An Enhanced Science and Technology Educator Training Institute: Helping Teachers and Faculty Motivate, Recruit and Train the 21st Century Science and Technology Workforce

为了满足三个相互关联和优先考虑的地区需求，蒙哥马利县社区学院正在创建一个“增强型科技教育者培训学院”。该项目正在支持地区性努力，以提高高中和社区大学学生对科学技术教育的兴趣、广度和质量，并补充其他正在进行的项目/计划。教育者培训学院(ETI)正在增加寻求科学和技术职业的学生的数量、多样性和准备，以满足地区劳动力需求。该研究所的学科重点是生物技术和工程学。该研究所正在为科学和技术教育工作者提供实践实验室体验，促进教育工作者、行业专业人员和大学教育专业学生在职业生涯早期建立联系和共享资源，通过提供实验室用品和设备来增强高中和大学实验室活动的影响，并协助将实验室技术融入课堂。通过影响教育工作者，该项目正在增加从事和精通科学技术的学生数量，以填补该地区目前和未来的技术劳动力管道，并增加劳动力和教师/教师职位的多样性。

In response to three interrelated and priority regional needs, Montgomery County Community College is creating an "Enhanced Science & Technology Educator Training Institute". This project is supporting regional efforts to increase interest in, and breadth and quality of, science and technology education for students in high schools and community colleges, and complements other ongoing projects/programs. The Educator Training Institute (ETI) is increasing the number, diversity, and preparedness of students pursuing science and technology careers to meet regional workforce demands. The disciplinary focus of the Institute is biotechnology and engineering. The Institute is providing science and technology educators hands-on laboratory experiences, fostering connections and sharing of resources between educators, industry professionals, and college-level education majors early in their career path, enhancing the impact of high school and college laboratory activities by providing laboratory supplies and equipment, and assisting in integrating laboratory technology into classrooms. By impacting educators, the project is increasing the number of students that are engaged in, and well versed in science and technology to fill the current and future technical workforce pipeline for the region, and is increasing diversity in both the workforce, and in teaching/faculty positions.