Parents and students will never know the potential of PLTW unless they have the opportunity to learn about the program and see it in action. Here are 11 easy ways to promote PLTW in your community and to current and future students and their families.
1. Ask all of your school’s technology teachers to explain the program and distribute PLTW
brochures to their students.
2. Invite members of the school PLTW Partnership Team to share information about the program at a Kiwanis or Rotary meeting, at their jobs, or at the Chamber of Commerce. The Partnership Team is a small (four- to eight-member) advisory group usually comprised of a teacher, coordinator of technology, and parents or local business people involved in engineering. The team provides community support for schools’ PLTW program. This may include mentoring, enrichment activities, internship opportunities, and additional resources.
3. Call your local newspaper and television and radio stations to tell them about your school’s PLTW program, and encourage them to do a story.
4. Promote PLTW on your school’s website and in the parent newsletter and school newspaper.
5. Include presentations by PLTW teachers at parent/student orientations, school board meetings, and other district community gatherings.
6. Set up a computer kiosk in the cafeteria during pre-registration to give middle school and high school students and parents a glimpse of the interactive curricula and to enable them access the PLTW website.
7. Display PLTW posters in the counseling office and other appropriate areas throughout your school to encourage students to ask questions about the program.
8. Hold an open house where community members can visit PLTW classrooms, talk with teachers and students, and watch students work together on PLTW projects.
9. Provide opportunities for students to explore engineering and engineering technology as careers by using the links on the PLTW website.
10. Invite parents and students to a PLTW orientation meeting where you provide an overview of the program, distribute brochures and booklets, and encourage them to visit the PLTW website.
11. Have male and female high school PLTW students share their learning experiences in the program with middle school students.
1. Ask all of your school’s technology teachers to explain the program and distribute PLTW
brochures to their students.
2. Invite members of the school PLTW Partnership Team to share information about the program at a Kiwanis or Rotary meeting, at their jobs, or at the Chamber of Commerce. The Partnership Team is a small (four- to eight-member) advisory group usually comprised of a teacher, coordinator of technology, and parents or local business people involved in engineering. The team provides community support for schools’ PLTW program. This may include mentoring, enrichment activities, internship opportunities, and additional resources.
3. Call your local newspaper and television and radio stations to tell them about your school’s PLTW program, and encourage them to do a story.
4. Promote PLTW on your school’s website and in the parent newsletter and school newspaper.
5. Include presentations by PLTW teachers at parent/student orientations, school board meetings, and other district community gatherings.
6. Set up a computer kiosk in the cafeteria during pre-registration to give middle school and high school students and parents a glimpse of the interactive curricula and to enable them access the PLTW website.
7. Display PLTW posters in the counseling office and other appropriate areas throughout your school to encourage students to ask questions about the program.
8. Hold an open house where community members can visit PLTW classrooms, talk with teachers and students, and watch students work together on PLTW projects.
9. Provide opportunities for students to explore engineering and engineering technology as careers by using the links on the PLTW website.
10. Invite parents and students to a PLTW orientation meeting where you provide an overview of the program, distribute brochures and booklets, and encourage them to visit the PLTW website.
11. Have male and female high school PLTW students share their learning experiences in the program with middle school students.
