Steven K. Salter named affiliate director of Project Lead The Way - Wisconsin
| Published: 03/02/2009 |
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Steve Salter has been named affiliate director of Project Lead The Way (PLTW) at MSOE. MSOE is the National Affiliate University for PLTW in the state of Wisconsin, and Salter will oversee statewide PLTW efforts. Thor Misko, the former affiliate director of PLTW at MSOE, is now the director of university initiatives for Project Lead The Way Inc. in New York.
"Building and sustaining a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers-ready workforce is absolutely essential, in my opinion, for the future economic prosperity of Wisconsin and the wider region. PLTW's pre-engineering curriculum for middle schools and high schools has been and will continue to be key element in achieving that objective. MSOE is a nationally recognized leader in this effort and I am privileged to become part of the team," Salter said.
"We are very excited to have Steven on board. He has valuable and relevant experience and we are looking forward to him taking Project Lead The Way to the next level," said Dr. Roger Frankowski, vice president of academics.
Most recently, Salter was a math and engineering teacher at Brown Deer (Wis.) High School and coordinated the school's PLTW program. Prior to that, he taught math for the West Bend (Wis.) School District; was the deputy director of Navy Public Works for the Department of Navy; served as an engineering branch head for U.S. Coast Guard operations in Alaska; and worked as a design engineer for a west-coast Naval Submarine Base. Salter has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Oregon State University and a master's degree in business management from the University of Southern California. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Wisconsin and Washington.
Students at more than 160 Wisconsin schools are discovering first-hand engineering and technology and the important roles they play in our everyday lives. These light-bulb moments are occurring in classes taken in middle and high schools across the state that are participating in PLTW, a non-profit program that's helping stem the nation's ever-growing shortage of engineers.
The PLTW middle- and high-school curriculum, when combined with college preparatory mathematics and science courses, is a terrific introduction to the scope, rigor and discipline that engineering and engineering technology programs require.
MSOE has been involved in PLTW since 2004. Wisconsin has the distinction of having the largest participating school district in the country, and the third largest number of participating districts.