  {"id":45936,"date":"2016-05-13T14:18:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T00:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=45936"},"modified":"2020-01-16T14:57:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:57:33","slug":"project-lead-the-way-summer-core-training-offered-by-uh-west-oahu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/05\/13\/project-lead-the-way-summer-core-training-offered-by-uh-west-oahu\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Lead The Way summer core training offered by <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> West O\u02bbahu"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_45939\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45939\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/west-oahu-pltw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"271\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/west-oahu-pltw.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/west-oahu-pltw-260x114.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Representatives of Project Lead The Way, <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> and educators at partnership blessing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"clear-photo\">For the second year, the <a href=\"http:\/\/westoahu.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8211;West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/a> will host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pltw.org\/our-programs\">Project Lead The Way<\/a> (PLTW) summer teacher professional development programs&#8212;called core training&#8211;for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> teachers implementing <abbr>PLTW<\/abbr>&#8217;s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs in K&#8211;12 classrooms. Project Lead The Way is a nonprofit organization that provides transformative learning experiences for K&#8211;12 students and teachers. More than 8,000 elementary, middle and high schools offer the curriculum across 50 states.<\/p>\n<p>Various sessions will be held at the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> campus throughout June including<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pltw.org\/our-programs\/pltw-launch\">Launch<\/a> lead teacher<\/li>\n<li>Principles of biomedical science<\/li>\n<li>Automation and robotics<\/li>\n<li>Principles of engineering<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to engineering design<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to computer science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In July, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> will also host a three-day <abbr>PLTW<\/abbr> Launch Lead Teacher training at <a href=\"http:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College<\/a> and at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/academics\/nherc\/\">North <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Education and Research Center<\/a> in <span aria-label=\"Honokaa\">Honoka&#699;a<\/span>. Teachers must successfully pass core training for every <abbr>PLTW<\/abbr> course they wish to implement and instruct.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> is Project Lead The Way&#8217;s first affiliate partner in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> and provides ongoing support for local schools implementing <abbr>PLTW<\/abbr> curriculum. The university hosted <abbr>PLTW<\/abbr>&#8217;s required core training programs for teacher instructors for the first time in summer 2015&#8211;training previously offered only on the <abbr title=\"United States\">U.S.<\/abbr> mainland.<\/p>\n<h2>Registration information<\/h2>\n<p>The registration deadline for <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>&#8217;s June sessions has been extended to May 20. The registration deadline for Maui and <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Island training is May 31. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pltw.org\/pltw-professional-development-registration\">Register online<\/a> for <abbr>PLTW<\/abbr> summer training and view the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pltw.org\/pltw-professional-development-registration\"><abbr>PLTW<\/abbr> professional development registration web page<\/a> for information on specific course dates and times.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"mailto:sproper@hawaii.edu\">email Sherry Proper<\/a> or call (808) 689-2384.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Julie Funasaki Yuen<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> hosts Project Lead The Way summer teacher professional development programs for teachers implementing <abbr title=\"Project Lead The Way\">PLTW<\/abbr>&#8217;s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[313,933,14,60,59],"class_list":["post-45936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-stem","tag-teacher-education","tag-uh-hilo","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-west-oahu","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45936"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109531,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45936\/revisions\/109531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}