The Faculty Associates in Science and Technology Leadership Corps Project for Enhancing Environmental Technology Education

环境技术教育伙伴关系提出了FAST领导团项目的修订版-加强环境技术教育的科学和技术领导团教员协会。FAST项目（FAST-I）是一个非常成功的两年制学院教师专业发展计划。从我们在该计划中的工作，我们觉得我们提出的专业发展活动举行真实的承诺，使快速-二比它的前身更强大，更广泛的教师发展计划。 FAST-Il将在3年内每年为70-100名教师提供服务。我们计划在资金到位后立即启动该项目。活动分为三个阶段。第一阶段。课程101 -科学和技术教育中的宏观和微观问题介绍：一个进入队列将通过完成一个基于网络的研讨会开始FAST项目。无法上网的教师将收到硬拷贝。第二阶段教师助理暑期实习：在他们的研讨会经验，联营公司将进入4-8周的实习在私营企业，国家实验室，国防部设施，或联邦或州监管机构。第三阶段 课程和课程开发技术援助网络：在暑期实习后的学年，教师协会将致力于课程和课程设计，开发新课程或修改现有课程。 FAST-II项目将建立在其前身中开发和评估的程序组件的良好基础上。来自FAST-I的数据使我们能够得出结论，FAST计划是社区和技术学院教师发展的可行模式，将促进全国范围内对环境技术教育的系统影响。

The Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE) proposes a revised version of the FAST Leadership Corps Project -- Faculty Associates in Science and Technology Leadership Corps for Enhancement of Environmental Technology Education. The FAST project (FAST-I) was a very successful professional development program for faculty from two-year colleges. From our work in the program, we feel our proposed professional development activities hold real promise for making FAST-Il a stronger and more broadly-based faculty development program than its predecessor. FAST-Il will serve a new cohort of 70-100 faculty for each of 3 years. We plan to start the program as soon as funding is granted. There are three phases of activities. Phase 1. Curriculum 101 --- An Introduction to Macro and Micro Issues in Science and Technology Education: An entering cohort would begin the FAST Project by completing a Web-based workshop. Faculty without Web access will receive hard copies. Phase 2.-- Faculty Associate Summer Internship: Following their workshop experience, Associates would enter a 4-8 week internship in private industry, a national laboratory, Department of Defense facility, or a federal or state regulatory agency. Phase 3. Course and Curriculum Development Technical Assistance Network: In the academic year following the Summer Internship, Faculty Associates will work on course and curriculum design, developing a new course or revising an existing course. The FAST-Il Project will rest on a sound foundation of program components developed and evaluated in its precursor. The data from FAST-I allow us to conclude that the FAST program is a viable model for community and technical college faculty development that will facilitate nation-wide systemic impact on environmental technology education.