Professional Development
MA PLTW August Refreshers 2025
Register for this event by August 5th.
Start the Year Strong with a Refresher!
Refreshers are one-day, in-person, no-cost workshops designed for new and newly trained PLTW teachers – especially those who only had the opportunity to attend Core Training virtually this summer – to get hands-on practice with the content.
Schedule: The workshops below reflect the most common training needs across our community. If your course isn’t listed and you know a group of educators who’d join you, let us know – we may be able to add it!
- Tuesday, August 12:
- Launch (computer science modules)
- Computer Science for Innovators and Makers (CSIM)
- Medical Detectives (MD)
- Human Body Systems (HBS)
- Computer Science Principles (CSP)
- Introduction to Engineering Design (IED)
- Principles of Engineering (POE)
- Capstone
- Veteran Refresher
- Wednesday, August 13:
- Launch (engineering modules)
- Design & Modeling (DM)
- Principles of Biomedical Science (PBS)
- Cybersecurity
- NEW – HS Engineering Clean Energy Pathway
Leaders welcome! School and district leaders are welcome to register and attend a course-specific session alongside teachers or stop by for lunch.