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Lindsey has been a MA Project Lead the Way Launch Community Lead since 2021, joining soon after starting PLTW in her own classroom. Lindsey enjoys meeting educators from across the state and having the opportunity to collaborate and share ideas. Lindsey’s role as a CL is to create a community of Launch teachers who communicate, collaborate, and feel supported. Lindsey also offers professional development at many Mass Learning Project events.

Inspired by the instructional shifts PLTW helped her make to facilitate meaningful student thinking and learning, Lindsey is focused on implementing PLTW Launch in her own district, Westfield Public Schools, as the PreK-4 STEM Instructional Coach. Lindsey runs in-district Core Trainings and offers regular professional development and coaching to teachers at seven schools. Prior to her current role, Lindsey taught 2nd grade for 9 years and reading interventions for 1 year.

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Katie is a dedicated PLTW Community Lead who fuels the Computer Science Pathway for educators and students throughout Massachusetts. With over 12 years of experience under her belt, she brings a wealth of knowledge in computer science, programming, and cybersecurity to the table. She is not only a skilled instructor but also the Information Technology and Networking Team Lead at Blackstone Valley Tech, in Upton, MA, a SkillsUSA Series Director, and a Master Teacher for the PLTW CS Pathway.

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Jessica joined the PLTW community in 2017 and is currently a Design and Modeling Community Lead. She teaches PLTW to 6th-8th graders at the JFK Middle School in Northampton. Before landing in Northampton, she brought the PLTW Gateway program to The Springfield Renaissance School with a MA STEM grant. She also previously taught in Boston, South Shore Public Charter School, and in Wisconsin.

Jessica loves using PLTW in the classroom because it allows her to see students discover themselves as confident, creative problem-solvers as they move through the curriculum with a little leeway and some guidance.

Jessica earned her BS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Elementary Education, and a MS in Ecological Teaching and Learning from Lesley University.

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Kate is a Lead Launch Teacher (LTT) at Margaret Donovan Elementary School in Randolph, MA. She is in her 17th year teaching elementary students, while entering her third year teaching PLTW to her kindergarten through fifth grade students. PLTW has reenergized Kate as a teacher, and she is eager to watch as her students engage with hands-on science investigations. Kate is experienced with 37 out of the 42 PLTW modules – all of the One8/Mass Learning Project-supported modules and more.

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Jess has been teaching science for almost 20 years, with experience teaching all four PLTW Biomedical Science courses. She is Mass Learning Project's Community Lead for Biomed, where she supports teachers across Massachusetts. Our community of excellent Biomed teachers shares a passion for learning together, helping our students become outstanding classroom scientists.

Jess has a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Northeast College of Health Studies and worked as a chiropractic physician for 11 years prior to teaching. Additionally, she has a BA in Psychology from Rutgers University and a Teaching Licensure Graduate Program Certificate from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

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Ashley is entering into her tenth year teaching PLTW at the Stoneham Central Middle School. She is certified in Automation & Robotics, Design & Modeling, and Science of Technology. This summer she will be adding Energy & the Environment. In addition to teaching students in the classroom, Ashley also enjoys coaching a VEX robotics team, facilitating core trainings as an AR Master Teacher for PLTW, and collaborating with peers as an AR Community Lead for One8 Applied Learning Hub.

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Anna joined Mass Learning Project in the Fall of 2020 as a Community Lead to support PLTW Engineering teachers in Massachusetts. Anna is currently a Math and Engineering teacher at Everett High School in their STEM Academy, which is committed to providing Everett students with engaging, problem-based, and cross-curricular learning experiences to help build part of the STEM pipeline in Massachusetts. Anna originally studied Math Education, but has now been teaching Engineering using the PLTW curriculum for eight years. She currently teaches PLTW Principles of Engineering, Civil Engineering and Architecture, and Engineering Design and Development, as well as two math courses.

Anna has a B.S. in Math Education from Purdue University, M.A. in Math for Teaching from Harvard University, and a Ed.D. of Leadership in School with a concentration in STEM Education from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

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Mike is a high school Engineering and Materials Processing teacher in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. He has been teaching for 20 years, and has been a part of the Project Lead the Way program for the last ten. Mike has also been a part of the Innovation Pathway Program since its beginning. Mike has a B.S. in Technology Education from Keene State and a M.Ed. in Technology Education from Rhode Island College.

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Erinn, who is starting her 10th year as an educator, currently teaches 5th graders CSIM for PLTW at the Stoklosa Middle School in Lowell. In 2020, Erinn won the Rookie of the Year award from Mass STEM Hub for her work in App Creators. Since then, Erinn has taken many more PLTW classes, including CSIM, Launch, and Science of Technology. Being a Community Lead allows Erinn to help teachers develop the courses into their own. She is happy to help the community dive deeper into the curriculum. Erinn also has many strategies to help manage classroom materials for courses.