Project Lead the Way

Project Lead The Way[1]
Project Lead The Way logo
Abbreviation PLTW
Formation 1997
Type 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization
Headquarters Indianapolis, Indiana
Website www.pltw.org

Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is a United States 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that develops STEM curricula for use by elementary, middle, and high schools. PLTW also provides professional development training for instructors.

Description

PLTW's mission is to prepare students for the global economy by providing K-12 STEM programs to public, private, and charter schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in rural, urban, and suburban districts. They offer a problem-based curriculum combined with a teacher professional development.

Leadership

Vince Bertram is the current CEO and President of Project Lead The Way.

Payment and Distribution

Schools that register with PLTW pay a flat participation fee that includes the curriculum, all required course software, access to school and technical support, and access to PLTW's learning management system.[2] Teachers who instruct the Project Lead The Way curriculum are required to take part in PLTW's three-phase professional development program.[3]

Financial Support for PLTW

Governments of several states, including New York, Indiana, Iowa, and South Carolina, have provided funding to PLTW to support future development.[4]

The Kern Family Foundation of Wisconsin provides financial support for the program in the states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota. Kern first became involved with PLTW in Wisconsin in 2004 as one of several programs it funds in an attempt to enhance U.S. economic competitiveness by trying to qualify more students for engineering and technology careers.[4][5] The foundation's expenditures in support of the funding of PLTW total more than $23 million.[5] Other foundations funding PLTW include the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and the Conrad Foundation.[6]

References

  1. "Project Lead the Way trademark (serial number 85750579; registration number 4346598)". U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. June 4, 2013. Comprehensive educational programs and training in various fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, digital technology, biomedicine, information technology, environmental science, power production and distribution and manufacturing science and providing advanced educational curricula and educational resources in the nature of written documents, text files, and electronic, audio and video materials therewith.
  2. "PLTW Program Enhancements FAQs" (PDF). Project Lead The Way. 21 February 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-03.
  3. "Who We Are". Project Lead the Way. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  4. 1 2 John Schmid (July 8, 2007). "Innovator fears U.S. losing edge; Generac Power founder Kern aims to revive nation's engineering education". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
  5. 1 2 "Project Lead the Way". Kern Family Foundation. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  6. "Getting Started 2012-13" (PDF). Project Lead the Way. 2012.

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