Creating Pathways for New IT Professionals

弗吉尼亚社区学院系统发展了一个由两年制学院、工业和四年制大学组成的联盟，为整个弗吉尼亚的学生提供一套一致的IT知识和技能。该联盟将行业期望的“价值传递技能”整合到课程中，其中包括SCANS报告所描述的就业技能以及更多的数学和科学。约翰霍普金斯大学的SCANS 2000中心为适应或设计课堂和实验室活动提供指导。用标准进行评估，以衡量学生获得所需能力的程度。工作坊和电子跟进，以新的方式教育教师，促进资讯科技知识和技能的学习。试点测试活动决定了课程的有效性和教师的专业发展。通过Tech Prep与高中建立联系。

The Virginia Community College System develops a consortium of two-year colleges, industry, and four-year universities to provide students throughout Virginia with a consistent set of IT knowledge and skills. The consortium integrates into the curriculum industry-desired "value delivery skills," which include the employability skills described by the SCANS report and also more mathematics and science. The SCANS 2000 Center at Johns Hopkins provides guidance for adapting or designing classroom and laboratory activities. Assessments with rubrics are developed to measure the extent to which students gain the needed competencies. Workshops, along with electronic follow-up, educate the faculty in new ways of facilitating the learning of IT knowledge and skills. Pilot test activities determine the efficacy of the courses and the faculty professional development. Connections are made to high schools through Tech Prep.