K-12 Programs The Gateway Project

“By meeting real, working engineers, students will gain a deeper understanding of what engineering is - and a few may have memorable experiences that will directly impact their future career choices.” - Charlie Corley, Director of Technology, Winchester High School, Winchester, MA

The Gateway to Engineering and Technology Education project involves a community of Massachusetts school district leaders in sharing best practices, experiencing hands-on engineering activities, and helping each other solve problems in order to implement the state's K-12 technology/engineering standards. The Institute of Museum and Library Services provided a half-million dollar grant for us to support 50 school district leadership teams over the first three years. Participant district leadership teams collaborated during summer institutes, call-back days and online forums with other Gateway teams.

Today, with subsequent support from an anonymous donor, a network of over 55 MA school-district leadership teams has focused on implementing the state's technology-engineering standards via the NCTL's Gateway project. The program has reached nearly 300 teachers and administrators and over 340,000 students (more than 35% of MA public school enrollment).
Download a report on the work of the first ten Gateway teams (PDF).

This Gateway model is being used in a partnership with Maine Math and Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA) and "Transformation 2013": Education Service Center (ESC) Region 13 - Austin (TX) and ESC Region 20 - San Antonio (TX).