Oregon Pre-engineering & Applied Sciences Initiative

Project Lead The Way (PLTW) - An Overview

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

What is Project Lead the Way?

• National PLTW website - www.pltw.org
• OPAS/ OUS Issue Brief - 1 pg pdf
• PLTW Partners and Endorsers
  • Lockheed Martin

PLTW and Career and Technical Education (CTE)

• What is CTE?
• Data: CTE students score higher on state benchmarks

PLTW Presentations and blurbs:

• Tim (44 pg ppt)
• Abbreviated ppt
• Issue brief
• National brochures

PLTW and Accountability

• Nationally normed tests
• Schools accepting PLTW for college credit
• TrueOutcomes Evaluation

PLTW and Equity

• National goals
• Cell-phone car starter article
• Other articles/presentations girls' projects?
• TrueOutcomes Evaluation

PLTW Nuts and Bolts

• Standards
• Pedagogy
• Example Curriculum