Implementing a PLTW Program

PLTW programs have been successfully implemented across the country in public, private, independent, magnet and charter schools as well as specialized academies.

Schools that wish to offer a PLTW STEM Education program enter into a PLTW STEM Agreement. Below is some basic information about implementing a program. For more detailed instructions, visit our Getting Started page.

For High Schools (Pathway To Engineering and/or Biomedical Sciences)

• For high schools that wish to provide a PLTW program, they must offer at least three courses within a period of three academic years from the date that it commences the curricular program.
• For Pathway to Engineering (PTE) required courses are Introduction to Engineering Design, Principles of Engineering, and any PTE specialization course or the capstone course.
• For Biomedical Sciences (BMS), schools are required to offer Principles of the Biomedical Sciences, Human Body Systems and Medical Interventions.
• Schools must offer a minimum of four courses to be eligible for certification.

For Middle Schools (Gateway To Technology)

• Middle schools must offer the Design and Modeling and Automation and Robotics units in the first year of implementation.
• Schools may add any combination of the specialization units.