Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center: Resources to Improve Water Environmental Technology Education

先进技术环境教育中心：改善水环境技术教育的资源

• 批准号: 1800979
• 负责人: Ellen Bluth
• 金额: $ 60万
• 依托单位: Eastern Iowa Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-10-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1800979&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Advanced; Technology; Environmental; Education; Center

Water and wastewater technician jobs are growing faster than average amid concerns about source water availability, aging infrastructure, water quality, remediation, and workforce issues. These jobs are regulated, cannot be outsourced, and survive economic downturn because humans need clean drinking water and wastewater treatment for health. In addition, businesses and industries need clean water and wastewater treatment to safely produce goods and services. The Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center will support growth of leadership and program capacity in water environmental technology. To achieve this goal, the Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center will provide the nation's high schools, technical and community colleges, and the ATE community with educational materials, professional association, and business and industry information, contacts, research, evaluation, and mentoring.The Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center will: 1) update the current website and create a new Toolbox for educator information; 2) support and mentor prospective PIs to start or improve water environmental technology programs; 3) coordinate and support additional water environmental technology business, industry and academic partnerships; 4) promote technician careers and the public image in the water environmental technology field; 4) screen, validate, update and broadly distribute materials, curricula, pedagogical practices, projects and appropriate sources including supporting the adaption and implementation at new institutions of materials; and 5) connect and support PIs within the water environmental technology area. It is expected that broader use of Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center materials and curricula will result in an increased number of technicians in water environmental technology jobs, helping the Nation meet the growing need for a skilled, diverse workforce in advanced technology fields.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

由于对水源可用性、老化的基础设施、水质、修复和劳动力问题的担忧，水和废水技术人员的工作增长速度高于平均水平。这些工作受到监管，不能外包，并在经济衰退中生存，因为人类需要清洁的饮用水和废水处理来维持健康。 此外，企业和工业需要清洁的水和废水处理，以安全地生产商品和服务。先进技术环境教育中心将支持水环境技术的领导力和项目能力的增长。 为了实现这一目标，先进技术环境教育中心将为全国的高中、技术和社区学院以及ATE社区提供教育材料、专业协会、商业和行业信息、联系方式、研究、评估和指导。先进技术环境教育中心将：1）更新现有网站，并创建一个新的教育信息网站; 2）支持和指导潜在的PI启动或改进水环境技术计划; 3）协调和支持额外的水环境技术业务，行业和学术伙伴关系; 4）促进技术人员的职业生涯和水环境技术领域的公众形象; 4）筛选、验证、更新和广泛分发材料、课程、教学实践，项目和适当的来源，包括支持材料的新机构的适应和实施;和5）连接和支持水环境技术领域内的PI。预计更广泛地使用先进技术环境教育中心的材料和课程将导致水环境技术工作的技术人员数量增加，帮助国家满足对熟练，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响进行评估，被认为值得支持审查标准。