Project Lead The Way

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Project Lead The Way Teacher Certification
crosswalk at the University of Wisconsin-Stout
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PLTW Courses
Digital Electronics Gateway to
Technology Principles of Engineering Computer
Integrated Manufacturing Civil Engineering
Architecture
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UW-Stout Courses

• One to three courses per certification
• Implementation year for
• Digital Electronics
• Gateway to Technology
• Pilot year for
• Principles of Engineering
• Computer Integrated Manufacturing
• Civil Engineering Architecture

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Embedded in the B.S. in T.E.

• Professional Education Requirements
• Gateway to Technology
• Technical Requirements
• Digital Electronics
• Principles of Engineering
• Requirements and Electives
• Computer Integrated Manufacturing
• Civil Engineering Architecture

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Faculty Training

• At least one faculty member is trained to teach
  each respective Project Lead The Way course.
  This faculty member will have the responsibility
  of ensuring that all students seeking
  certification have met the requirements.

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Competency Portfolio

• Pre-service candidates maintain a portfolio of
  their work. A summative portfolio reflecting the
  competencies exhibited in the most current
  version of the Project Lead The Way Portfolio
  Check List is archived by the candidate on a
  secure server.

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Competency Assessment

• End-of-Course Assessments, as provided by PLTW
  are used to measure the pre-service candidates
  attainment of the Project Lead The Way course
  performance objectives.

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Awarding Certification

• Certification is awarded after pre-service
  candidates have
• 1) completed the PLTW associated courses,
• 2) have successfully deposited the summative
  portfolio at Learn_at_UW-Stout (PLTW Course
  Certifications), and
• 3) have passed the End-of-Course Assessment.

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National Office Notification

• Each Fall/Spring semester, the UW-Stout-PLTW
  Director, will submit to Project Lead The Way
  the names of individuals who have been granted
  certification.

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Activation

• Pre-service graduates will need to activate their
  certification by registering with Project Lead
  The Way when they are hired by a school in the
  Project Lead The Way network.

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Course Updates

• If the course curriculum has been revised by
  Project Lead The Way since the certification was
  awarded, the teacher must attend a curriculum
  refresher workshop developed by Project Lead The
  Way.

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For more information

• Byron Anderson (andersonby_at_uwstout.edu) or
• Brian McAlister (mcalisterb_at_uwstout.edu).