Technology and Innovation in Manufacturing and Engineering (TIME) Center

制造和工程技术与创新 (TIME) 中心正在继续其转型活动，并扩大对中等和高等教育水平的制造和工程技术的关注。中心合作伙伴正在推行一项全面战略，以： 1. 在需求驱动的项目领域开发中学和高等教育制造和工程技术课程。 2. 为中学和高等教育制造、工程技术以及科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 教师提供专业发展机会。 3. 与合作伙伴和主要利益相关群体合作，提高制造和工程技术作为可行职业选择的知名度和形象。 4.探索创新的教学方法，支持更有效地提供制造和工程技术教育。这些策略的目标受众包括从中学生到大学的学生、家长、K-12 教师、大学教师、高中和大学职业顾问、成人学习者、在职工人和就业社区成员。为了接触到这些不同的群体，时代中心正在与各种地方、区域和国家合作伙伴合作。合作者包括七所社区学院、三所大学、州和地方 K-12 教育系统、州和地方劳动力和经济发展机构、六家商业组织和个体公司。时代中心的目标建立在迄今为止取得的许多成功的基础上，继续已经开始的制造和工程技术教育转型，并将参与和专业知识扩展到新领域，以增强应对这些变化的能力。智力优势：通过继续重新设计和重组马里兰州的中学和高等教育制造和工程技术项目，系统地建立在迄今为止的成功和经验教训的基础上；确定新的、新兴的课程作业领域和可能的学位选择，以继续满足行业对训练有素的技术人员的需求；确保教师能够获得最新的教学材料、技术和最新的实践专业发展；探索创新的教学方法；将产品和专业知识制度化到不同教育级别的合作伙伴计划中。更广泛的影响：活动继续让中心参与区域和全州劳动力发展伙伴关系和举措；与雇主群体保持密切互动；扩大代表性不足群体的参与；推进努力，在中学和中学后教育层面进行系统性的教育变革；更有效地评估集体努力对学生学习的影响；与其他 ATE 中心合作进行专业发展和研究替代教学交付选项；确保产品和服务的可持续性和制度化。

The Technology and Innovation in Manufacturing and Engineering (TIME) Center is continuing its transformational activities and broadening its focus on manufacturing and engineering technology at the secondary and postsecondary levels. Center partners are pursuing a comprehensive strategy to: 1. Develop secondary and post-secondary manufacturing and engineering technology curricula in demand-driven program areas. 2. Provide professional development opportunities for secondary and post-secondary manufacturing, engineering technology and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty. 3. Collaborate with partners and key stakeholder groups to enhance the visibility and image of manufacturing and engineering technology as viable career options. 4. Explore innovative instructional methodology to support more effective delivery of manufacturing and engineering technology education. The target audiences for these strategies include students from middle school through college, parents, K-12 teachers, college faculty, high school and college career counselors, adult learners, incumbent workers, and members of the employment community. In order to reach these diverse constituencies, the TIME Center is working with a wide variety of local, regional and national partners. Among the collaborators are seven community colleges, three universities, state and local K-12 educational systems, state and local workforce and economic development agencies, six business organizations, and individual companies. The objectives of the TIME Center build upon its many successes to date, continue the transformation in manufacturing and engineering technology education already begun, and expand involvement and expertise into new areas that enhance capabilities to address these changes. Intellectual Merit: Activities systematically build upon successes and lessons learned to date by continuing the redesign and restructuring of secondary and post-secondary manufacturing and engineering technology programs in Maryland; identifying new, emerging areas for coursework and possible degree options that continue to meet the industry's need for trained technicians; ensuring that faculty have access to current instructional materials, technologies, and state-of-the practice professional development; exploring innovative instructional delivery approaches; and institutionalizing products and expertise into partner programs at various educational levels. Broader Impact: Activities continue to involve the Center in regional and statewide workforce development partnerships and initiatives; maintain close interaction with the employer community; broaden the participation of underrepresented groups; advance efforts to create systemic educational change at the secondary and post-secondary levels; more effectively assess the impact of collective efforts on student learning; collaborate with other ATE Centers on professional development and research on alternate instructional delivery options; and ensure sustainability and institutionalization of products and services.