Leading the Way

In K-12 Engagement

Technology EducationDEPCO, Inc. Laboratory

Technology EducationMajors assist with a PLTW workshop for female middle-level students

Technology Education

• 2004 Nation’s Outstanding Technology Teacher Education Program– Association For Career and Technical Education

• Pre-engineering – Project Lead The Way focus• Study Abroad with Griffith University in

Queensland Australia (third year)

• 100% Placement Rate• 100% Praxis II Pass Rate• Undergraduate courses taught by tenure-line

faculty

Project Lead The Way(Pre-engineering Technology Education)

Growth in Indiana

• 1997-1998– 1 high school– 23 secondary students

• 2003-2004– 93 secondary schools– 15,000 secondary students

Technology education's (PLTW) effect on secondary students’ reading, math, and science achievement.

(Source: High Schools That Work)

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No Major/No CPrep

Coll Prep only Major/C Prep PLTW

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