Creating Effective Partnerships for Building the K-20 STEM Pipeline

1. Creating Effective Partnerships for Building the K-20 STEM Pipeline Terri Schulz-PLTW Steve Wendel-NCME/Sinclair CC Carletta Sullivan-McKenzie Center for Technology & Innovation

2. Agenda • Introductions • PLTW Overview • School implementation-MCIT • Student perspectives • Transition to College-Sinclair CC • Innovative Career Exploration Tools • Impact on retention, recruitment and student outcomes

3. PLTW Overview

4. Nation’s leading provider of STEM Education Programs are dynamic, rigorousand emphasize creativity. Students are provided with a foundation anda proven path tocollege and career success. Programs Programs offer students real world problem-solving andcritical-thinking skills. Students are highly engaged and exposed to typically non-pursued areas of study.

5. Meeting the needs of tomorrow by inspiring the students of today Program Goals • Address impending critical shortage of qualified engineering,engineering technology,science and health professionals • Prepare students for rigorous post-secondary education at two and four-year colleges and universities Graduates Attributes • Communicate effectively • Effective and efficient problem solving • Think creatively and critically • Practice professional conduct • Work effectively in teams • Understand how research is conducted

6. Curriculum Program Offerings Biomedical Sciences Program • High School: Biomedical Sciences • 4 courses Engineering Programs • Middle School: Gateway To Technology • 6 units • High School: Pathway To Engineering • 8 courses

7. STEM Career Pathways PLTW STEM Pipeline

8. Grades 3-5 Aerospace curriculum Available at www.pltw.org on our virtual academy at no cost (log in as a guest).

9. Middle School Gateway To Technology

10. Gateway To Technology • Design and Modeling • Solid modeling software introduces students to the design process. • Automation and Robotics • Students trace the history, development, and influence of automation and robotics. • Energy and the Environment • Students investigate the importance of energy in our lives and the impact that using energy has on the environment. • Flight and Space • Aeronautics, propulsion, and rocketry. • Science of Technology • Impact of science on technology throughout history. • Magic of Electrons • Students unravel the mystery of digital circuitry.

11. High SchoolBiomedical Sciences

12. Biomedical Sciences HS • Principles of the Biomedical Sciences (PBS) • Study of human body systems and health conditions. • Human Body Systems (HBS) • Exploring science in action, students build organs and tissues on a skeletal manikin and play the role of biomedical professionals to solve medical mysteries. • Medical Interventions (MI) • Investigation of interventions involved in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease. • Biomedical Innovation (BI) • Students design innovative solutions for the health challenges of the 21st century.

13. High School Pathway To Engineering

14. Pathway To Engineering • Introduction to Engineering Design (IED) • 3D computer modeling software; study of the design process. • Principles of Engineering (POE) • Exploration of technology systems and engineering processes. • Digital Electronics (DE) • Use of computer simulation to learn the logic of electronics. • Aerospace Engineering (AE) • Aerodynamics, astronautics, space-life sciences, and systems engineering. • Biotechnical Engineering (BE) • Biomechanics, genetic engineering, and forensics.

15. Pathway To Engineering • Civil Engineering and Architecture (CEA) • Students collaborate on the development of community-based building projects. • Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) • Robotics and automated manufacturing; production of 3-D designs. • Engineering Design and Development (EDD) • Teams of students, guided by community mentors, research, design, and construct solutions to engineering problems.

16. Professional Development

17. Professional Development Areas of focus Counselors and Administrators State Leaders and Affiliates Teachers

18. Professional Development Teacher Professional Development • Readiness Training • Core Training • Ongoing Training

19. readiness training Designed to develop a baseline for all teachers prior to attending Core Training through the assessment of skill sets and delivery of any necessary remedial training.

20. core training Lovingly referred to as PLTW’s “boot camp,” this intense training focuses on the PLTW teaching model and course content.

21. core training Designed to empower teachers with the confidence, understanding and knowledge necessary to teach the curriculum. A teacher is only able to teach a course after successful completion of Core Training.

22. Upper Midwest West Coast Midwest Southwest Northeast Southeast Engineering Affiliates

23. Upper Midwest West Coast Midwest Southwest Northeast Southeast Biomedical Sciences Affiliates

24. ongoing training Designed to provide additional training for teachers to further their understanding of related course tools, content and concepts after the completion of Core Training.

25. School ImplementationMcKenzie Center for Innovation and Technology

26. PLTW – Rapid Prototyping

27. PLTW – Computer Aided Drawing Inventor Software

28. PLTW - Computer Integrated Manufacturing

29. PLTW Biomedical Sciences

30. PLTW Biomedical Sciences

31. PLTW Biomedical Sciences

32. PLTW Students State: Not just an innovative and rigorous STEM course but a pathway to the future. About 90% of PLTW students surveyed at the end of their senior year said they had a clear sense of the types of college majors and jobs they intended to pursue.

33. PLTW “Magic” McKenzie PLTW students state:“The MAGICof PLTW is that there is no right answer to our projects, no one way to get a solution and WE OWN OUR WORK”

34. Student Perspectives Jered Collins Joe Eaton Christa Hammond Virgil Johnson Taylor Tunstall

35. Transition to CollegeSinclair Community College

37. College and University Partnerships College-Level Recognition Partner   Scholarship Partner               Admissions Preference PartnerProfessional Teacher Training PartnerPre-Service Teacher Training Partner               Embedded Course Partner

38. College and University Partnerships • College-Level Recognition Partner • Course Substitution Credit • Advanced Standing Credit • Partial Course Credit • Bridge Courses • Retro-Credit Model • Test-out or Challenge

39. Innovative Career Exploration Tools

40. Career Exploration careerME.org mycareerme.org InnovationPortal.org

42. Impact on retention, recruitment and student outcomes

43. Research Results • Southern Regional Educational Board (2009) • PLTW Students Outperform Non-PLTW Students. • Significantly more PLTW students met the readiness goals on the 2008 High Schools That Work (HSTW) Assessment tests in reading, mathematics and science compared with HSTW students in similar career/technical fields and HSTW students in all career/technical fields. • Milwaukee School of Engineering (2008) • PLTW College Freshmen stuck with engineering major: • In 2006-2007, first-year retention (freshmen to sophomore) was 76% (76% stayed with their declared major). In contrast, 100% of Milwaukee Schools of Engineering’s PLTW students remained in their declared major

44. Research Results • PLTW Network • True Outcomes(2009) • A survey of PLTW seniors at the end of their senior year found: • 92% intend to pursue a four-year degree or higher • 51% intend to pursue a graduate degree • 70% intend to study engineering, technology, or computer science • By comparison: • 67% of all beginning postsecondary students intended to pursue a bachelor’s degree or higher as reported by the National Center for Education Statistics. • These results are consistent with results and conclusions for the past two years.

45. Questions ??? PLTW Regional Directors www.pltw.org Ken Maguire Carol Malstrom Judy D’Amico Terri Schulz Robin Schott Gail Parsons