South Carolina Advanced Technological Education (SC ATE) Center of Excellence

南卡罗来纳州高级技术教育(SC ATE)卓越中心南卡罗来纳州高级技术教育(SC ATE)卓越中心致力于扩大先进工程技术领域的熟练技术员队伍，以帮助该州和全国的制造业在全球市场上保持竞争力。SC ATE中心寻求创造一个学习环境，模仿新的技术复杂的工作环境，而不是简单地教授它。目标集中在三个广泛的领域，包括课程改革、项目改进和教师发展。课程改革的重点是使用以系统为基础的方法开发综合工程技术核心课程；课程改进包括招聘/保留改革以及为全州课程设计和交付开发电子通信基础设施；教师发展强调使用跨学科/跨校园团队来设计和实施课程改革。SC ATE中心的主要目标受众是注册或希望注册工程技术课程的技术类大学生，这些课程特别强调吸引女性和代表性较低的少数族裔。该中心寻求影响从中学到学士学位水平的教育渠道。其中特别强调的是与克莱姆森大学和其他四年制学院合作，帮助培养未来的中学和中学技术教师。合作伙伴关系包括超过25个教育、政府和商业/工业实体，包括州教育部、克莱姆森大学、南卡罗来纳州立大学、弗吉尼亚社区学院系统、州长数学/科学顾问委员会、州长妇女委员会、SC商务部、AMP公司、BellSouth电信公司、米其林北美公司、Bose公司、Robert Bosch公司和NCR公司。以教育发展学院为首的强大评估部门将促进项目改进过程和课程产品的开发，这将对全国工程技术教育产生重大影响。

South Carolina Advanced Technological Education (SC ATE) Center of Excellence The South Carolina Advanced Technological Education (SC ATE) Center of Excellence addresses expanding the pool of skilled technicians in advanced engineering technology fields to aid the state's and the nation's manufacturing industries in remaining competitive in the global marketplace. The SC ATE Center seeks to create a learning environment which models the new technologically sophisticated work milieu rather than simply teaching about it. Objectives are focused in three broad areas including curriculum reform, program improvement, and faculty development. Curriculum reform centers on developing integrated engineering technology core curricula using a systems-based approach; program improvement encompasses recruitment/retention reforms as well as the development of an electronic communications infrastructure for state-wide curriculum design and delivery; and faculty development emphasizes the use of interdisciplinary/intercampus teams for designing and implementing curriculum reforms. The primary target audience of the SC ATE Center is technical college students enrolled in, or desiring to enroll in, engineering technology programs with a particular emphasis on attracting women and underrepresented minorities. The Center seeks to impact the educational pipeline from middle school through the baccalaureate level. A particular emphasis involves working with Clemson University and other four-year colleges to help prepare the middle and secondary school technology teachers of the future. Collaborative partnerships encompass over twenty-five educational, governmental, and business/industrial entities including the State Department of Education, Clemson University, South Carolina State University, the Virginia Community College System, the Governor's Math/Science Advisory Board, the Governor's Commission on Women, the SC Department of Commerce, AMP, Inc., BellSouth Telecommunications Inc., Michelin North America, Bose Corporation, Robert Bosch Corporation, and NCR Corporation. A strong evaluation component, headed by the Academy for Educational Development, will facilitate the development of program improvement processes and curriculum products which will have a significant impact on engineering technology education nation wide.