Maryland Center for Manufacturing Education Excellence

服务于整个马里兰州选区的四所社区学院正在合作创建马里兰州制造业教育卓越中心（MCE）。 在私营企业、行业协会、高等教育、中等教育、政府机构和评估专家的参与下，该中心旨在通过发现、利用和传播国家技能标准委员会、制造业技能标准理事会和ATE中心等智力资源，为制造业教育提供信息和改进。巴尔的摩县社区学院（CCBC）将在南马里兰州学院、哈福德社区学院和沃尔威克社区学院的协助下领导这项工作。 项目目标、活动和可交付成果是一项全面战略，旨在增加制造技术人员的数量，以满足当地劳动力需求，并提高这些工人的技术技能。该中心将集中精力在四个项目领域：（1）课程开发和调整：为了满足马里兰州多样化的制造业基础，合作伙伴正在设计一个模块化的，灵活的计划，可以重新配置和调整，以满足不同的劳动力教育需求，在高中或大学水平。该模型将13个行业分为三个主要部分：加工，制造和电子/仪器仪表。该课程围绕WorkKeys系统定义的一组核心工作技能（例如，应用技术，团队合作，观察）和核心技术技能（例如，仪器校准、工业测量、过程控制），项目团队认为这些是大多数行业的共同点。(2)技能评估和劳动力/计划改进：雇主要求可靠的方法来评估求职者的关键技术和工作技能;教育工作者寻求类似的技能测量，以确保他们的学生在毕业时做好工作准备。为此，MCCNET正在构建一种评估方法，该方法基于新创建的课程与当地雇主对在职绩效的期望之间的强有力的正相关性。有了这些新工具，该中心可以评估当前和未来制造业工人的技能。评估数据正在被汇编、汇总、分析并报告给教育工作者和雇主，以供质量改进工作使用。(3)加强对制造业职业的招聘：改变制造业工作负面形象的双管齐下的方法既针对教育工作者，也针对学生。来自高中和大学的教师和职业顾问正在参加在线技术课程、制造设施的图尔斯参观和介绍、参加讲习班和全国会议，并参加当地公司的实习。吸引学生到制造业的创新努力包括在巴尔的摩工业博物馆的新体验和高中生的密集夏季研讨会。 (4)电子通信和服务一体化：一个以网络为基础的门户网站是获取与制造业有关的服务和信息的中心资源，包括基于技能的职业探索和工作匹配;在线发布和申请工作的职业交流;促进教育和培训机会;教师、雇主、服务提供者和其他受众之间的联系;以及在线传播项目和评估信息。

Four community colleges serving constituencies throughout the state of Maryland are collaborating to create the Maryland Center for Manufacturing Education Excellence (MCMEE). With the participation of private industry, trade associations, higher education, secondary education, government agencies, and assessment experts, the Center aims to inform and improve manufacturing education through discovery, utilization, and dissemination of intellectual resources such as the National Skill Standards Board, the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council, and the ATE centers. The Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) will lead the effort, with assistance from College of Southern Maryland, Harford Community College, and Wor-Wic Community College. The project objectives, activities and deliverables represent a comprehensive strategy to increase the number of manufacturing technicians to meet local workforce demands, and to improve the technical skills of those workers. The center will focus its energies in four program areas: (1) Curriculum development and adaptation: To address Maryland's diverse manufacturing base, the partners are designing a modular, flexible program that can be reconfigured and adapted to address varied workforce education needs at the high school or college level. The model arranges thirteen industries into three primary segments: processing, fabrication, and electronics/instrumentation. The curriculum is structured around a cluster of core workplace skills as defined by the WorkKeys system (e.g., applied technology, teamwork, observation) and core technical skills (e.g., instrument calibration, industrial measurements, process control) identified by the project team as common to a majority of the industries.(2) Skill assessment and workforce/program improvement: Employers are demanding reliable methods to assess critical technical and workplace skills of job applicants; educators seek similar skill measurements to ensure that their students are work-ready upon graduation. To that end, MCMEE is constructing an assessment methodology grounded in the strong positive correlation between the newly-created curricula and on-the-job performance expectations of local employers. With those new instruments, the Center can assess the skills of current and future manufacturing workers. Assessment data is being compiled, aggregated, analyzed, and reported to educators and employers for use in quality improvement efforts.(3) Enhanced recruitment to manufacturing careers: A two-pronged approach to change the negative image of manufacturing jobs targets both educators and students. Faculty and career counselors from both high schools and colleges are participating in on-line technical courses, tours and presentations at manufacturing facilities, attending workshops and national conference, and participating in internships at local companies. Innovative efforts to attract students to manufacturing include new experiences at the Baltimore Museum of Industry and intensive summer workshops for high school students. (4) Electronic communication and integration of services: A web-based portal is a central resource for accessing services and information related to manufacturing, including skills-based career exploration and job matching; a job exchange for on-line job postings and applications; promotion of education and training opportunities; linkages among faculty, employers, service providers, and other audiences; and on-line dissemination of project and assessment information.