South Carolina Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence

南卡罗来纳州高级技术教育（SC ATE）卓越中心是一个全州范围内的系统性举措，旨在提高全州16所技术学院工程技术毕业生的数量，质量和多样性。 一个综合的，以问题为基础的课程，协作教学策略，广泛的主动学习技术，以及教师和学生的团队合作，形成了SC ATE的战略的基石，以招募，留住和毕业更多的学生在工程技术programmes.SC ATE已经取得了设计和实施教师发展，项目改进和课程改革的模式的道路上的重要里程碑。SC ATE成功的关键仍然是准备改革的教师作为创新工程技术课程的开发和交付的变革推动者，并促进计划的改进。 SC ATE的关键经验教训是模范教师领导基层改革的有效性。（a）继续发展工程技术预科课程和第一年工程技术课程;（B）师资发展，支持最有效的教学方法，创造模拟工作场所的学习环境;（c）招收和留住学生，特别是妇女和少数民族学生;（d）制定全州模式，为学生提供无缝的教育机会，使他们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.