FMCC TECH-Lane NSF ATE Project

创造职业和技术教育途径，以发展我们的中等技能劳动力需要在初中和高中创造性的战略。该项目正在扩大STEM学生管道招募和协助积极，但代表性不足，有风险的8年级和早期大学高中学生。 该项目加速学生从高中，通过大学，进入半导体/纳米技术工作场所。 利用教育机构（高中，2年制和4年制大学）和区域高科技产业之间的合作伙伴关系，E-Lane正在创建课程，重点是使用基于项目的学习（PBL）和职业与技术教育的整合进行创新和变革性教学。 正在开发可复制的加速早期大学高中电气技术课程，为8年级学生提供为期一周的STEM夏令营课程，以及为高中STEM教师设计，交付和纳入PBL的专业发展研讨会。 该项目的智力价值在于在一个具有全国重要性的领域对劳动力准备产生集中影响。美国各地正在建立技术早期大学高中，以满足全国对训练有素的高技术劳动力的需求。 基于项目的学习模式已被证明是非常有效的复制现实世界的工作场所的问题，并教学生批判性和创造性地思考解决这些问题。 E-Lane正在通过为学生提供加速途径和为高中STEM教师提供PBL培训来配合这些举措。 通过详细的专题论文和项目网站广泛传播的E-Lane课程，允许全国各地的早期大学高中/社区学院社区复制这种模式，并帮助满足为21世纪世纪工作场所准备的高科技工人的需求。传播工作和复制拟议方案的能力是重要的更广泛的影响之一。

Creating career and technical education pathways to develop our middle skills workforce requires creative strategies in the middle and high school years. The TECH-Lane project is expanding the STEM student pipeline by recruiting and assisting motivated but underrepresented, at-risk 8th grade and early college high school students. The project accelerates students from high school, through college and into the semiconductor/nanotechnology workplace. Using partnerships between educational institutions (high school, 2-year and 4-year colleges) and regional high technology industries, TECH-Lane is creating curriculum focused on innovative and transformative instruction using project-based learning (PBL) and integration of career and technical education. Replicable, accelerated early college high school courses in Electrical Technology, a one week summer STEM camp curriculum for 8th grade students and professional development workshops for high school STEM faculty in the design, delivery and incorporation of PBL are being developed. The intellectual merit of the project lies in the focused impact on workforce preparation in an area of national importance. Technical early college high schools are being established across the U.S. to answer the nationwide need for a well-trained high technology workforce. Project based learning models have been shown to be highly effective in replicating real-world workplace problems and teaching students to think critically and creatively to solve them. TECH-Lane is aligning with these initiatives by providing accelerated pathways for students and PBL training for their high school STEM teachers. The TECH-Lane curriculum, disseminated widely through a detailed monograph and a project website, allows the early college high school/community college community across the nation to duplicate this model and assist in filling the need for high-tech workers ready for the 21st century workplace. Dissemination efforts and the ability to replicate the proposed program are among the significant broader impacts.