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PLTW® Engineering

Forging New Generations of Engineers

Project Lead The Way, Inc. (PLTW®) is a national non-profit organization established to help schools give students the knowledge they need to excel in high-tech fields. Studies of Project Lead The Way® curriculum have proven that PLTW® students become the kind of prepared, competent, high-tech employees U.S. industry needs to stay competitive in the global market.

For more information visit the Project Lead The Way® website.

The University of Texas at Tyler - Project Lead The Way® Affiliate Partner

Texas became a Project Lead The Way® affiliate partner in 2001 through the University of Houston, Center for Technology Literacy. The PLTW® National Affiliate Training Center transferred to The University of Texas at Tyler, Ingenuity Center in September 2005.
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Texas Project Lead The Way®

Texas Project Lead The Way® unveils the mystery of engineering to students and parents and teaches a way of thinking that is the key to sucess in the 21st century.

* Encourages creativity through project-based learning
* Provides a rigorous, standards-based, flexible curriculum
* Recognized by the National Academy of Engineering as a model pre-engineering program
* Career Cluster aligned middle and high school STEM courses
* Texas-based teacher development and support grants and training
* Counselor and administrator training
* Teacher training and resource grants
* Based at The University of Texas at Tyler

The following school districts are seeking teachers for their Project Lead The Way Programs

Updated May 5, 2010

Click on the following links for information on:

Implementation Information:

Project Lead The Way Steps To Implementation Checklist

Texas PLTW Implementation Guide 2010

Texas PLTW Gateway to Technology Implementation

Conferences and Training Information:

Texas PLTW Conferences and Trainings

UT Tyler Summer Training Institute Teacher Training Assistance Program (TAP)

Certification Information and Documents:

Texas PLTW High School Certification Checklist

Preparing For Your Certification Visit

Project Lead The Way Certification Documents

Request PLTW information and brochures from http://www.pltw.org/inforeq.html

GRANT FUNDING AVAILABLE TO SCHOOLS FOR PLTW

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:

FUNDING AVAILABLE TO SCHOOLS FOR PROJECT LEAD THE WAY® (PLTW) ENGINEERING IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT

The Ingenuity Center at the University of Texas at Tyler is pleased to announce the release of a Request for Applications to support Texas Schools.

· Funding*: up to $15,000 in non-consumable equipment for PLTW.

*Schools do not receive direct funding; instead the equipment is purchased by the Ingenuity Center and shipped to the selected school.