Vince Bertram

Vince Bertram
Born Vince M. Bertram
Indiana
Nationality American
Education Ball State University, Harvard University, MIT Sloan School of Management
Occupation President and CEO, Project Lead The Way

Dr. Vince Bertram is a business and education leader,[1] a best-selling author,[2] and currently serves as president and CEO of Project Lead The Way (PLTW). In 2014, he was appointed by the U.S. Department of State to serve as the education expert for its United States Speaker and Specialist Program.[3] Dr. Bertram is a member of the Indiana Education Roundtable[4] and has served on the Clinton Global Initiative STEM Working Group[5] and has chaired the National Council for National Honor Society.[1] Dr. Bertram was named a “Distinguished Hoosier”[6]—one of Indiana’s highest honors—by former Governor Mitch Daniels, and his peers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education honored him with the Intellectual Contributions/Faculty Tribute Award for his contributions to intellectual life at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Prior to joining PLTW, Dr. Bertram was superintendent of Indiana’s third-largest urban school district, Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation.

Dr. Bertram earned his doctorate, specialist, master’s, and bachelor’s degrees from Ball State University,[7] a master’s degree in education policy and management from Harvard University,[8] and an executive certificate in strategy and innovation from the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is an alumnus of the Chicago Management Institute at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, and received an honorary doctorate in engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering.

Publications

Dr. Bertram is the author of One Nation Under Taught: Solving America’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Crisis, which became a New York Times bestseller in November 2014.

Dr. Bertram has contributed to the Huffington Post [9] several times [10][11] along with other national publications.[12][13]

Project Lead The Way

Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is a provider of K-12 science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs. As a nonprofit organization, PLTW’s mission is to prepare students for the global economy.[14]

PLTW’s activity-, project-, and problem-based curriculum is combined with a teacher professional development model. The PLTW programs include PLTW Launch (grades K-5), PLTW Gateway (middle school), PLTW Engineering (high school), PLTW Biomedical Science (high school), and PLTW Computer Science (high school). PLTW courses are aligned with Common Core State Standards in Math and English Language Arts, Next Generation Science Standards, and other national and state standards.[15] Courses are designed to complement math and science courses offered by a school and in some instances are used as the core curriculum.

PLTW programs can be found in over 6,500 elementary, middle, and high schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.[14]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "5 questions with Vince Bertram on why STEM matters". Indianapolis Star. 20 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Best Selling Science Books". New York Times. 12 January 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.jimbotalk.net/programhighlights?date=20150119
  4. ↑ "Education Roundtable: Members". in.gov.
  5. ↑ http://www.directory-online.com/Rotary/Accounts/6150/Bulletins/2522/09-30-14.pdf
  6. ↑ Dan Shaw. "Daniels deems Bertram Distinguished Hoosier". ECP.
  7. ↑ "Bertram Makes NYT Bestseller List - Ball State University". bsu.edu.
  8. ↑ "2014 Alaska Association of Career and Technical Education Conference". signup4.net.
  9. ↑ Vince Bertram, "Taking the Skills Crisis into Our Own Hands", The Huffington Post, 09.02.14
  10. ↑ "We Have to Get Serious About Creativity and Problem Solving". The Huffington Post.
  11. ↑ "The Risk Is Worth the Reward". The Huffington Post.
  12. ↑ "Education Week: Schools Must Ignite and Inspire Students for STEM Engagement". Education Week.
  13. ↑ Brynn Koeppen. "Q&A with Project Lead the Way President & CEO Vince Bertram : A 'Severe Shortage' in STEM Pursuants and Ways to Get Involved - WashingtonExec". WashingtonExec.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "About PLTW". PLTW.
  15. ↑ "WSU Spokane: PLTW". wsu.edu.

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