There are six steps which will occur over several months, including teacher selection, teacher assessment, Summer Training Institute registration, equipment purchases, counselor selection, and parent/student awareness
- The school provides PLTW with the names of the teacher(s) that will teach the program. The school does this each year as new teachers are added or as teachers add new courses to their teaching assignments.
- The teacher completes an online assessment of skills self-test and questionnaire. The purpose of the assessment process is to assure that all teachers arrive for the summer institute training ready to prepare for their September teaching assignment.
- The school completes the PLTW Summer Training Institute Registration online. The teacher selects summer institute training for the course the teacher will teach in the fall. (one two-week session for each course)
- The school purchases a laptop computer which meets PLTW specifications (see Equipment and Supplies) for each teacher teaching in the program during the year prior to teaching.
- The school also identifies a counselor from both the middle school and high school levels to participate in a regional PLTW Counselor Conference.
- Students and parents are made aware of the
PLTW program in a timely manner to permit them to consider PLTW courses as
they plan their high school program.