Mayor's Youth Technology Corps - Creating Safe Communities Through Information Technology Training in Homeland Security Applications

东密歇根大学（EMU）、底特律国土安全与应急管理（CDHSEM）和底特律公立学校（DPS）提议在密歇根州底特律市开展为期三年的市长青年技术队（MYTC）项目。MYTC项目提供资源、支持和机会的合作，以加强科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教育的努力。MYTC项目将从底特律大都会区所有高中招募100名学生。他们将在两年期间接受约250小时的培训，并获得信息技术和地理信息系统与技术（GIS/T）方面的实践经验。他们还将在底特律城市部门或承包商参加暑期实习，参与一个现实世界的项目，通过这个项目，他们可以锻炼自己的技能。他们将由杰出的GIS/T和IT研究人员、技术专家和教育工作者进行监督。此外，对于那些希望获得深入知识和技能的学生，将提供130小时的计算机取证高级培训。该项目将提供非正式的STEM学习机会，并将其与大学经历联系起来。此外，合作涉及大学技术研究人员、非正式教育机构、课后项目和家长联系、安全相关机构和行业以及公立学校。该项目旨在为执法、消防、应急管理和国土安全领域的专业GIS/T和IT职业提供学术基础和尖端技术技能。完成课程后，学生将获得由世界领先的GIS/T软件设计和开发商环境系统研究所（ESRI）和东密歇根大学联合颁发的结业证书。该证书得到GIS/T行业的认可和尊重，对学生就业有帮助。除了显著增强STEM能力外，学生还将学习应用程序开发、沟通、解决问题和批判性思维、领导能力和团队合作、道德和责任等现实生活技能。EMU已经开始与底特律公立学校就三个IT-CSTM培训模块的双注册（EMU- dps）进行讨论。在完成这些培训后，学生将有机会获得九(9)个小时的大学学分，以推进他们在东密歇根大学技术学院的高等教育。

Eastern Michigan University (EMU), the City of Detroit Homeland Security and Emergency Management (CDHSEM), and Detroit Public Schools (DPS) are proposing the three-year Mayor's Youth Technology Corps (MYTC) Project in Detroit, MI. The MYTC project offers a collaboration of resources, support, and opportunities for strengthening science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education efforts. The MYTC project will recruit 100 students from all high schools in Metropolitan Detroit. They will receive about 250 hours training and hands-on experience in IT and geographic information system and technology (GIS/T) during a two-year period. They will also participate in a summer internship in a Detroit city department or contractor to work on a real-world project, through which they practice their skills. They will be supervised by distinguished GIS/T and IT researchers, technologists, and educators. Moreover, 130 hours advanced training in Computer Forensics will be provided as an option for those students who want to gain in-depth knowledge and skill. This project will provide informal STEM learning opportunities, and linkages to college experiences. Moreover, the collaboration involves university technology researchers, informal education agencies, after-school programs and parental connections, security-concerned agencies and industries, and public schools. The project is designed to provide academic foundations and cutting-edge technical skills for professional GIS/T and IT careers in law enforcement, fire fighting, emergency management, and homeland security. Upon completion of the program, the students will receive a Completion Certificate jointly issued by the Environmental System Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI), the world's leading GIS/T software designer and developer, and Eastern Michigan University. This certificate, which is recognized and respected by the GIS/T industry, will help students in seeking employment. In addition to significantly strengthening STEM aptitudes, students will learn real-life skills in application development, communication, problem-solving and critical thinking, leadership and teamwork, ethics, and responsibility. EMU has begun discussions with the Detroit Public Schools about dual enrollment (EMU-DPS) for three IT-CSTM training modules. Upon completing these trainings, students will have an option to receive nine (9) hours of college credit toward advancing their higher education at the College of Technology, Eastern Michigan University.