GeoTech Consortium of Western New York: Get the GIST (Geospatial Information Science Technology) Certificate

纽约西部GeoTech Consortium：获得GIST（地理空间信息科学技术）证书

• 批准号: 1501076
• 负责人: Jonathan Little
• 金额: $ 19.98万
• 依托单位: Monroe Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-07-01 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1501076&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GeoTech; Consortium; Western; New; York

The Department of Labor considers the geospatial industry to be high growth (U.S. DOL, 2012). The GeoTech Consortium of Western New York (GTCWNY) is developing a geospatial certificate program to help support growing geospatial industry needs. The consortium focus is on program development and improvement by increasing the importance of geospatial technician education and the number of students with relevant geospatial and STEM competencies. It also focuses on professional development for educators, which has resulted in awareness of the geospatial industry at the high school level, and dual-credit opportunities for high school students. Led by Monroe Community College (MCC) of the State University of New York, GTCWNY is bridging the gaps among high schools, our two-year college, and the local and regional geospatial industry. The consortium is composed of Monroe Community College, three school districts, Monroe County, New York Geographic Alliance, Geographic Information Sharing-Special Interest Group, Northeast Area Development GIS Scholars, and a major geospatial corporation. With over 40 regional geospatial companies/agencies, GTCWNY serves industry demand and has an impact on STEM education. GTCWNY is combining leveraged courses from the GeoTech Center with current MCC courses to create a geospatial certificate program. The new courses are being aligned with the new Geospatial Technology Competency Model (GTCM) 2014 and the GeoTech Center Course Content Tool. The GTCWNY Geospatial Information Science Technology (GIST) Advisory Board is identifying local and regional employment skills, allowing GTCWNY to modify the geospatial courses to regional industry needs.

美国劳工部认为地理空间行业是高增长的（美国劳工部，2012年）。纽约西部地理技术联盟（GTCWNY）正在开发地理空间认证项目，以帮助支持不断增长的地理空间行业需求。该联盟的重点是通过提高地理空间技术教育的重要性和具有相关地理空间和STEM能力的学生数量来开发和改进项目。它还侧重于教育工作者的专业发展，这导致了高中阶段对地理空间产业的认识，并为高中生提供了双学分机会。在纽约州立大学门罗社区学院（MCC）的领导下，GTCWNY正在弥合高中、我们两年制学院以及当地和区域地理空间行业之间的差距。该联盟由门罗社区学院、三个学区、门罗县、纽约地理联盟、地理信息共享-特殊兴趣小组、东北地区发展GIS学者和一家主要的地理空间公司组成。GTCWNY拥有40多家区域性地理空间公司/机构，服务于行业需求并对STEM教育产生影响。GTCWNY将GeoTech中心的杠杆课程与MCC当前的课程相结合，创建了地理空间证书课程。新课程与新的地理空间技术能力模型（GTCM） 2014和GeoTech中心课程内容工具保持一致。GTCWNY地理空间信息科学技术（GIST）咨询委员会正在确定当地和区域就业技能，使GTCWNY能够根据区域工业需求修改地理空间课程。