PLTW Announces New Community College Associates Program
Project Lead The Way announces its new Community College Associates program
for community colleges interested in offering PLTW’s Pathway to Engineering
courses.
Under the new agreement, PLTW Associate Community Colleges agree to offer a
minimum of five (5) courses, each worth three credits, to students enrolled
in the college program. This provides an opportunity for students who did
not enroll in or take all PLTW courses in high school to take them in the
community college and to receive college credit there.
To meet the same quality standards in training, curriculum, and software,
Associate faculty will be trained at a Summer Institute and participate in
the ongoing professional development program (Virtual Academy), will teach
the identical curriculum and administer the same end-of-year assessments,
and will use the latest software as all high schools in the PLTW Network.
“We believe the Community College Associate program opens up a number of opportunities or options for students who take some or all of our courses and who immediately enter the job market after graduation from the community college or who go on to the university to complete a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering or engineering technology,” Tebbano concluded.
Date October 26, 2006