The students involved in PLTW courses get to work hands-on, on real-world projects so they can see how the product or products work in everyday life. The students start out on easy things, so they can get the feel when they do more complex things.
Most teachers who teach these courses have to go to class every summer to get more advanced.
Project Lead The Way started the national program in 1997 in New York. At this time only 12 New York state schools had the progam. Today PLTW is offered to 2000 school in 49 states. The School District Of Pickens County formed a partnership with PLTW in 2003. Students that have an 85 or higher course average and make a 70 or higher on the college exam are eligible for college credit.
PLTW is offered to middle and high school students. PLTW's goal is to generate student interest in college engineering and technology programs by offering those types of courses while they are still in high school and even middle school.
Students that take any of the courses that PLTW offers can get college credits as long as you get an eighty-five percent or higher or a seventy percent or higher on the college credit examinations. Students have to complete a portfolio for the course that they took in high school.
The High School Program is a four year sequence of courses which, when combined with traditional high school mathematics and science courses it introduces students to the scope, rigor, and discipline of engineering prior to entering college.
Project Lead the Way: Model Schools Yearbook: Updated to 2008 yearbook that includes an article about Miller City