Nationality American | Name Vince Bertram | |
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Full Name Vince M. Bertram Education Ball State University, Harvard University, MIT Sloan School of Management Occupation President and CEO, Project Lead The Way | ||
PLTW Summit 2016 | Opening Remarks from PLTW President and CEO Vince Bertram
Dr. Vince Bertram is a business and education leader, a best-selling author, and currently serves as president and CEO of Project Lead The Way (PLTW). In 2014, he was appointed by the U.S. Department of State to serve as the education expert for its United States Speaker and Specialist Program. Dr. Bertram was a member of the Indiana Education Roundtable and has chaired the National Council for National Honor Society. Dr. Bertram was named a “Distinguished Hoosier”—one of Indiana’s highest honors—by former Governor Mitch Daniels, and his peers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education honored him with the Intellectual Contributions/Faculty Tribute Award for his contributions to intellectual life at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. In November 2015, Vince was recognized as the recipient of the 2015 Ball State University Teachers College Outstanding Alumnus Award. The National Coalition for Technology in Education & Training awarded Vince with the 2017 Community Builder and Founders Award at the Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C.. Other awardees include Hon. Sandra Day O'Connor, Justice (retired) of the United States Supreme Court. In 2017, Vince received The Distinguished Alumni Award (DAA) from Ball State University, which is the highest award that may be bestowed on an alumnus by the Ball State University Alumni Association (BSUAA). Vince currently serves on the Indiana State Board of Education.
Contents
- PLTW Summit 2016 Opening Remarks from PLTW President and CEO Vince Bertram
- Publications
- Project Lead The Way
- References
Prior to joining PLTW, Dr. Bertram was superintendent of Indiana’s third-largest urban school district, Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation.
Dr. Bertram earned his doctorate, specialist, master’s, and bachelor's degrees from Ball State University, a master's degree in education policy and management from Harvard University, and his master's of business administration (MBA) from Georgetown University and ESADE Business School. He also earned an executive certificate in strategy and innovation from the MIT Sloan School of Management, and is an alumnus of the Chicago Management Institute at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. Dr. Bertram received an honorary doctorate in engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering.
Publications
Dr. Bertram is a New York Times Bestselling Author with his books "One Nation Under Taught: Solving America’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Crisis," and "Dream Differently: Candid Advice for America's Students.". Dr. Bertram has contributed to the Huffington Post several times along with other national publications.
Project Lead The Way
Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is a provider of K-12 science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs. As a nonprofit organization, PLTW’s mission is to prepare students for the global economy.
PLTW’s activity-, project-, and problem-based curriculum is combined with a teacher professional development model. The PLTW programs include PLTW Launch (grades K-5), PLTW Gateway (middle school), PLTW Engineering (high school), PLTW Biomedical Science (high school), and PLTW Computer Science (high school). PLTW courses are aligned with Common Core State Standards in Math and English Language Arts, Next Generation Science Standards, and other national and state standards. Courses are designed to complement math and science courses offered by a school and in some instances are used as the core curriculum.
PLTW programs can be found in over 8,000 elementary, middle, and high schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.