Atlanta Technical College Bioscience Emerging Technicians Project

亚特兰大技术学院生物科学新兴技术人员项目的总体愿景是增加亚特兰大大都市地区STEM历史上服务不足的群体对新兴生物科学职业机会的了解。这个为期三年的项目计划让双招生学生参加独特的夏季研讨会，支持行业演讲者系列，提供生物技术公司的图尔斯之旅，并开发第一年的经验研讨会课程。这些经验将旨在教学生的技能，他们将需要在该领域的就业。完成三个学期课程的学生可以获得生物科学技术信用技术证书（TCC）。生物科学新兴技术人员项目将促进学生与大亚特兰大地区生物技术公司雇用的个人之间的直接联系。总的来说，该项目将支持该州不断发展的生物科学产业，为技术人员水平的劳动力需求提供更多的高技能人才。生物科学新兴技术人员项目旨在通过早期将他们与行业代表和现场经验联系起来，增加生物科学领域的双招生学生数量。该项目的目标是：1）招募和招收生物科学技术课程的双招生学生，2）通过专业活动提高对生物科学职业机会的认识，3）与学院的毕业率相比，提高生物科学新兴技术人员课程学生的毕业率。实现这些目标的活动包括为家庭开放房屋，以了解该方案，创建一个夏季生物科学讲习班，修改实验室练习和建立一个第一年的研讨会，重点是生物技术职业探索。该项目还将通过演讲系列和设施现场图尔斯参观以及创建生物科学业务和行业领导团队（BILT）来增加与生物科学行业的接触。该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于推动国家经济的先进技术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。

The overall vision of the Bioscience Emerging Technician project at Atlanta Technical College is to increase the knowledge of emerging bioscience career opportunities among groups historically underserved in STEM in the metropolitan Atlanta area. This three-year project plans to engage dual-enrollment students in unique summer workshops, support an industry speaker’s series, provide tours of biotechnology companies, and develop a first-year experience seminar course. These experiences will be designed to teach students the skills they will need for employment in the field. Students who complete the three-semester program can earn a Bioscience Technology Technical Certificate of Credit (TCC). The Bioscience Emerging Technicians Project will facilitate the direct connection between students and individuals employed in biotechnology companies in the greater Atlanta area. Overall this project will support the state's growing bioscience industry with an expanded pool of highly skilled individuals for technician-level workforce needs.The Bioscience Emerging Technicians project aims to increase the number of dual enrollment students in the field of bioscience by connecting them early with industry representatives and on-site experiences. The project goals are to 1) recruit and enroll dual- enrollment students in the bioscience technology program, 2) increase awareness of bioscience career opportunities through specialized activities, and 3) increase the graduation rate of Bioscience Emerging Technician Program students in comparison to the college's graduation rate. Activities to reach these goals include open-houses for families to learn about the program, the creation of a summer bioscience workshop, the revision of laboratory exercises and the establishment of a first-year seminar focused on biotechnology career exploration. The project will also increase engagement with bioscience industry via a speaker’s series and on-site tours of facilities and the creation of a Bioscience business and industry leadership team (BILT). 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.