The IT College and CAREERS Readiness Project: Career Academy Research on Educational Experiences and Related Successes

该项目将推动学生和教师创新技术体验(ITEST)计划的努力，以更好地了解和促进实践，通过参与实践现场经验、基于实验室/项目的创业任务和指导经验，提高学生在科学、技术、工程或数学(STEM)领域追求职业生涯的动机和能力。该ITEST项目由南佛罗里达大学与国家学院基金会和三所高中职业学院合作，研究在不同实施保真度的情况下，参与国家学院基金会实施的职业学院模式的影响。该项目的目标是：(A)检查不同保真度的信息技术(IT)职业学院的组织和实施要素(使命、课程和指导、内部和外部支持)的性质；(B)确定不同保真度的国家学院基金会IT职业学院的学生经历；以及(C)记录国家学院基金会IT职业学院学生与非职业学院的国家学院基金会学生相比的大学和职业准备情况(参与度、表现、过渡)的指标。该项目将依靠现有的数据集的学生层面的数据和全面的实地访问数据来满足项目。拟议的研究的主要重点是研究参与国家学院基金会实施的职业学院模式在不同实施水平下的影响。采用混合方法，该项目将由三个研究问题驱动：(1)不同忠诚度的IT职业学院的组织和实施要素(使命、课程和指导、内部和外部支持)的性质？(2)不同忠诚度的NAF IT职业学院的学生体验如何？(3)与非职业学院的学生相比，NAF IT职业学院学生的大学和职业准备程度(敬业度、表现、过渡)的指标是什么？

This project will advance efforts of the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program to better understand and promote practices that increase students' motivations and capacities to pursue careers in fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) by engaging in hands-on field experience, laboratory/project-based entrepreneurship tasks and mentorship experiencesThis ITEST project involves the University of South Florida, in collaborations with the National Academy Foundation, and three high school career academies, to study the impact of participation in the career academy model implemented by National Academy Foundation under different levels of implementation fidelity. The goals of the project are: (a) to examine the nature of organizational and implementation elements (mission, curriculum and instruction, internal and external supports) of information technology (IT) career academies with different levels of fidelity; (b) to determine student experiences in National Academy Foundation IT career academies with different levels of fidelity; and (c) to document indicators of college and career readiness (engagement, performance, transitions) of students in National Academy Foundation IT career academies with different levels of fidelity in comparison to National Academy Foundation students in non-career academies. The project will rely on extant student-level data from the dataset and comprehensive site visit data to meet the project.The primary focus of the proposed research is to study the impact of participation in the career academy model implemented by the National Academy Foundation under different levels of implementation. Using a mixed methods approach, the project will be driven by three research questions: (1) What is the nature of organizational and implementation elements (mission, curriculum and instruction, internal and external supports) of IT career academies with different levels of fidelity? (2) What are the student experiences in NAF IT career academies with different levels of fidelity? (3) What are the indicators of college and career readiness (engagement, performance, transitions) of students in NAF IT career academies with different levels of fidelity in comparison to students in non-career academies?