Competency-Based, Open Entry, Open Exit Biotechnology Education (CBOE-Biotech)

盐湖社区学院(SLCC)将为他们的生物技术证书开发新的以能力为基础的、开放的、开放的课程，并在延长的晚上和周末时间设立开放实验室。这将使SLCC能够为学生和在职员工提供灵活的时间安排和加速完成课程的机会。给学生带来的好处将是降低成本和提高幸福感，特别是对有家庭和工作的学生来说。与该项目相辅相成的是有针对性地招募服务不足的人群。通过一个咨询委员会与当地生物技术行业合作，该课程将根据当地雇主的需求量身定做，以确保为一个不断增长的行业提供受过良好教育的技术人员。作为这一项目的结果，SLCC将在以能力为基础、开放入境、开放出境的教学和交付方面开发新的做法，增加学生接受生物技术教育的机会，并帮助他们获得证书。这种灵活性将为学生省钱，并支持家庭生活。该项目利用了教育部现有的第三章赠款。新课程将由DACUM过程提供信息，该过程涉及当地行业的投入。这将确保它满足犹他州生物技术公司不断发展的需求，与当地的学士学位课程相衔接，并培养行业所需的学生技能。通过积极主动的指导和建议，使用学生分析和项目评估，该项目将确定技术人员教育中基于能力的教育计划的有效实践和潜在陷阱。通过ATE社区的传播，该项目将成为其他服务于有类似需求的学生的项目的典范。

Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) will develop new competency-based, open-entry, open-exit program for their biotechnology credentials, complemented by an open lab during extended evening and weekend hours. This will allow SLCC to offer students and incumbent workers opportunities for flexible scheduling and accelerated program completion. The benefits to students will be reduced costs and enhanced well-being, especially for students who have families and jobs. Complementing the project is a targeted effort to recruit underserved populations. Working with the local biotechnology industry through an advisory board, the curriculum will be tailored to the needs of local employers to ensure it provides well-educated technicians for a growing industry. As a result of this project, SLCC will develop new practices in competency-based, open-entry, open-exit instruction and delivery that increases student access to biotechnology education and helps them earn a credential. This flexibility will save students money and support family life. This project leverages an existing Title III grant from the Department of Education. The new curriculum will be informed by a DACUM process that involves input from local industry. This will ensure that it meets the evolving needs of Utah biotechnology companies, articulates with local baccalaureate degree program, and develops the student skills needed by industry. Through proactive mentoring and advising, use of student analytics, and project evaluation, this project will identify effective practices and potential pitfalls of competency-based education programs in technician education. Through dissemination via the ATE community, this project will become a model for other programs serving students with similar needs.