COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O. BOX 2120
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23218-2120
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 193
November 21, 2003
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Jo Lynne
DeMary Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Project Lead the Way Grant Award Opportunity |
The Department of Education, Office of Career and
Technical Education Services, is pleased to announce the availability of
matching state funds in the amount of $50,000 per site for four Project Lead
The Way (PLTW) grants. PLTW offers a
four-year sequence of courses which, when combined with college preparatory
mathematics and science courses in high school, introduces students to the
scope, rigor, and discipline of engineering and engineering technology prior to
entering college. The courses are
Introduction to Engineering Design, Digital Electronics, Principles of
Engineering, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, and Engineering Design and
Development. Additional information
about Project Lead The Way can be accessed at http://www.pltw.org.
The grant funds must be used to: a) establish a new state-of-the-art Project
Lead The Way laboratory, or b) modernize an existing laboratory to fully
implement Project Lead The Way. Grant
recipients will be notified by January 30, 2004. All requests for grant reimbursement must be submitted by June
20, 2004.
Applications received will be given priority
consideration based on the strength of the application and
geographical/regional representation across the state. Previously funded sites include Montgomery
County, Pittsylvania County, Prince William County, Richmond City, and Smyth
County.
The following criteria must be met when submitting an
application:
A 100 percent local match of funds is required (may
use local or Perkins' funds).
Only applications completed in full will be
considered. Faxed copies of
applications will not be reviewed.
School divisions receiving the grants must commit to
sending a lead teacher to the PLTW summer in-service workshop.
Robert A. Almond, Director
Office of Career and
Technical Education Services
Virginia Department of
Education
P O Box 2120 21st
Floor
Richmond, VA 23218-2120
If you have questions concerning the attached
application or the grant, please contact Robert A. Almond (ralmond@pen.k12.va.us), director of
career and technical education, at (804)225-2847, or George R. Willcox (gwillcox@pen.k12.va.us), specialist
for technology education, at (804)225-2839.
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