Building a Pipeline of Biodiesel Technicians for Careers in Fields and Cities

为田野和城市的职业建立生物柴油技术人员的管道

• 批准号: 2000329
• 负责人: Christopher Reynolds
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Lewis and Clark Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-07-01 至 2023-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2000329&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Building; Pipeline; Biodiesel; Technicians; Careers

This project will develop a diesel/biodiesel certificate track in the Associate of Applied Technologies in Automotive Technology degree. This track is intended to address regional needs for diesel technicians who have the specialized technical skills needed to support current and emerging agricultural and urban applications. Employers across Illinois and the country have an urgent need for skilled diesel mechanics and there is a growing need for a workforce that can plan, design, build, and repair transportation systems and energy-efficient vehicles. The project will increase student interest in next-generation diesel technician careers by implementing strategies to serve underrepresented and underserved students with a dual focus on rural and urban schools. By preparing students for careers in high-growth technical fields, the project has the potential to advance innovative methods for meeting the nation's changing employment needs. This project will generate evidence regarding effective practices for using learning communities in rural technician education. Outreach and recruiting efforts will replicate successful efforts from other ATE projects that have been successful in engaging underrepresented students. Results will be disseminated throughout Illinois and to the ATE community. The project supports ATE’s focus on rural technician education aligned with in-demand careers. The goal of the project is to develop pathways to next-generation diesel/biodiesel technologies careers with a primary focus on providing a skilled workforce equipped to fill jobs in rural and urban sectors. The objectives of the project are: 1) implement a new diesel/biodiesel technology pathway program with stackable credentials; 2) train secondary and post-secondary faculty to recruit students, implement curriculum and instruction, collaborate with industry, and support rural and urban student success in technician education and careers; and 3) increase partnerships with rural and urban diesel technology employers to expand career opportunities for students and meet local and regional workforce needs. The project will improve student outcomes by providing secondary school educators with professional development and customized skill-training modules, emphasizing dual-enrollment courses, leveraging partnerships to provide students with 21st century work-based learning, and aligning curricula with industry standards. The project intends to produce these deliverables: aligned curriculum, new courses and a certificate in diesel/biodiesel technology, stackable credentials leading to college degrees, work-based learning, and recruitment and outreach collateral designed to engage underrepresented students. Graduates will be ready for work with industry partners, thus contributing to the nation's skilled technical workforce. Project materials and results will be widely shared and disseminated through statewide and national meetings. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the 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.

该项目将在汽车技术学位的Applied Technology助理中开发柴油/生物柴油证书曲目。该曲目旨在满足柴油技术专家的区域需求，这些技术专家具有支持当前和新兴的农业和城市应用所需的专业技术技能。伊利诺伊州和该国的雇主迫切需要熟练的柴油机械师，并且越来越需要计划，设计，建造和维修运输系统和节能车辆的劳动力。该项目将通过实施为代表性不足和服务不足的学生提供策略，以双重关注粗糙和城市学校的策略来提高学生对下一代柴油技术职业的兴趣。通过为学生在高增长技术领域的职业生涯做好准备，该项目有可能提高创新方法，以满足国家不断变化的员工需求。该项目将为在粗糙的技术教育中使用学习社区的有效实践提供证据。推广和招聘工作将复制其他ATE项目的成功努力，这些项目成功地吸引了代表性不足的学生。结果将在整个伊利诺伊州和Ate社区中传播。该项目支持ATE对与需求职业保持一致的粗略技术教育的关注。该项目的目的是开发通往下一代柴油/生物柴油技术职业的途径，主要重点是提供一支熟练的劳动力队伍，这些劳动力人员配备了填补粗糙和城市部门的工作。该项目的目标是：1）实施具有可堆叠凭据的新柴油/生物柴油技术途径计划； 2）培训次级和大专院校，以招募学生，实施课程和教学，与行业合作，并为技术教育和职业的粗暴和城市学生的成功提供支持； 3）增加与粗糙和城市柴油技术雇主的伙伴关系，以扩大学生的职业机会，并满足当地和地区的劳动力需求。该项目将通过为中学教育提供专业发展和定制的技能培训模块，强调双重注册课程，利用合作伙伴关系为学生提供21世纪的基于工作的学习，并使课程与行业标准保持一致。该项目旨在生产这些可交付成果：结盟课程，新课程和柴油/生物柴油技术证书，可堆叠的证书，导致大学学位，基于工作的学习以及旨在吸引人数不足的学生的招聘和宣传抵押品。毕业生将准备与行业合作伙伴合作，从而为国家熟练的技术劳动力做出贡献。项目材料和结果将通过全州和国家会议广泛共享和传播。该项目由高级技术教育计划提供资金，该计划的重点是推动国家经济的高级技术领域的技术教育。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用该基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来评估NSF的法定任务。