Proposal: District 97

March 19, 2013

Project Lead the WayGateway to Technology

Our Vision

“Oak Park Elementary School District 97 will be nationally recognized for preparing students to pursue college and career opportunities through purposeful and respectful learning experiences.”

Oak Park Elementary School District 97Vision Statement, 2012

Our Challenge

Beginning in 1901,the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry have been awarded to 26 chemical, civil, electrical, mechanical, and metallurgical engineers. Let’s lay the ground work to add a D97 graduate to this pantheon!

The Timing Could Not Be Better• Our nation is calling out for engineers

• The referendum promised curricular innovation

• Over the past seven years, D97 has supported a hugely successful robotics program

• The OPEF robotics program has energized and excited students and the community about the district’s next steps in technological arena

It is time for that next step…

Picture

A challenging, hands-on, three-year Project Based, Middle School Design program that introduces sixth, seventh, and eighth graders elements of: Science Technology Engineering Math

Imagine

A D97 classes where students:• Demonstrate creative and critical thinking and

problem solving skills• Develop time management skills and learn to

meet project deadlines• Experience and practice the professional code

of conduct required in the hard sciences• Acquire an ability to cope with failure, learn

from the experience, and try again • WORK HARD, LEARN, and have FUN

VisualizeA D97 course that embodies the Common Core State Standardsexpectations of developing studentswho:

• research, analyze, create, and communicate• are digital rhetors , who communicate in print,

orally, and digitally• work as individuals and team members

Gateway to Technology Program

Introducing…

What is GTT?• The PLTW Gateway To Technology (GTT) is a national

program that features a project-based curriculum designed to challenge and engage the natural curiosity and imagination of middle school students.

• Students envision, design and test their ideas with the same advanced modeling software used by companies like Lockheed Martin, Intel and Sprint.

• The knowledge that students gain and the skills they build from GTT create a strong foundation for further STEM learning in high school and beyond.

A Proposed Course Structure Year of

ImplementationGrade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8

Year 12013-14

Design & Modeling

(Elective Choice)Design & Modeling

(Elective Choice)Design & Modeling

Year 22014-15

Design & Modeling

Automated RoboticsGreen Architecture

(Elective Choices)Design & ModelingAutomated RoboticsGreen Architecture

Year 32015-16

Design & Modeling

Automated RoboticsGreen ArchitectureMedical Detectives

Automated RoboticsGreen ArchitectureMedical DetectivesAdvanced Robotics

Key Concepts: • What is Engineering?• Design Process• Measurement• Sketching and Dimensioning

Techniques• Designing for Production

Design and Modeling Course

Key Concepts: • What is Automation and

Robotics?• Mechanical Systems• Automated Systems• Sample Projects:

Windmill DesignSimulated Factory Cell

Automation and Robotics Course

Key Concepts: • Introduction to Sustainable

Architecture• Architectural Basis• Architecture Challenges

Green Architecture

Key Concepts: • Introduction to Medical Careers• Introduction to Vital Signs• Introduction to Treatment of

Diseases• Introduction to the Human

Body System• Introduction to Crime Scene

Analysis

Medical Detectives

Program Costs Year 1Description Unit Cost Quantity Total

Two week training for Design & Modeling in July 2013

$1175 4 Teachers $4,700

Annual Participation Fee $750 2 (One per school) $1,500

Design Modeling Equipment – One Time Cost

$500 6 classroom sets(4 sets for the 6th grade and 2 for a 7th/8th grade option)

$3,000

Consumables (Print Shop) $300

Total: $9,500

Program Costs Year 2Description Unit Cost Quantity Total

Annual Participation Fee $750 2 $1,500

Training: Automated Robotics & Green Architecture

$1,175 4 Teachers $4,700

Automated RoboticsEquipment One Time Cost

$6000 2 $12,000

Green ArchitectureEquipment One Time Cost

$400 4 $1,600

Consumables – Print Shop $1,200

Total : $22,000

Program Costs Year 3Description Unit Cost Quantity Total

Annual Participation Fee $750 2 $1500

Training Green Medical Detectives

$1,175 2 Teachers $2350

Medical DetectivesEquipment One Time Cost

$1000 2 classroom sets $2,000

Advanced RoboticsEquipment One Time Cost

$6000 2 classroom sets $12,000

Consumables – Print Shop $1,2000

Total : $17,850

Design Lab Set Up 2 labs of

28 Computers A Ceiling Mounted Projector One Printer (could be shared between the labs) An abundance of Storage for Equipment and

Projects Bins Shelves

Lab Set Up Cost Description Unit

CostQuantity Total

Student Laptops* Meet the GTT Specs

$1,600 28 x 4 = 112(2 Labs per building)

$179,200

Teacher Laptops(Same specs as students)

$1,600 4 $6,400

Printer $600 2 $1,200

Sub-Total $186,800

Less Planned Computer Replacement Costs

$90,000

Total: $96,800

Please note:

• All PLTW curriculum is online; no textbook purchase will be required

• After initial start up fees only consumables and the participation fee will need to be purchased each year

How Does this fit with IB? The focus of MYP technology is to challenge

students to use both materials and computer applications to solve problems using the design cycle.

IB and GTT complement each other well!

Articulation with OPRF• OPRF is a certified PLTW school. • We have met with the teachers and they are

excited about the possibility of a GTT program at the middle schools.

• Our program will help better prepare the students for high school and the challenges of life beyond.

Thank you for the opportunity to

present this proposal