1. 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

2. Welcome to Butler Missouri!

3. 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)

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

5. Why PLTW ?

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

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

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

9. First Step… Technology Student Association

10. 2014-15 IED: Sorting It All Out… Room Renovation

15. 2015-16 PLTW Launch Implemented Butler Elementary School 75 - 5 th graders this year Expand program gradually as budget allows

16. 2015-16 Gateway 8 th grade Design and Modeling – 30 students 7 th grade VEX Robotics – 71 students

17. 2015-16 Intro to Engineering Design 14 students – 7 freshmen, 3 sophomores, 1 junior, 2 seniors

18. 2015-16 Principles of Engineering – 1 st year at BHS 3 sophomores, 1 senior

20. 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

21. 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

23. Challenges Advisory Committee Recruiting Students Publicity!!

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

25. 3. Student “businesses” Future Plans

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

27. Questions and Ideas?

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