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Representatives of Project Lead The Way, UH West Oʻahu and educators at partnership blessing.

For the second year, the University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu will host Project Lead The Way (PLTW) summer teacher professional development programs—called core training–for Hawaiʻi teachers implementing PLTW’s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs in K–12 classrooms. Project Lead The Way is a nonprofit organization that provides transformative learning experiences for K–12 students and teachers. More than 8,000 elementary, middle and high schools offer the curriculum across 50 states.

Various sessions will be held at the UH West Oʻahu campus throughout June including

  • Launch lead teacher
  • Principles of biomedical science
  • Automation and robotics
  • Principles of engineering
  • Introduction to engineering design
  • Introduction to computer science

In July, UH West Oʻahu will also host a three-day PLTW Launch Lead Teacher training at UH Maui College and at UH Hilo’s North Hawaiʻi Education and Research Center in Honokaʻa. Teachers must successfully pass core training for every PLTW course they wish to implement and instruct.

UH West Oʻahu is Project Lead The Way’s first affiliate partner in Hawaiʻi and provides ongoing support for local schools implementing PLTW curriculum. The university hosted PLTW’s required core training programs for teacher instructors for the first time in summer 2015–training previously offered only on the U.S. mainland.

Registration information

The registration deadline for Oʻahu’s June sessions has been extended to May 20. The registration deadline for Maui and Hawaiʻi Island training is May 31. Register online for PLTW summer training and view the PLTW professional development registration web page for information on specific course dates and times.

For more information, email Sherry Proper or call (808) 689-2384.

—By Julie Funasaki Yuen

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