Bio-Link ATE National Resource Center

Bio-Link——ATE生物技术中心——正在转型为ATE国家资源中心。该项目的重点是：(1)完善Bio-Link的最佳国家实践；(2)在Bio-Link的优势基础上实施一种新的区域和地方工作方法。总之，这些实践巩固和扩大了Bio-Link作为促进全国社区和技术学院生物技术技术人员教育的国家资源的地位。Bio-Link的国家中心由旧金山城市学院（CCSF）主办，为区域中心网络提供领导，使用协调的国家战略和地方实施。区域中心位于全国的两年制大学：东北（新罕布什尔社区技术学院）；东南（Alamance社区学院）；中北部（麦迪逊地区技术学院）；中南部（奥斯汀社区学院）；西北（海岸社区学院）；北加州（CCSF）；和西南。Bio-Link的使命是加强和扩大全国两年制大学的生物技术技术人员教育，以便：(1)增加劳动力中训练有素的技术人员的数量和多样性；（二）满足行业对经过适当培训的技术人员的需要；(3)使社区大学的教育实践制度化，使所有学生都能获得现代、高质量的生物技术概念、技能和伦理教育。Bio-Link通过以下方式支持其使命：(1)为学生和技术人员提供支持；(2)改善教学；(3)共享信息和资源；(4)促进合作和伙伴关系。Bio-Link正在继续几个国家的做法：网站（经过适当的改进和不断更新）；在线课程和教学资料交换中心；国家纵向计划调查和在线目录。它开始了三项新的努力：发展国家设备注册，创建学生和教师实习计划，以及寻求与其他ATE中心和项目的跨学科合作伙伴关系。Bio-Link的新方法在本质上是区域性和地方性的。区域中心提供的服务和产品基于Bio-Link已证实的优势，但最有效的是根据当地需求量身定制：专业发展研讨会；教学培训和使用行业讲师；短期课程;课程开发;还有发音辅助。这个项目的知识价值在于其对生物技术的关注，这是一个多学科的行业，在当今的气候下值得关注，对国土安全和健康的威胁迫在眉睫，医学发展迅速。此外，该行业为技术人员提供了快速晋升到高薪职位的机会。就更广泛的影响而言，Bio-Link通过其网络内开发的材料和技术影响了一般的科学教育。与合作伙伴一起，它激发了行业对聘用社区大学毕业生的兴趣，并为未被充分代表的人群打开了大门。Bio-Link正在扩大其尖端资源的广泛传播，以改善教学实践和教育机会。

Bio-Link -- the ATE Center for Biotechnology - is transitioning to an ATE National Resource Center. This project focuses on (1) refining Bio-Link's best national practices and (2) implementing a new approach to regional and local work that builds upon Bio-Link's strengths. Together, these practices consolidate and expand Bio-Link's position as a national resource for advancing the education of biotechnology technicians at community and technical colleges nationwide. Bio-Link's National Center, hosted by City College of San Francisco (CCSF), provides leadership to a network of Regional Centers using a coordinated national strategy with local implementation. The Regional Centers reside at two-year colleges nationwide: Northeast (New Hampshire Community Technical College); Southeast (Alamance Community College); North Central (Madison Area Technical College); South Central (Austin Community College); Northwest (Shoreline Community College); Northern California (CCSF); and Southwest. Bio-Link's mission is to strengthen and expand biotechnology technician education at two-year colleges throughout the nation in order to (1) increase the number and diversity of well-trained technicians in the workforce; (2) meet the needs of industry for appropriately trained technicians; and (3) institutionalize community college educational practices that make modern, high-quality education in the concepts, skills, and ethics of biotechnology available to all students. Bio-Link supports its mission through: (1) providing support for students and technicians; (2) improving instruction and learning; (3) sharing information and resources; and (4) fostering collaborations and partnerships. Bio-Link is continuing several national practices: the Web Site (with appropriate refinements and continual updating); the online Curriculum and Instructional Materials Clearinghouse; and the National Longitudinal Program Survey and online directory. It is beginning three new endeavors: development of a national equipment registry, creation of a student and faculty internship program, and pursuit of cross-disciplinary partnerships with other ATE Centers and projects. Bio-Link's new approach is both regional and local in nature. The Regional Centers provide services and products that build on Bio-Link's proven strengths but that are most effective when tailored to local needs: professional development workshops; pedagogical training and use of industry instructors; short courses; curriculum development; and articulation assistance. The intellectual merit of this project resides in its focus on biotechnology, a multidisciplinary industry that warrants significant attention in today's climate, one in which threats against homeland security and health loom large and in which medicine evolves with great speed. Moreover, the industry provides technicians with opportunities to advance rapidly into high-wage positions. With respect to broader impacts, Bio-Link, has influenced science education in general through materials and techniques developed within its network. With its partners, it has piqued industry's interest in hiring community college graduates, and has opened doors for underrepresented populations. Bio-Link is expanding its broad dissemination of cutting-edge resources to improve teaching practice and educational access.