Project Lead The Way Illinois

SAVE THE DATE!!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

2009 Illinois PLTW
Counselors, Teachers, and Administrators Conference

Hyatt Hotel, Lisle, IL
9AM to 3PM
(8:30 am coffee and registration)

$85.00 per person (includes lunch)
5 cpdu's awarded: door prizes

Registration is now closed.

For further information, please contact Brenda Pacey (bpacey@uillinois.edu)

Target Audience:
-Illinois PLTW Middle School and High School Counselors, PLTW teachers, Administrators, Curriculum and Career Technical Education Coordinators, Community Partners
-Counselors, teachers, administrators from potential PLTW middle schools and high schools

(Reminder: high school counselor conference attendance is a pre-requisite for PLTW high school certification and all PLTW member schools are required to have at least one trained counselor on staff and to send counselors to a conference at least once every three years)

Special Conference Guest Presenter:
-Joanne Donnan, National PLTW Associate Director of Curriculum for Engineering

Conference Sessions will include:
-National PLTW Overview and Updates: Forging the Innovation Generation in Middle and High Schools
-Illinois PLTW High School student presentations:
     Introduction to Engineering Design; Principles of Engineering; Digital      Electronics; Engineering Design and Development; Civil Engineering      and Architecture; Computer Integrated Manufacturing; Aerospace     Engineering
- Exhibit Hall Student Project and Resource Displays
-Gateway to Technology Middle School Curriculum and Implementation
-Curriculum, Counseling, and Community:
     PLTW leadership teams from area high schools share their     recruitment, course implementation, and community involvement     approaches
-Promoting STEM Student Diversity—National and Illinois STEM Equity     Pipeline Resources
-PLTW curriculum best practices and resources for PLTW teachers:
      -Telling the PLTW Story to School and Community
      -Virtual Academy, Forum, and Electronic Communication Resources
      -RoboPro and Fischertechnik Tips for GTT and POE Teachers
      -HS and GTT teacher round table discussions
-PLTW HS Counselors and Administrators: CTE Approved Program      Implementation; High School course descriptions/course credit and      concurrent math requirements; college credit options; ISIS and PLTW      Course Reporting Processes
-Kern Family Foundation Grant-writing Work Session
-Getting Started: Q and A Work Session for Potential New Schools
-Planning for PLTW High School Certification
-Information exhibits:
      -Illinois approved Autodesk educational vendors
      -University of Illinois and Bradley University Engineering programs
      -PLTW Biomedical Program resources

To see photos and summaries of the 2008 statewide conference, click here.

For further information, contact:

Brenda Pacey, Illinois PLTW Affiliate Director
bpacey@uillinois.edu
(217) 244-5217