Power Up:Creating Leaders for Community College and High School Technology/Engineering

Power Up！：为社区大学和高中技术/工程培养领导者项目是一项面向高中和社区大学教育工作者的职业发展计划。智力优势：该项目满足了五个关键需求：1)需要让刚刚开始工程/技术项目的大学生参与创造性和现实的问题解决活动；2)需要高中水平的教学项目，引导学生考虑在大学攻读技术专业；3)需要高中和大学教职员工共同努力，顺利地从高中过渡到大学。为了将拟议计划的好处带给更广泛的受众，4)正在培养一支教师领导干部队伍，5)该计划正在提高高中辅导顾问、大学教师顾问和家长对技术和工程课程的重要性的认识，这些课程对高中和大学层面的所有学生都是开放和可获得的。该项目侧重于工程/技术教育的一个领域：能源和电力技术。在国家一级，能源和电力技术对社会的持续发展和增长正变得越来越重要。需要工程师和技术人员来管理和维护当前的电源和电网，同时需要探索未来的替代电源。加电！是波士顿科学博物馆、马萨诸塞州四所社区学院：邦克山社区学院、北岸社区学院、昆西亚蒙德社区学院和斯普林菲尔德技术学院；三个行业合作伙伴：KeySpan Energy、Northern Power和工程中心；八个学区；以及教育部技术准备网络的合作伙伴。更广泛的影响：该项目正在开发、试点测试和完善一个系统模型，以确定高中、社区大学和行业合作伙伴如何合作，为学生开发新的技术/工程项目和途径，并在全国范围内传播。该项目还促进创建连接的路径，以增强高中、社区大学以及工程和技术领域其他领域的课程。终于开机了！围绕能源、电力工程和技术的高中和社区学院和教学单位的内容课程，以及以项目为基础的积极学习，以及用于辅导员和公共研讨会的材料，可在全州和全国范围内使用。

The Power Up!: Creating Leaders for Community College & High School Technology/Engineering project is a professional development program for high school and community college educators. Intellectual Merit: The project meets five critical needs: 1) The need to engage college students just starting engineering/technology programs with creative and realistic problem-solving activities; 2) The need for instructional programs at the high school level that lead students to consider pursuing technical studies at college; and 3) The need for high school and college faculties to work together to smooth the transition from high school to college. In order to bring the benefits of the proposed program to a wider audience, 4) a cadre of teacher leaders is being developed and 5) the program is increasing awareness among high school guidance counselors, college faculty advisors, and parents about the importance of technology and engineering programs that are open and accessible to all students at the high school and college levels. This project focuses on one area of engineering/technology education: energy and power technologies. At a national level, energy and power technologies are becoming increasingly important for society's continued development and growth. Engineers and technicians are needed to manage and maintain the current sources and grids while simultaneously alternative sources need to be explored for the future. Power Up! is a collaboration between the Museum of Science, Boston; four community colleges in Massachusetts: Bunker Hill Community College, North Shore Community College, Quinsigamond Community College, and Springfield Technical College; three industry partners: Keyspan Energy, Northern Power, and The Engineering Center; eight school districts; and the Department of Education Tech Prep Network. Broader Impacts: The project is developing, pilot-testing, and refining a systemic model for how high schools, community college, and industry partners can collaborate to develop new technology/engineering programs and pathways for students that can be disseminated nationwide. The project also fosters the creation of articulated pathways to enhance curriculum for sequences through high school, community colleges, and beyond in the field of engineering and technology. Finally the Power Up! content courses for high school and community colleges and instructional units that revolve around energy, power engineering and technology and the active, project-based learning and materials for counselor and public workshops are available for use across the state and nation.