Creating Career Pathways for the Bioprocessing and Biofuels Industry

该项目将社区学院、高中、四年制大学以及生物加工和生物燃料行业的代表聚集在一起，为生物加工和生物燃料行业创造职业途径。八个行业驱动的工作指南和技能评估与劳动部的前期资金开发提供了在以下职业领域创建二十（20）个职业道路的基础：实验室技术人员，质量控制/质量保证，过程控制，维护和工程。职业途径正在付诸行动，通过实施新的并行招生和衔接协议之间的印第安山社区学院（IHCC），三所高中，和三个4年制机构。目前正在与行业伙伴签订正式实习协议。十一个半天的专业发展研讨会和一（1）在IHCC的“辅导员日”活动分组会议正在提供教育学术顾问，高中辅导员，教师和管理人员如何使用职业途径作为工具在高中和社区大学水平的职业咨询。三名IHCC教员正在获得认证，以同时注册的方式在高中一级教授生物工程和工程方面的项目带路课程。该项目产生的可交付成果和合作模式适用于这些行业蓬勃发展的整个上中西部地区，职业途径正在通过与生物链接（NSF ATE资源中心）的合作关系分发给所有感兴趣的高中，社区学院和4年制机构，以帮助维持这一快速增长的行业。

This project is creating career pathways for the bioprocessing and biofuels industry by bringing representatives of the community college, high schools, four-year colleges and bioprocessing and biofuels industry together. Eight industry-driven job guides and skill assessments developed with prior funds from the Department of Labor are providing the groundwork for the creation of twenty (20) career pathways in the following career areas: Laboratory Technicians, Quality Control/Quality Assurance, Process Control, Maintenance, and Engineering. The career pathways are being put into action by implementing new concurrent enrollment and articulation agreements between Indian Hills Community College (IHCC), three high schools, and three 4-year institutions. Formal internship agreements with industry partners are being developed. Eleven half-day professional development workshops and one (1) breakout session at IHCC's "Counselor's Day" event are being offered to educate academic advisors, high school counselors, teachers, and administrators on how to use the career pathways as tools for career counseling at the high school and community college level. Three IHCC instructors are being certified to teach Project Lead the Way courses in bioengineering and engineering at the high school level as concurrent enrollment. The deliverables and models for partnering that result from this project are applicable throughout the upper Midwest where these industries are flourishing, and the career pathways are being distributed to all interested high schools, community colleges, and 4-year institutions through a partnership with Bio-Link, an NSF ATE Resource Center, in an effort to help sustain this rapidly growing industry.