07 PLTW HS Student Enrollment SummaryStudent Enrollment Summary

Males 1196 (82%)Females 258 (18%)( )TOTAL 1454Afro-American 158/85 (17%)

Asian 40/17 (4%)Asian 40/17 (4%)

Hispanic 91/23 (7%)

Native American 0/2 (1%)

Multi-Racial 13/0 (1%)

White 894/131 (70%)

Note: Ratio of females to male enrollments is higher for Afro-American (35%), Asian (30%), Hispanic (20%), Native American (100%) than for Multi-Racial (0) and White (13%).

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))Illinois 2006-07 PLTW HS Enrollment by CourseCourse

M F TotalBiotech 40 23 63Biotech 40 23 63CEA 66 12 78CIM 24 2 78DE 132 26 158EDD 21 1 22IED 589 115 704POE 324 79 403

Total 1196 258 1454N t R ti f f l t l ll t i hi h t f Bi t h (37%) f ll d b POE

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Note: Ratio of females to male enrollments is highest for Biotech (37%), followed by POE (20%), IED, CEA, and DE (all 16%), CIM (8%), EDD (5%).

Southern Research Education Board (SREB) -“PLTW Works” ( )(2007 report—selected findings)

*PLTW students were significantly more likely to experience challenging and engaging i t ti l ti i lit /l t (33 % 17%) / th (44%instructional practices in literacy/language arts (33 % vs. 17%), numeracy/math (44% vs. 30%), and science (31% vs. 18%) than other CTE students.

*PLTW students were more likely than other HSTW CTE students to experience courses that required them to use academic knowledge to complete authentic assignments: q g p gChallenging assignments at least monthly (69% vs. 48%)

Used math in challenging assignments at least monthly (81% vs. 43%)

Sometimes or often studied CTE subjects related to science (30% vs. 17%)

Portfolios contained CTE class egs on how they used math (66% vs. 41%)

Portfolios contained CTE class egs on how they used science (60% vs. 34%)

*Recommendation—stress that PLTW students must complete 4 yrs of math and at least

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Recommendation stress that PLTW students must complete 4 yrs of math and at least 3 yrs of college-prep science courses.

SREB 2007 “PLTW Works”SREB 2007 “PLTW Works”SREB 2007 PLTW Works SREB 2007 PLTW Works Study Recommendations Study Recommendations (page 17)(page 17)

“Provide special workshops where PTLW teachers collaborate with mathematics and

science educators to plan lessons for instructing mathematics and science concepts

embedded in career/technical assigned projects g jand problems.”

“Train PLTW teachers to plan lessons using proven instructional strategies that frequently engage students in reading, interpreting and

l i t h i l t i l d itianalyzing technical materials and writing technical reports.”

“Provide materials, workshops and online support to improve the rigor and quality of

mathematics and science instructions within themathematics and science instructions within the high schools participating in PTLW.”

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Illi i ISBE/PLTW CIlli i ISBE/PLTW CIllinois ISBE/PLTW Course Illinois ISBE/PLTW Course Delivery ModelsDelivery Modelsyy

Perkins/ISBE CTE elective credit fundingApproved plan (note new Pre-Engineering CIP option) which includes Illinois Plan and at least two training level orincludes Illinois Plan and at least two training level or cooperative education coursesTaught by CTE certified/highly qualified teacher (or a Provisional teacher) with 2000 hours paid relevant work experience ) p p

Three High School Credit ModelsTech Ed creditMath/Science elective creditHybrid—mix of elective credits, depending upon teacher qualifications

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67536002007

20072007 0808 E ti t d Illi iE ti t d Illi i20072007--0808 Estimated Illinois Estimated Illinois PLTW HS EnrollmentPLTW HS Enrollment

3600 students : 2.4 X more than 2006-07 (1454)

Includes:-675 IED students in 16 new schools alone;675 IED students in 16 new schools alone; -similar 06-07 enrollment in 07-08 for continuing schools;

-estimated new courses/new student enrollments for continuing schools based on STI teacher surveys and other sources

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20072007--08 Illinois PLTW Middle08 Illinois PLTW Middle20072007 08 Illinois PLTW Middle 08 Illinois PLTW Middle School GTT School GTT EnrollmentEnrollment

4 of 6 schools reporting:

1414 students involved at this time

Includes school year quarterly units, after y q y ,school, and summer camp formats

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Contact Info:Brenda Pacey

Illinois PLTW Affiliate DirectorUniversity of Illinois Outreach and Public Service

Steve ParrottIllinois PLTW State Leader

Illinois State Board of Education

Contact Info:

807 S. Wright, Suite 370, MC-307Champaign, IL 61820

217/244-5217 FAX 217/244-3173bpacey@uillinois edu

100 North First StreetSpringfield, IL 62777

217/782-4620 FAX 217/782-0710sparrott@isbe netbpacey@uillinois.edu sparrott@isbe.net

Richard GreeneBradley University

1501 W Bradley Ave For Illinois PLTW 1501 W. Bradley Ave.Morgan Hall Room 109B

Peoria, IL 61625309/677-2745 FAX 309/677-2853

For Illinois PLTW news and updates, visit:www.pltw.illinois.edu

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rlg@bradley.edu