Advanced Manufacturing: Establishing Foundations for Education and Career Pathways from Middle School through College

该项目的重点是通过a)营销，b)招聘，c)指导和d)更新制造课程，通过招聘和留住初中到高中和高中以上水平的学生，解决先进制造技术方面的严重劳动力短缺问题。该提案的目标受众是在初中、高中和社区大学学习先进制造技术的学生。女性和少数族裔学生得到特别的拓展和指导。全国先进制造业联盟在2003年的一份报告《制造技能危机：应对这一国家挑战的解决方案》中建议，应在儿童较早的年龄阶段开展拓展工作。该报告强调，作为职业决策的第一步，中学生应该接触到职业道路，而延迟可能会使学生无法完成必修的学术课程，并给过时的刻板印象留下时间，从而消除制造业作为职业选择的选择。该项目还启发了家长和老师，让他们了解到目前制造业利用基层、个性化方法的现实。

The focus of this project is to address the critical workforce shortages in advanced manufacturing technology through the recruitment and retention of students from middle school to high school and post secondary levels through a) marketing, b) recruitment, c) mentoring, and d) updating manufacturing curriculum. The target audience for this proposal is students that study advanced manufacturing technology at the middle school, high school, and community college levels. Female and minority students receive special outreach and mentoring. The National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing recommended in a 2003 report "Manufacturing Skills Crisis: Solutions for this National Challenge" outreach efforts to children at an earlier age. The report emphasizes that middle school students should be exposed to career pathways as a first step into career decision making and that delaying may preclude students from the required academic courses and allows time for the outdated stereotypes to take hold, thus eliminating manufacturing as a career choice option. The project is also enlightening parents and teachers as to the current realities of manufacturing utilizing a grassroots, personal approach.