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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 patricia.marshall@sinclair.edu.
   
   
3. Once your appointment is set up, you will be invoiced for the
   $500 certification fee. Payment is due by the date of the visit.
   Please make check payable to Sinclair Community College.
   
   
4. 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.
   
   
5. Complete the self assessment. (Certification Document 2)
   
   
6. Save a copy of the completed self assessment (Certification Document 2), and email as an attachment to patricia.marshall@sinclair.edu.
   
   
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

For reference during this process, click here for the downloadable PowerPoint presentation, Preparing for National Certification.