Broadening the Impact of STEM Education: The Community College Leadership Role II, 2017-2019

通过该项目开展的活动将帮助社区大学领导人建立必要的重要联系和伙伴关系，以建立和维持他们的STEM项目，以及指导和培育新的合作。拟议的活动将有助于加强和扩大美国社区学院的作用，因为它们继续满足对训练有素的技术劳动力的日益增长的需求；在解决全国STEM领域的学生完成议程方面发挥关键作用；以及面临保持美国全球竞争力的挑战。该项目将扩大社区学院在STEM技师教育中的领导地位的影响；鼓励更多的社区学院发展和加强与ATE相关的课程；创建和支持开发和培育STEM专业和领导力发展机会的场所；并传播该项目的价值、资源和成就。以下拟议的活动建立在AACC之前由国家科学基金会支持的努力的基础上：1)2017年、2018年和2019年的三次全国ATE首席调查人员会议；2)继续AACC成功的MentorLinks计划，以帮助另外10所社区大学在STEM领域建立新的项目或加强现有的项目；3)基于MentorLinks导师培训模式和指导指南，记录成功的STEM指导战略；4)全国思想领袖峰会和会议记录报告，重点是在代表性不足的学生中实施以证据为基础的教学战略，以支持学生在STEM领域取得成功；5)通过演示、专题报道、网站、会议记录和社交媒体技术传播ATE计划资源、信息和影响；6)评估，包括对2002-2016年间参与MentorLinks计划的44所学院(和17名代表性导师)的纵向研究。

The activities conducted through this project will help community college leaders to make the important connections and partnerships necessary to build and sustain their STEM programs, as well as to mentor and nurture new collaborations. The proposed activities will help to strengthen and expand the role of the nation's community colleges as they continue to meet the increasing demand for a trained technical workforce; play a critical role in addressing the national student completion agenda in STEM fields; and face the challenges of maintaining U.S. global competitiveness.This project broadens the impact of community college leadership in STEM technician education; encourages greater numbers of community colleges to develop and strengthen ATE-related programs; creates and supports venues for developing and nurturing STEM professional and leadership development opportunities; and disseminates the value, resources, and accomplishments of the ATE program. The following proposed activities build upon AACC's previous efforts supported by the National Science Foundation: 1) Three National ATE Principal Investigators Conferences in 2017, 2018, and 2019; 2) Continuation of AACC's successful MentorLinks program to help an additional 10 community colleges establish new programs or strengthen existing ones in STEM fields; 3) An online publication documenting Strategies for Successful STEM Mentoring, based on the MentorLinks mentor training model and mentoring guidelines; 4) A national Thought Leaders' Summit and proceedings report focused on implementing evidence-based teaching strategies for supporting student success in STEM among underrepresented students; 5) Dissemination of ATE program resources, information, and impact through presentations, feature stories, website, conference proceedings, and social media technologies; and 6) Evaluation, including a longitudinal study of the 44 colleges (and 17 representative mentors) that participated in the MentorLinks program from 2002-2016.