Engineering
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Career pathways span secondary and postsecondary education, align to employer needs and careers, and provide high-quality education, training, and support services for youth and adults.
In Delaware, career pathways begin in the public education system (K-12) through Career and Technical Education (CTE) pathways offered in charter, comprehensive, and technical school districts. These pathways continue through adult education, occupational training programs, and postsecondary programs that are administered by partnering state agencies, institutions of higher education, and other service providers.
Engineering
The Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Engineering pathway is a three (3) and six (6) course CTE program that engages students in open-ended problem solving where students learn and apply the engineering design process and use modern, industry-leading technology and software.
The program prepares students for further education and careers in engineering and engineering technology.
Sequence of Courses:
Introduction to Engineering (IED)
Principles of Engineering (POE)
Aerospace Engineering (AE) /
Civil Engineering and Architecture
(CEA) / Digital Electronics
(DE) / Engineering Design and
Development (EDD)
Early College Credit/Credentials:
Up to 3 college credits at
Delaware State University
Up to 7 college credits
at Delaware Technical
Community College
Work-Based Learning:
Job Shadowing
Mock Interviews
Resume Workshops
Mentorships
Bachelor’s Degree
Average Salary:
$107,980
Mechanical Engineers
Associate's Degree
Average Salary:
$56,320
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians
Certificate
Average Salary:
$41,900
Maintenance and Repair Workers
Where to find this Pathway:
Pathway Languages:
RELEVANT LANGUAGES
- Chinese
- Haitian Creole
- French
- Spanish
Wage Differential
Bilingual employees are compensated with a language differential of 5-20% more per hour than the base rate of a monolingual employee
Where To Find The Languages
Chinese
French
- Alexis I. du Pont High School
- Appoquinimink High School
- Brandywine High School
- Caesar Rodney High School
- Cape Henlopen High School
- Charter School of Wilmington
- Christiana High School
- Concord High School
- Dover High School
- Indian River High School
- Lake Forest High School
- Thomas McKean High School
- Middletown High School
- Mount Pleasant High School
- Newark Charter School
- Newark High School
- Smyrna High School
- Sussex Central High School
- William Penn High School
- Odessa High School
- Cab Calloway School of the Arts
German
Spanish
- Alexis I. du Pont High School
- Appoquinimink High School
- Brandywine High School
- Caesar Rodney High School
- Cape Henlopen High School
- Charter School of Wilmington
- Christiana High School
- Bryan Allen Stevenson School of Excellence
- Concord High School
- Conrad Schools of Science
- Delaware Academy of Public Safety & Secuirty
- Delaware Military Academy
- Delcastle Technical High School
- Design Thinking Academy
- Design-Lab High School
- Dover High School
- Early College High School
- Ferris School for Boys
- First State Military Academy
- Glasgow High School
- Howard Vo-Tech High School
- Hodgson Vo-Tech High School
- Indian River High School
- Lake Forest High School
- Laurel Senior High School
- Middletown High School
- Mount Pleasant High School
- Newark Charter School
- Newark High School
- Odessa High School
- POLYTECH High School
- Seaford Senior High School
- Smyrna High School
- Sussex Central High School
- Sussex Academy of Arts and Science
- Sussex County Vocational Technical School District
- Thomas McKean High School
- William Penn High School
- Woodbridge High School
- MOT Charter School
- Cab Calloway School of the Arts
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Student pathway Testimonials
Beatriz Ramirez , Student at William Penn
“Now I know what I want to do with my life, thanks to the focus on careers at William Penn. At first, I picked culinary arts because I didn’t know what else to do. But I fell in love with it!”