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Welcome to the latest edition of the Action Bulletin, your source for up-to-date information and reminders to successfully implement and sustain your PLTW program.

End of Course Assessment Reminders

Fall/Winter Assessment Period

• The Fall/Winter Assessment Period is underway and will remain open until March 16, 2012.

Spring Assessment Period

• The student enrollment process for the Spring Assessment Period is now open.
• All student population import files should be submitted by February 17, 2012.
• Please review New Student Enrollment Process for Assessments for details on the new bulk upload process available to all schools.

Questions? Need more information?

• Visit our Assessment & Evaluation Web page and review the Frequently Asked Questions.
• For all content, general assessment questions and data requests, contact assessment@pltw.org.
• For all questions regarding the assessment system, including technical support, contact assessment_techsupport@pltw.org.

Program Reminders 

Counselor Conferences 

A PLTW Counselor Conference is a professional development opportunity designed to inform school counselors, post-secondary advisors, principals, teachers and school administrators about PLTW's STEM Education program and provide information to help encourage students to enroll in PLTW courses.

Schools that have implemented a PLTW program are required to send at least one advisor/counselor to a Counselor Conference every year. We highly recommend that schools send all of their advisors/counselors to at least one conference.

Visit the Counselor Conference page for dates and locations. Registration is handled by the host institution.

Additional dates and locations will be added as they become available. For more information, contact the host institution or Laura Greenaway.

PLTW Extranet Updates
Your assistance in maintaining accurate school and district information in the PLTW Extranet is important and greatly appreciated.

Delegates

• Check your district's and schools' information in the PLTW Extranet.
• Make any necessary school deactivation requests, teacher removal requests and contact information updates for the district and all registered schools.

Teachers

• Update your email address and phone number (if necessary).
• Indicate the courses you will be instructing during the 2011-12 academic year.

If you have any questions or need assistance, contact the School Support Team.

New School and Program Registration 

New school and program registration for the 2012-13 school year opened in September.

District Delegates

• District Delegates now may login to the Delegate Console of the PLTW Extranet to add new schools or new curricular programs (Pathway To Engineering, Biomedical Sciences, or Gateway To Technology) to their districts.
• The deadline for adding new schools and programs from within the PLTW Extranet is June 30, 2012.
• However, it is recommended that new schools and programs are added by March 15, 2012 when Core Training registration opens so that teachers may reserve seats at the training sessions of their choice.

Schools

• If you do not know your District Delegate, use the PLTW School Locator to obtain your delegate's contact information.
• If you know of districts or schools that wish to implement a PLTW program for the 2012-13 school year:
• Refer them to the online registration process for new school districts and the Getting Started page for resources and information.
• Provide the contact information for their Regional Director who can answer questions and coordinate support through the State Leadership Team.

A New School Press Release Template is available for schools implementing a new PLTW program. By completing this template with school information, schools have a ready-made tool to promote their programs to local media outlets.