Florida's Regional Center for Manufaucturing Education (FLATE)

美国国家科学基金会佛罗里达高级技术教育(FLAATE)中心是全州范围内的ATE制造业教育区域中心。3年续期的目标是：(A)确定并确保州和/或其他运营资金的安全；(B)实施全州统一的教育系统，将制造业教育定位为融合课程，以优化制造业及其使能技术的技术人员准备；(C)为佛罗里达州的高中、社区大学、行业和立法机构提供有效的外联平台，以获取与制造业教育的要求和影响有关的信息；以及(D)为技术教师提供专业发展机会，以开发、完善或认证他们在制造业和/或与其相关的使能技术和教育教学方面的知识库。智力优势：通过将教育内容合并到“佛罗里达制造”宣传活动中，并将课堂活动与对实际制造设施的教学访问直接联系起来，外联项目正在对制造业及其使能技术教育产生系统性影响。课程项目对制造业教育产生了系统性的影响，因为它实施了一条衔接路径，允许高中生将15个学分转移到A.S.学位。它们提供了全州范围内明确定义的技能集，作为未来学生对未来雇主期望的参考。该课程将制造和工程技术学位与不断变化的工业需求相结合，并提供了一个可行的全州范围内的机制，让行业对A.S.学位的影响进行反馈。Flate还为负责中学、大专和社区大学环境中的制造业教育的教师提供职业发展机会；将制造技能标准委员会(MSSC)的技能整合到高中和社区大学的课程中；并通过为技术教师提供专注于行业的短期课程，增加佛罗里达技术论坛在全州的影响力。广泛影响：Flate准备展示可移植的模式，以帮助佛罗里达州教育部筛选其全套技术课程、证书和学位计划框架；(2)通过简化学生获得制造业和相关学位的途径，鼓励第一次大学和少数族裔学生继续接受中学后教育；(3)将传播最佳实践课程的平台制度化；(4)增加获得MSSC国家认证的教师和学生的数量；(5)在全州各地提高对制造业职业代表佛罗里达州关键需求的认识；(6)建立一个全州范围内与行业、政府和学术实体合作的“制造业社区”；(7)向公众提供轻松获取技术教育信息的机会，以支持佛罗里达州新规定的职业探索中学课程内容；(8)增加能够将行业强制软技能教学纳入其当前课程的教职员工人数；(9)使佛罗里达州与制造业相关的技术学位与行业不断变化的需求相适应；(10)展示佛罗里达州其他AS/AAS学位的有效课程管理计划；(11)支持多个行业合作伙伴可以资助的项目，因为这些项目被认为是专注于行业的互惠活动；(12)与所在地区的教育机构直接合作；以及(13)使全州制造商意识到在“佛罗里达制造”支持的工厂参观期间与学生互动的好处。

The NSF Florida Advanced Technological Education (FLATE) Center is a state wide ATE Regional Center for Manufacturing Education. Goals for the 3 year renewal period are to (a) identify and secure state and/or other funds for operations; (b) implement a statewide unified education system that positions manufacturing education as a convergent curriculum to optimize technician preparation in manufacturing and its enabling technologies; (c) provide an effective outreach platform for Florida's high schools, community colleges, industry, and legislature to access information related to the requirements for and impact of manufacturing education; and, (d) present professional development opportunities for technical faculty to develop, refine, or certify their knowledge base within manufacturing and/or its related enabling technologies and educational pedagogies.Intellectual Merit: Outreach projects are having a systemic impact on manufacturing and its enabling technology education by merging educational content into the "Made in Florida" awareness campaign and connecting classroom activities directly with instructional visits to actual manufacturing facilities. Curriculum projects have a systemic impact on manufacturing education by implementing an articulation pathway that allows high school students to transfer 15 credit hours toward the A.S. Degree. They provide clear statewide defined skill sets as a reference for prospective students of the expectations of prospective employers. The curriculum aligns manufacturing and engineering technology degrees to the changing needs of industry and provides a viable statewide mechanism for industry feedback on the impact of A.S. degrees. FLATE is also providing professional development opportunities for faculty responsible for manufacturing education in secondary, post secondary, and community college environments; integrating Manufacturing Skills Standards Council (MSSC) skills into high school and community college curriculum; and increasing the statewide impact of the Florida Technology Forum by providing industry focused short courses for technology faculty.Broader Impact: FLATE is poised to demonstrate transportable models that (1) help Florida's Department of Education filter its total set of technical course, certificate, and degree program frameworks; (2) encourage first time college and minority students to continue post secondary education by streamlining student access to manufacturing and related degrees; (3) institutionalize a platform for best practice curriculum dissemination; (4) increase the number of teachers and students that are MSSC nationally certified; (5) increase the awareness in all parts of the state that manufacturing careers represent a critical need in Florida; (6) establish a statewide collaborative "manufacturing community" that partners industry, government, and academic entities; (7) provide the public with easy access to technical education information to support new Florida mandated career exploration middle school curriculum component; (8) increase the number of faculty that can integrate the teaching of industry mandated soft skills into their current curriculum; (9) align Florida's manufacturing related technical degrees to industries' changing needs; (10) demonstrate an effective curriculum management plan for Florida's other AS/AAS degrees; (11) support projects that multiple industry partners can financially support because they are recognized as industry-focused mutually beneficial activities; (12) partner industry directly with educational institutions in their region; and (13) make manufacturers statewide aware of the benefits of interacting with students during "Made in Florida" supported factory tours.