Information Technology Career Pathways through a Flexible Apprenticeship Model

通过灵活的学徒模式的信息技术职业道路

• 批准号: 1902211
• 负责人: Lawrence McWherter
• 金额: $ 56.05万
• 依托单位: Columbus State Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-10-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1902211&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Information; Technology; Career; Pathways; through

Working with industry, high school, and college partners, this project aims to create a model for a work study-based associates degree in Information Technology. To accomplish this goal, the project will complete three specific aims. First, it will establish an industry-aligned work study model for information technology education. The program of study will align with flexible industry-recognized apprenticeship approaches and enable students to synergistically learn and earn. The curriculum will be designed to provide foundational science, technology, engineering, and mathematics knowledge, balanced with specific technology competencies. The second specific aim is to establish a dual credit information technology pathway for high school students, with professional development to enable high school teachers to teach the dual credit courses. The third specific aim is to publish a technical guide to facilitate replication of the program and pilot the program at Marion Technical College in Ohio. The project has the potential to produce a replicable, flexible work study program designed for the information technology industry that could be implemented nationwide. As a result, it will contribute to building capacity in the nation's cybersecurity workforce.The project goal is to leverage a collaboratively-developed and industry-led curriculum, leading to the creation, pilot, and scaling of an experiential learning model for students in Information Technology (IT) pathways starting in cybersecurity. An Associate Degree in Cybersecurity will be adapted to incorporate the work study experience. Work study orientation in the first year of the program and work study opportunities in the second year will prepare students to enter the workforce upon graduation. Wrap around services, including a comprehensive orientation and intrusive advising will inform students about the details of the program, and support them as they progress through it. Flexible schedules and learning experiences will facilitate student/employer interactions. With guidance from industry, essential skills and job tasks will be identified and moved earlier in the program of study to better prepare students for their work study experiences. Work study placements will include production-level roles that are re-conceptualized to support student completion of a two-year degree. To support veterans, current military codes and skills will be mapped to the curriculum and the project team will provide training and strategies for supporting military and veteran students in the classroom. Following development of the cybersecurity work study model, the program will be scaled to other IT pathways. The project team will collaborate with regional high schools to engage students in IT dual credit pathways. A Cyber Institute recruiting event will raise awareness of and interest in cybersecurity and IT, as well as recruit students into the program. Project components include conducting work readiness activities and providing competency-based modules to high school teachers to credential them to teach dual credit IT courses. The project will develop products that will be disseminated to other institutions, including a new industry-led replicable work study model in IT pathways, Early IT Pathways Initiative for high school, and a technical guide for replication and piloting at other institutions nationwide. This project is funded by NSF's Advanced Technological Education program, which focuses on the education of technicians for the high-technology fields that drive our nation's economy.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.

该项目旨在与行业、高中和大学合作伙伴合作，创建基于工作学习的信息技术副学士学位模型。 为了实现这一目标，该项目将完成三个具体目标。 一是建立面向行业的信息技术教育勤工俭学模式。 该学习计划将与行业认可的灵活学徒方法保持一致，使学生能够协同学习和赚钱。该课程旨在提供基础科学、技术、工程和数学知识，并与特定技术能力相平衡。 第二个具体目标是为高中生建立双学分信息技术途径，并通过专业发展使高中教师能够教授双学分课程。 第三个具体目标是发布一份技术指南，以促进该计划的复制并在俄亥俄州马里恩技术学院试点该计划。该项目有潜力为信息技术行业设计一个可复制、灵活的工作学习计划，并在全国范围内实施。因此，它将有助于建设国家网络安全劳动力的能力。该项目的目标是利用协作开发和行业主导的课程，为从网络安全开始的信息技术 (IT) 途径的学生创建、试点和扩展体验式学习模式。网络安全副学士学位将融入工作学习经验。课程第一年的勤工俭学定向和第二年的勤工助学机会将为学生毕业后进入劳动力市场做好准备。全方位服务，包括全面的指导和侵入性建议，将告知学生该​​计划的详细信息，并在他们完成课程的过程中提供支持。灵活的时间表和学习体验将促进学生/雇主的互动。在行业的指导下，基本技能和工作任务将在学习计划中尽早确定和转移，以便更好地为学生的工作学习经历做好准备。勤工俭学安置将包括重新概念化的生产级角色，以支持学生完成两年制学位。为了支持退伍军人，当前的军事规范和技能将被映射到课程中，项目团队将提供培训和策略，以在课堂上支持军事和退伍军人学生。随着网络安全工作研究模型的开发，该计划将扩展到其他 IT 途径。该项目团队将与地区高中合作，让学生参与 IT 双学分途径。网络学院招聘活动将提高人们对网络安全和 IT 的认识和兴趣，并招募学生加入该计划。项目组成部分包括开展工作准备活动，并向高中教师提供基于能力的模块，以授予他们教授双学分 IT 课程的资格。该项目将开发将传播到其他机构的产品，包括行业主导的新的 IT 路径可复制工作学习模型、高中早期 IT 路径计划以及在全国其他机构复制和试点的技术指南。该项目由 NSF 的先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于驱动我国经济的高科技领域的技术人员的教育。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审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。