ATE Collaborative Outreach and Engagement Project

ATE合作推广和参与（ACOE）项目将实施一项战略和计划，以提高对国家科学基金会先进技术教育（ATE）计划，计划基金的中心和项目以及这些受助人开发的宝贵资源的认识。这种认识将有助于建立伙伴关系和合作，传播创新的ATE资源，并围绕该计划的努力创造协同效应。此外，该项目的交付成果将有助于进一步为关键的美国案例技术人员教育的经济需求和社区学院在ATE计划及以后的背景下发挥的重要作用。该项目将允许整个社区-从小型项目到国家中心-突出个别活动，同时解释ATE计划的更广泛影响。ACOE项目将通过以下方式提高技术人员和技术教育工作者的技能和知识：（1）提高对NSF ATE受资助者可用资源的认识;（2）促进中心和项目之间的合作活动，以接触更多的教育工作者和学生，社区学院和雇主;（3）提高决策者对NSF ATE计划的了解;以及（4）促进行业和其他利益相关者以及ATE社区之间的伙伴关系。该项目的重点是提供互动和协作的机会，同时提供高质量的材料，以提高先进技术领域的内容知识，教学法和技术技能的严谨性，相关性，强度和交叉转让。总的来说，该项目将通过混合媒体的方式加强ATE社区的外联工作，以传播信息并与各级利益相关者（包括雇主、管理人员、教育工作者、行业合作伙伴和学生）进行有效互动。

The ATE Collaborative Outreach and Engagement (ACOE) project will implement a strategy and plan to raise awareness of the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program, the centers and projects the program funds, and the valuable resources these grantees develop. This awareness will help build partnerships and collaborations, disseminate innovative ATE resources, and create synergy around the program's efforts. In addition, the deliverables of this project will help further the case for the critical U.S. economic need for technician education and the important role community colleges play in the context of the ATE program and beyond. The project will allow the whole community - from small projects to national centers - to highlight individual activities and simultaneously to explain the broader impact of the ATE program.The ACOE project will improve the skills and knowledge of technicians and technical educators by (1) increasing awareness of the resources available from NSF ATE grantees; (2) fostering collaborative activities among centers and projects to reach more individual educators and students, community colleges, and employers; (3) enhancing decision maker knowledge of the NSF ATE program; and (4) facilitating partnerships between industry and other stakeholders and those in the ATE community. The project focuses on providing opportunities for interaction and collaboration in tandem with high-quality materials that will increase the rigor, relevance, intensity, and cross-transfer of content knowledge, pedagogy, and technical skills in advanced technology fields. Collectively, the project will strengthen the ATE community's outreach efforts through a mixed-media approach to disseminate information and effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels including employers, administrators, educators, industry partners, and students.