Scholarships Offered for Corrosion Engineering Program Bellbrook makes Newsweek's Best High Schools list Bellbrook students study hybrid car PLTW OHIO Sweeps Design Competition; Winners to Compete Nationally Indian Valley Middle School Display at COSI Timken Seniors Display at PLTW National Symposium Centerville High School takes 1st and 2nd in the DTMA Bots Competition Lorain County JVS students complete engineering internship at NASA Polaris Robotics and Automation Technology Team Takes 2nd Place at SkillsUSA Nationals Gateway to Technology students from North Union Middle School earn Honda Innovation Award An innovative remote-controlled roto-tiller earned the top innovation prize at the 2009 National Robotics Challenge Ohio rolls out Elementary Modules Innovation Showcase at COSI The technology community of Columbus recently came out in force to welcome the Innovation Showcase to the Center of Science and Industry (COSI).

About Project Lead The Way Ohio

Project Lead the Way is a nationwide non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the quality and quantity of science and technology graduates in the United States. 

PLTWOhio.org provides Ohio educators and counselors with local information about PLTW activity, keeps you informed about professional development opportunities, and provides a networking tool to link you with other Ohio educators and counselors in the PLTW network.

We hope that this website provides you with the resources you need to improve and grow as a Project Lead the Way educator.

If you are not currently an Ohio PLTW educator, please visit www.pltw.org for further information on Project Lead the Way.

PLTW Ohio is housed at the PLTW Ohio Affiliate office at Sinclair Community College in downtown Dayton, Ohio.  The Ohio affiliate took over local operation of the Ohio programs in February of 2004, when there were only 13 programs in existence in the state.  Numbers have gone up exponentially since then, with more schools coming on board every day.  Ohio has 209 registered programs in pre-engineering, biomedical, and at the middle school level and that number grows every day.

Teachers from all over the state and from at least twelve other states have taken training here at Sinclair’s Summer Training Institute, which has grown from offering just 2 classes which trained 25 teachers in the summer of 2004 to offering 12 sections of seven different classes in 2009,  training a total of 179 teachers in pre-engineering courses.  

The PLTWO operation consists of the State Affiliate, the Ohio Department of Education, and PLTW National.  Information about where to call about various questions as well as tips for new programs just implementing PLTW courses are available elsewhere on this website. 

Project Lead the Way currently offers two strands at the High School level, Pre-Engineering and Biomedical Science.  Pre-engineering is well-established in Ohio, and Biomedical is being rolled out slowly as the curriculum is developed.  In addition to the two strands, a third “strand” is Gateway to Technology (GTT) for middle school students in grades 6-8.  GTT offers middle schools a series of five modules focused on increasing enrollment in high school PLTW pre-engineering programs by helping younger students gain an understanding of what an engineer does. 

College Credit Once a high school in the PLTW Network of Schools is certified, students are eligible to apply for transcripted college credit or other forms of recognition at over twenty national affiliate colleges and universities.  In general, students in certified schools who earn a “B” average or higher in their PLTW courses and score 70 percent or higher on the PLTW college credit exam are eligible to apply for college credit or recognition, depending on the requirements of the affiliates.

Graduate Expectations PLTW’s graduates are expected to: Understand technology as a tool for problem solving Have a broad-based understanding of the underlying methodology of science processes Be well prepared for the rigorous college curriculum Understand, apply, analyze and design technological systems Select an appropriate technology system for a task and apply it Understand the principles of mathematics Demonstrate effective communication of information and solutions Possess the skills necessary to work in teams effectively