Creating Career Pathways for the Bioprocessing and Biofuels Industry

该项目通过将社区大学、高中、四年制大学以及生物加工和生物燃料行业的代表聚集在一起，为生物加工和生物燃料行业创造了职业道路。由劳工部先前提供的资金开发的8个行业驱动的工作指南和技能评估正在为在以下职业领域创建二十(20)条职业道路奠定基础：实验室技术员、质量控制/质量保证、过程控制、维护和工程。通过在印第安山社区学院(IHCC)、三所高中和三所四年制院校之间实施新的同时招生和衔接协议，职业道路正在付诸实施。与行业合作伙伴的正式实习协议正在制定中。在IHC的“辅导员日”活动中，将提供11个半天的职业发展讲习班和一(1)个分组会议，以教育学术顾问、高中辅导员、教师和管理人员如何将职业道路用作高中和社区大学层面的职业咨询工具。三名国际生物工程中心的讲师正在接受认证，可以同时在高中阶段教授生物工程和工程方面的先导课程。该项目产生的交付成果和合作模式适用于这些行业蓬勃发展的中西部北部地区，并通过与NSF ATE资源中心Bio-Link的合作伙伴关系将职业道路分发给所有感兴趣的高中、社区大学和四年制院校，以帮助维持这个快速增长的行业。

This project is creating career pathways for the bioprocessing and biofuels industry by bringing representatives of the community college, high schools, four-year colleges and bioprocessing and biofuels industry together. Eight industry-driven job guides and skill assessments developed with prior funds from the Department of Labor are providing the groundwork for the creation of twenty (20) career pathways in the following career areas: Laboratory Technicians, Quality Control/Quality Assurance, Process Control, Maintenance, and Engineering. The career pathways are being put into action by implementing new concurrent enrollment and articulation agreements between Indian Hills Community College (IHCC), three high schools, and three 4-year institutions. Formal internship agreements with industry partners are being developed. Eleven half-day professional development workshops and one (1) breakout session at IHCC's "Counselor's Day" event are being offered to educate academic advisors, high school counselors, teachers, and administrators on how to use the career pathways as tools for career counseling at the high school and community college level. Three IHCC instructors are being certified to teach Project Lead the Way courses in bioengineering and engineering at the high school level as concurrent enrollment. The deliverables and models for partnering that result from this project are applicable throughout the upper Midwest where these industries are flourishing, and the career pathways are being distributed to all interested high schools, community colleges, and 4-year institutions through a partnership with Bio-Link, an NSF ATE Resource Center, in an effort to help sustain this rapidly growing industry.