Collaborative Project: Geospatial Connections Promoting Advancement to Careers and Higher Education

梅萨社区学院和北方亚利桑那大学的这一合作项目正在开发从中学到两年制学院和大学的地理空间技术（GST）职业和教育途径。组成部分包括：a）课程和课程开发，将GST和基于项目的学习作为大学和中学广泛课程的组成部分，B）持续的专业发展和支持大学教师和中学教师实施课程，以及c）通过实习，推广和行业参与提高对GST相关职业的认识和培训。该课程与地理空间技术能力模型保持一致，并由项目咨询委员会的行业代表提供信息。该项目的智力价值在于它采取综合办法，将地理空间技术以及数据处理和分析技能融入符合劳动力需求的路径模型。更广泛的影响包括在全州的城市和农村学校建立GST的技术和教师能力，吸引传统上在GST职业中代表性不足的群体的学生，并为亚利桑那州未来GST劳动力的发展做出贡献。

This collaborative project by Mesa Community College and Northern Arizona University is developing career and educational pathways in geospatial technology (GST) from secondary schools through two-year colleges and universities. Components include a) course and curriculum development that integrates GST and project-based learning as components of a broad range of courses within colleges and secondary schools, b) sustained professional development and support for college faculty and secondary teachers to implement the curriculum, and c) increasing awareness of and training for GST-related careers through internships, outreach and industry involvement. The curriculum is aligned with the Geospatial Technology Competency Model and informed by industry representation on the project's advisory board. The intellectual merit of the project lies in its comprehensive approach to infusing geospatial technology and data-processing and analytical skills within a pathway model aligned with workforce needs. Broader impacts include building technological and instructor capacity in GST within both urban and rural schools across the state, engagement of students from groups traditionally underrepresented in GST careers, and contributing to the development of the future GST workforce in Arizona.