Information Technology Skill Standards, 2020 and Beyond

2003年，ATE国家新兴技术劳动力中心（NWCET）制定并发布了《为明天奠定基础：信息技术技能标准》。该文档自2003年以来就没有更新过，它不再符合当前信息技术（it）行业的需求。该项目将为前8至10个IT行业工作集群制定一份新的、由雇主主导的、经过验证的IT技能标准文件，支持需要两年或四年应用IT学位的职位。与行业专家的初步讨论已经确定了至少四个新的工作集群，这些工作集群在2003年是不存在的，另外还有五到六个工作集群需要更新。技能标准使IT职业更容易获得，因为它们提供了在行业中取得成功所需的知识、技能和绩效标准的透明度，教育工作者使用技能标准开发相关的课程材料，使学生更好地为工作做好准备。该项目将为最关键的IT工作集群制定一套面向未来的IT技能标准，由雇主主题专家领导。除了为每个工作组制定一套技能标准外，每个工作组内的标准将按前四到八个关键工作职能分层。该项目还将编制一份截至发布之日雇主重视的证书清单。对于每个集群，一个由教育工作者和商业和工业领导小组（BILT）成员组成的国家小组将决定标准的哪些部分适用于两年制和四年制课程，以方便开发与雇主一致的课程。这些分层将有助于雇主和教育工作者更容易地应用这些标准。主题专家将被要求预测IT趋势以及支持新兴趋势可能需要的知识和技能。预计这一努力将增加已开发标准的使用和使用寿命。传播工作将使用ATE Central和融合技术中心网站，将采用多种策略来提高对技能标准的认识，并将为其使用和应用提供工具。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

In 2003, the ATE National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies (NWCET) developed and published the "Building a Foundation for Tomorrow: Skill Standards for Information Technology". This document has not been updated since 2003, and it no longer aligns with current information technology (IT) industry needs. This project will develop a new employer-led and verified IT Skill Standards document for the top eight to ten IT industry job clusters supporting positions requiring a two-year or a four-year applied IT degree. Initial discussions with industry experts have identified at least four new job clusters that did not exist in 2003, along with an additional five to six job clusters that need to be updated. Skill standards make IT careers more accessible as they provide transparency regarding the knowledge, skills and performance standards needed for success in the industry, and educators use skill standards to develop relevant curricular materials to better prepare students for the workplace.This project will develop a future-facing set of IT Skill Standards for the most critical IT job clusters, led by employer subject matter experts. In addition to creating a set of skill standards for each job cluster, the standards within each job cluster will be stratified by the top four to eight critical work functions. The project will also compile a list of the certifications valued by employers as of the date of publication. For each cluster, a national group of educators and Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) members will determine which portions of the standards apply to two-year and four-year programs, to facilitate ease of use in development of employer aligned curriculum. These stratifications will assist both employers and educators to more easily apply the standards. Subject matter experts will be asked to predict trends in IT and the knowledge and skills that will likely to be needed to support emerging trends. It is expected that this effort will increase the use and longevity of the developed standards. Dissemination efforts will use ATE Central and the Convergence Technology Center website, will feature multiple strategies to increase awareness of the skill standards, and will provide tools for their use and application.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.