South Carolina Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence

南卡罗来纳州高级技术教育 (SC ATE) 卓越中心是一项全州范围内的系统性计划，旨在提高该州 16 所技术学院工程技术毕业生的数量、质量和多样性。 以问题为基础的综合课程、协作式教学策略、广泛的主动学习技术以及教师和学生的团队合作构成了 SC ATE 招收、留住和毕业更多工程技术项目学生的战略基石。SC ATE 在设计和实施教师发展、项目改进和课程改革模式的道路上取得了重要的里程碑。 SC ATE 成功的关键仍然是做好改革准备的教师充当变革推动者，开发和交付创新工程技术课程并促进项目改进。 SC ATE 吸取的重要教训是模范教师领导基层改革的有效性。该中心确定了指导其工作的四个关键成功因素（基本成就）：(a) 继续开发预工程技术和第一年工程技术课程； (b) 师资队伍建设，支持最有效的教学方法，创造工作场所典范的学习环境；(c) 招收和留住学生，特别是妇女和少数族裔； (d) 开发全州模式，为学生提供无缝的教育机会，使其成为合格的工程技术毕业生。

The South Carolina Advanced Technological Education (SC ATE) Center of Excellence is a statewide systemic initiative designed to increase the quantity, quality, and diversity of engineering technology graduates throughout the state's 16 technical colleges. An integrated, problem-based curriculum, collaborative teaching strategies, and extensive active learning techniques together with faculty and student teamwork form the cornerstone of the SC ATE's strategy to recruit, retain, and graduate more students in engineering technology programs.SC ATE has achieved critical milestones on the road to designing and implementing a model of faculty development, program improvement, and curriculum reform. The key to SC ATE success continues to be reform-ready faculty acting as change agents for development and delivery of innovative engineering technology curriculum and promoting program improvement. SC ATE's critical lesson learned is the proven effectiveness of exemplary faculty leading grassroots reform.The Center has identified four critical success factors (essential accomplishments) that is guiding its work: (a) continuing development of pre-engineering technology and first-year engineering technology curricula; (b) faculty development that supports the most effective teaching methodologies and creates learning environments that model the workplace;(c) recruitment and retention of students, particularly women and minorities; and(d) development of a statewide model to create a seamless pipeline for educational opportunities for students to become well-qualified engineering technology graduates.