Development for a Model for Community College Leadership in Providing Opportunities for Disadvantaged High School Students in Science-based Careers

科学/技术行业和周围的洛杉矶贸易技术学院（LATTC）的服务区长期以来创造了化学技术人员的需求，大大超过了我们的化学技术计划的毕业生人数。我们学校的化学技术课程在准备和培训毕业生作为应用化学/物理学的高技能技术人员立即就业方面有32年的历史，并为寻求学士学位的学生提供了充分的基础。雇主和教师都认识到，由于高中准备不足，许多申请人没有资格参加该计划，特别是那些来自市中心学校和移民背景的少数民族的申请人，该计划的效果不如预期。雇主也拒绝了许多寻求工作的高中申请者，因为他们在学术上严重缺乏应对工作环境的能力。我们正试图通过启动一个高中科学技术计划来解决这个问题，该计划基于美国化学学会资助的项目产品“技术世界中的科学”，与当地雇主，学院和内城高中联盟。我们的目标是开发一种模式，通过这种模式，两年制大学可以在鼓励弱势高中生选择科学和以科学为基础的技术职业的推广计划中发挥领导作用。我们的目标是确保：（1）180名高中生通过参加该方案，基础科学和技术知识增加10%;（2）完成该培训计划的学生中有20%在完成高中教育后进入社区大学为期两年的科学技术课程，（3）来自同一所学校的六名高中科学教师完成了科学知识和技能培训计划的职业应用，和（4）所有参与的学生完成仪器仪表和数学实验室的介绍，为他们的行业工作环境做好准备，或两个-年大学化学为基础的技术计划。

The science/technology industries in and around the service area of Los Angeles Trade Technical College (LATTC) have long created a demand for chemical technicians that greatly exceeded the number of graduates from our Chemical Technology program. The Chemical Technology program at our school has a thirty-two year track record in the preparation and training of its graduates for immediate employment as highly skilled technicians in applied chemistry/physics, as well as in providing an adequate foundation for students seeking bachelors' degrees. Employers, as well as faculty, recognize the program is rendered less effective than it should be by the many applicants who fail to qualify for the program as a result of inadequate high school preparation, especially those from inner city schools and minorities of immigrant backgrounds. Employers also reject many high school applicants seeking work, as they are grossly ill equipped academically to handle the workplace environment. We are attempting to remedy the problem by launching a high school science technology program based on Science in a Technical World, a NSF-funded project product from the American Chemical Society, with an alliance of local employers, the college, and the inner city high schools. Our goal is to develop a model by which two-year colleges can take a leadership role in outreach programs which encourage disadvantaged high school students to choose science and science-based technology careers. Our objectives are to assure that: (1) 180 high school students demonstrate a 10% increase in basic science and technical knowledge through participation in this program; (2) 20% of students completing this training program enter a two-year science-based technology program at a community college upon completion of their high school education, (3) six high school science teachers from the same schools complete a vocational applications of science knowledge and skills training program, and (4) all participating students complete an introduction to instrumentation and a math lab that prepares them for the industry work environment or a two-year college chemistry-based technology program.