Boosting New Careers in Advanced Manufacturing Industries

促进先进制造业的新职业

• 批准号: 1663851
• 负责人: Dava Washburn
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: Grayson County Junior College District
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-06-01 至 2020-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1663851&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Boosting; New; Careers; Advanced; Manufacturing

Because advanced manufacturing in the United States continues to evolve rapidly, highly skilled technicians are needed to operate and maintain these modern manufacturing facilities. In particular, the Texoma (northeast Texas Oklahoma area) worker shortage in the advanced manufacturing sector is severe enough to short-circuit both its own rebound and its contributions to local economic growth. This project at Grayson College in Texas evolved following a 2015 study commissioned by the regional workforce board and area economic development corporations that was designed to identify best practices which could be replicated to prepare the next generation of employees for advanced manufacturing careers. In collaboration with the Texoma Manufacturing Steering Committee, which is comprised of 30 industry and educational members, it is designed to expand the pipeline of skilled employers by implementing the New Blue Academy, a comprehensive career awareness and advanced technological education initiative targeting dual enrollment high school students in rural north Texas. During this project, perceptions of middle-skill jobs will be enhanced through the promotion of technical careers among 9,200 high school students in the Texoma area. It will boost the ATE pipeline by developing an industry-designed dual-credit ATE curriculum offered in 21 high schools that will permit students to simultaneously jump-start their college education and a career. Successes will be shared with community colleges through conferences and social media sources, such as the ATE Conference, Mentor Connect, Hi-TEC, and ATECentral.com. Upon completion of the program a student will receive 41 college credit hours, a Basic and an Advanced Manufacturing Technology Certificate, an experiential internship, and potential employment with an industry partner. A plan to incentivize employers and students to complete the remaining 19 hours for an A.A.S. Degree in Advanced Manufacturing Technologies will be developed. Objectives are to: 1) change perceptions of middle-skill jobs and promote technical career opportunities among high school students, teachers, and parents; 2) design and implement an industry-driven curriculum that addresses common technical skills across multiple manufacturing environments; and, 3) pilot the dual-credit New Blue Career Pathway with two high school partners, beginning in the tenth grade and culminating with an internship the summer following high school graduation. Curricular materials will be adapted from two ATE funded programs (the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center and the 360 Degree Manufacturing and Applied Engineering Center of Excellence in Michigan) as well as those available from the database of state approved courses in the Texas Workforce Education Course Manual. Existing manufacturing activities will be broadened to promote ATE career awareness events among high school instructors, counselors, and parents. The established steering committee will ensure ongoing input into the array of elements to be implemented. Evaluation will be guided by an experienced, external evaluator who will: 1) examine the success of the project in relation to benchmarks achieved by existing ATE models; 2) analyze the impact of awareness and recruitment efforts; and 3) measure student success as its relates to completion, competency, and employability.

由于美国的先进制造业持续快速发展，因此需要高技能的技术人员来操作和维护这些现代制造设施。特别是，得克萨斯州（得克萨斯州东北部俄克拉荷马州地区）先进制造业的工人短缺严重到足以使其自身的反弹及其对当地经济增长的贡献短路。德克萨斯州格雷森学院的这个项目是在2015年由地区劳动力委员会和地区经济发展公司委托进行的一项研究之后发展起来的，该研究旨在确定可以复制的最佳实践，为下一代员工的先进制造业职业做好准备。与由30名行业和教育成员组成的Texoma制造业指导委员会合作，旨在通过实施New Blue Academy来扩大熟练雇主的渠道，这是一项针对德克萨斯州北部农村双招生高中学生的全面职业意识和先进技术教育计划。在该项目期间，将通过促进Texoma地区9 200名高中生的技术职业，提高对中等技能工作的认识。它将通过开发一个行业设计的双学分ATE课程，在21所高中提供，使学生能够同时启动他们的大学教育和职业生涯，来促进ATE管道。成功将通过会议和社交媒体资源与社区学院分享，如ATE会议，Mentor Connect，Hi-TEC和ATECentral.com。完成课程后，学生将获得41个大学学分，基础和先进制造技术证书，体验式实习，以及与行业合作伙伴的潜在就业机会。一项激励雇主和学生完成A.A.S.剩余19小时的计划。将开发先进制造技术学位。目标是：1）改变对中等技能工作的看法，促进高中生，教师和家长的技术职业机会; 2）设计和实施行业驱动的课程，解决多个制造环境中的常见技术技能;以及，3）与两所高中的合作伙伴一起试点双学分的新蓝色职业道路，从十年级开始，到高中毕业后的夏天实习。课程材料将改编自两个ATE资助的计划（佛罗里达先进技术教育中心和360度制造和应用工程卓越中心在密歇根州），以及那些可从国家批准的课程在得克萨斯州劳动力教育课程手册的数据库。现有的制造活动将扩大，以促进高中教师，辅导员和家长之间的ATE职业意识活动。已设立的指导委员会将确保对有待执行的一系列要素不断提供投入。评估将由经验丰富的外部评估人员指导，他们将：1）检查项目与现有ATE模型所实现的基准的成功; 2）分析意识和招聘工作的影响; 3）衡量学生的成功，因为它与完成，能力和就业能力有关。