Building A Successful PLTW Program in a Small, Rural School District Missouri State PLTW Conference Wentzville, MO November 2, 2015 Neta Apple, MSc – PLTW.

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Building A Successful PLTW Program in a Small, Rural School District Missouri State PLTW Conference Wentzville, MO November 2, 2015 Neta Apple, MSc – PLTW Engineering Teacher Heath Oates – Principal Butler High School, Butler, MO

Welcome to Butler Missouri!

Butler Missouri Demographics Estimated median household income in 2013: Butler:$26,445 MO:$46,931 Unemployment rate - Bates Co.(April 2015): 6.80% Missouri (April 2015): 5.4 % Butler Population: 4,219 Bates County Population: 16,584 (down 2.7% since 2010) Number of farms in Bates County, MO: 1169 (down 13% from 2007)

Butler High School Demographics Total enrollment: 306 Free and reduced lunch: 52% (MO 46.8%) Annual dropout rate: 1.9% (MO 3.5%)

Why PLTW ?

Getting Starting Free registration to a meeting… One administrator looking for more STEM… One teacher who is passionate about STEM…

Administrative Issues For Implementation Central Office approval Funding Freeing time in the class schedule Freeing staff to teach PLTW

Teacher Issues For Implementation Learn as much as possible as fast as possible! Work closely with the administration

First Step… Technology Student Association

IED: Sorting It All Out… Room Renovation

PLTW Launch Implemented Butler Elementary School th graders this year Expand program gradually as budget allows

Gateway 8 th grade Design and Modeling – 30 students 7 th grade VEX Robotics – 71 students

Intro to Engineering Design 14 students – 7 freshmen, 3 sophomores, 1 junior, 2 seniors

Principles of Engineering – 1 st year at BHS 3 sophomores, 1 senior

Never force anyone to teach PLTW You’re only as good as your people Discipline issues not a problem Community support “Blue collar” kids Publicity! Administration Triumphs and Pitfalls

Pay attention to the details! Order as much as possible in spring! Computer access Partnership with administration & IT dept Educate the rest of the faculty Enjoy! Teacher Triumphs and Pitfalls

Challenges Advisory Committee Recruiting Students Publicity!!

Future Plans 1.Pass Certification! 2.Make PLTW classes weighted 3.Expand awareness of PLTW

3. Student “businesses” Future Plans

4. VEX Robotics 5. Expand network of mentors 6. Expand PLTW programs Future Plans

Questions and Ideas?

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