Florida's Regional Center for Manufaucturing Education (FLATE)

NSF佛罗里达先进技术教育（FLATE）中心是全州范围内的ATE制造业教育区域中心。3年更新期的目标是：（a）确定并确保国家和/或其他运营资金;（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，以优化制造业及其支持技术的技术人员准备;（c）为佛罗里达的高中、社区学院、工业、和立法机构，以获取有关制造业教育的要求和影响的信息;以及，（d）为技术学院提供专业发展机会，以发展，完善，或证明他们在制造业和/或其相关的使能技术和教育体系方面的知识基础。通过将教育内容纳入“佛罗里达制造”，外联项目正在对制造业及其技术教育产生系统性影响。宣传活动并将课堂活动直接与对实际制造设施的教学访问联系起来。课程项目对制造业教育产生了系统性的影响，通过实施一个衔接途径，允许高中生将15个学分转移到美国。℃下他们提供了明确的全州范围内定义的技能组合，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行业不断变化的需求相结合，并为行业对A.S.影响的反馈提供了一个可行的全州机制。度FLATE还为中学、大专和社区学院环境中负责制造业教育的教师提供专业发展机会;将制造技能标准理事会（MSSC）技能融入高中和社区学院课程;并通过为技术教师提供以行业为重点的短期课程，增加佛罗里达技术论坛在全州的影响力。FLATE准备展示可移动模型，这些模型（1）帮助佛罗里达教育部筛选其全部技术课程、证书和学位课程框架;（2）通过简化学生获得制造业和相关学位的途径，鼓励首次上大学的学生和少数民族学生继续接受中学后教育;（3）建立一个传播最佳实践课程的平台;（4）增加获得MSSC国家认证的教师和学生的数量;（5）提高该州所有地区的意识，即制造业职业是佛罗里达的关键需求;（6）建立全州范围的合作“制造业社区”，与工业，政府和学术实体合作;（7）为公众提供方便的技术教育信息，以支持新的佛罗里达授权职业探索中学课程组成部分;（8）增加教师的数量，可以将行业强制性软技能的教学整合到当前的课程中;（9）使佛罗里达的制造业相关技术学位与行业不断变化的需求保持一致;（10）为佛罗里达的其他AS/AAS学位展示有效的课程管理计划;（11）支持多个行业合作伙伴可以在财政上支持的项目，因为这些项目被认为是以行业为重点的互利活动;（12）与所在地区的教育机构直接合作;（13）让全州的制造商意识到在“佛罗里达制造”支持的工厂图尔斯之旅中与学生互动的好处。

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.