Towards a Competency-Based High School Dual Credit Pathway for Advanced Manufacturing Technicians

先进制造技术的培训有助于学生为工业中高需求的技术岗位做好准备。威斯康星州东北部的区域制造商对技术人员的新学术途径感兴趣，以满足该地区日益增长的需求。能力为基础的教育（CBE）通过使熟练的学生比传统的基于学分的教学交付模式更容易进入劳动力市场，从而满足行业技术人员的需求。湖岸技术学院在实施CBE技术教育项目方面一直处于全州领先地位。CBE是一种教学模式，在这种模式中，学生按照自己的节奏学习，证明他们已经达到了一套被行业重视的特定技能的高水平能力。该项目将为一所新的特许学校的高中学生制定并实施双重招生计划，以帮助学生掌握维修、工业4.0和焊接技术。高中教师的专业发展将为教师提供获得行业认可的证书的机会，以培训学生掌握先进的制造技术。针对该地区高中生的招聘活动将为学生提供了解技术人员职业、基于工作的学习计划和先进制造技术的机会。该项目应该引起技术教育界的兴趣，因为它将促进有关如何在技术教育中实施CBE以及如何将概念掌握用于高中学生的知识。该项目的总体目标是通过追求三个目标来满足该地区对熟练的先进制造技术人员的关键需求。首先是与商业和行业领导团队（BILT）协商，在先进制造业创建CBE双注册计划。二是通过CBE培训教员使用先进制造技术。第三是招收高中生，以增加技术人员的储备，重点是来自代表性不足群体的学生。BILT将审查和评估先进制造课程，以确保维修，工业4.0和焊接途径中的能力代表了先进制造技术职位所需的知识，技能和能力。社区学院的教师将作为特许学校教师的导师，并在教学期间作为课堂资源，直到特许学校教师完成所需的认证，并能够独立地在每个教育途径中讲授所有课程。针对高中生的招聘活动将包括年度营销计划、训练营以及与地区组织合作的活动，以帮助学生了解先进制造业的职业机会。项目对学生参与项目的影响将通过机构数据、在线调查和焦点小组进行评估。CBE模式和项目成果将通过威斯康星特许学校资源中心、俄勒冈州立大学中心和俄勒冈州立大学PI会议进行共享和传播。该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于为推动国家经济的先进技术领域培养技术人员。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。

Training in advanced manufacturing technologies helps prepare students for technician positions that are in high demand in industry. Regional manufacturers in northeast Wisconsin are interested in new academic pathways for technicians to meet this growing demand in the region. Competency-based education (CBE) addresses industry technician needs by preparing skilled students to enter the workforce with less difficulty than traditional credit-based instructional delivery modes. Lakeshore Technical College has been a state-wide leader in the implementation of CBE for technical education programs. CBE is an instructional model in which students, learning at their own pace, demonstrate that they have achieved a high level of competency for a specific set of skills that are valued by industry. This project will develop and implement a dual enrollment program for high school students at a new charter school to help students achieve competencies with maintenance, Industry 4.0, and welding technologies. Professional development for high school teachers will provide an opportunity for teachers to earn industry-recognized certifications for training students in advanced manufacturing technologies. Recruiting activities for high school students in the region will provide opportunities for students to learn about technician careers, work-based learning programs, and advanced manufacturing technologies. The project should be of interest to the technical education community as it will advance knowledge about how to implement CBE in technical education and how mastery of concepts can be used for high school students.The overall goal of this project is to address the critical demand in the region for skilled advanced manufacturing technicians by pursuing three objectives. First is to create a CBE dual enrollment program in advanced manufacturing in consultation with a Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT). Second is to train instructors in the use of advanced manufacturing technologies with CBE. Third is to recruit high school students to increase the pipeline of technicians with an emphasis on students from underrepresented groups. The BILT will review and evaluate the advanced manufacturing curriculum to ensure that the competencies within the maintenance, Industry 4.0, and welding pathways represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for advanced manufacturing technician positions. Community college faculty will serve as mentors for charter school instructors and serve as a class resource during instruction until charter school instructors complete required certifications and are able to independently deliver all coursework in each educational pathway. Recruitment activities for high school students will include an annual marketing plan, bootcamps, and events in collaboration with regional organizations to help students understand the career opportunities in advanced manufacturing. The impact of the project on student engagement in the program will be assessed using institutional data, online surveys, and focus groups. The CBE model and project results will be shared and disseminated through the Wisconsin Resource Center for charter schools, ATE Central, and the ATE PI Conference. 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.