America's Army Education Project Teacher Survey If you are currently using the America's Army curriculum enhancements, please complete and submit this survey in order to help us make the materials more user friendly. Save The Dates November 4--6, 2009 PLTW Ohio 2009 Fall Conference Sinclair Community College Dayton, Ohio Administrators, Teachers and Business Partners ONLY (Counselor Conference to be held in 2010) Communities respond to need for bioscience workers PLTW Teacher Tad Douce and PLTW Ohio's State Leader Kathy Sommers receive education awards Important Policy Change: Digital Electronics is a Required Course.

Preparing for Full National Certification Site Visit

1. You will be notified via email by the State Affiliate and asked to work out a date for the visit.
   
   
2. Once you have an appointment for a visit, you will receive an email from PLTW Ohio confirming the appointment. Attached to this email, you will find the Ohio Cover Sheet; please complete it and email it back to
   deb.lukjanovs@sinclair.edu.
   
   
3. Go to http://www.pltw.org/Assessment-Evaluation/School-Certification.cfm and read the Certification Documents Guide, the Guide for Schools and the other documents concerning certification.
   
   
4. Complete the self assessment. (Certification Document 2)
   
   
5. Save a copy of the completed self assessment (Certification Document 2), and email as an attachment to deb.lukjanovs@sinclair.edu.
   
   
6. Additionally, print out a copy of the completed self assessment and send it, along with a check for $500, payable to Sinclair Community College, to:
   Deb Lukjanovs
   Sinclair Community College
   444 W. Third Street, Room 13-226
   Dayton, Ohio 45402
   
   
7. Submit the completed self assessment (Certification Document 2) to PLTW National by clicking the “Submit” button at the bottom of the last page of the form.
   
   
8. Print out a copy of the Site Visit Guide (Certification Document 8) both to use as a rubric and to assemble documents you will need to show the visiting team. We will use the Guide to formulate our questions and ask to see the documents listed below.
   Documents:
   • Additional copies of cover sheet and self assessment
   • Teacher Certificate(s) of Completion for courses taught
   • Counselor Certificate of Completion for counselor conference
   • List of Advisory Council members
   • Minutes of last 2 Advisory Council meetings (if available)
   • List of any internships offered
   • Ten randomly picked PLTW student schedules
   • At least three student portfolios
   • Pathway showing course implementation and how courses are scheduled
   • Copies of any local articulation agreement(s) with post-secondary institutions