The Southern Regional Education Board is prepared to assist HSTW sites in implementing a pre-engineering curriculum that helps schools achieve these goals. These courses can be part of a major in 11 th or 12 th grade or a career pathway. They also can be used in an academy model. PLTW enables students to experience an engaging technical program that holds them to high standards and allows them to use their mathematics and science skills in solving real-world problems. Students who enroll in this program complete college-preparatory courses in mathematics, science and English in grades nine through 12.
Significant attention is paid to assessing teachers' readiness for training .
Ongoing training supports the teachers as they implement the program and helps them to improve their skills. Another key to the program's success is awareness. PLTW keeps school counselors informed about the program's benefits, as well as various technology jobs and careers available to high school graduates. PLTW holds a conference specifically for guidance counselors and provides them with materials, such as brochures and videos, to use with students and their parents. PLTW also has developed a technology curriculum for middle schools.