FLATE: Florida's Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence

佛罗里达州高级技术教育(FLATE)中心是全州范围内的高级技术教育区域中心，支持制造业及其相关技术部门。该项目包括三个目标，作为FLAATE努力的延伸和扩展：实施全州统一的制造业教育体系，使制造业教育成为优化技术人员准备的融合课程；为高中、社区大学、行业和立法机构提供有效的拓展平台，提供有关佛罗里达州制造业教育的要求和影响的信息；为STEM教育工作者提供职业发展机会，以发展、完善和认证他们在制造业及其使能技术方面的知识。智力优势：FLAATE的重点是三个重要领域：(I)课程：科学助理(A.S.)工程技术学位已经整合了国家MSSC-CPT认证和制造技能标准委员会认证的生产技术员证书。这是第一次在全州范围内获得国家行业证书。(Ii)专业发展：工程技术论坛是协作专业发展的典范。该论坛在佛罗里达州不同的州立和社区学院举行会议，会议议程灵活，可满足学院系统内的各种需求。(3)外联：佛罗里达制造运动是Flate屡获殊荣的传播平台，以www.madeiforida.org作为其公共信息窗口。《佛罗里达制造》综合了行业旅游、视频、STEM学生/教师夏令营、职业道路、表彰奖项、以学生为中心的网站、外展/传播活动、Flate Focus(每月时事通讯)和全州广告，所有这些都得到了佛罗里达州行业的部分支持。更广泛的影响：Flate对佛罗里达州技术教育的更广泛方面产生了重大影响。它开发了一种方法，用于过滤佛罗里达州教育部委托FLATE申请的基于工程技术的新项目提交的课程、证书和学位项目内容。Flate已经展示了一种社区大学直接与劳动力佛罗里达州支持的班纳中心合作的有效方式，以优化全州范围内的技术劳动力教育和培训努力。它已将佛罗里达州制造商协会纳入一项宣传活动，该活动有助于将制造业职业提升为佛罗里达州经济福祉所必需的。它还开辟了一条通往ET A.S.学位项目的途径，允许高中生在攻读A.S.学位时获得15个学分。

The Florida Advanced Technological Education (FLATE) Center is a statewide ATE Regional Center for Advanced Technological Education that supports manufacturing and its related technology sectors. This project includes three goals as an extension and expansion of FLATE's efforts to: implement a statewide unified education system for manufacturing so that manufacturing education is a convergent curriculum that optimizes technician preparation; provide an effective outreach platform for high school, community college, industry, and legislature access, providing information about the requirement for and impact of manufacturing education in Florida; and present professional development opportunities for STEM educators to develop, refine, and certify their knowledge within manufacturing and its enabling technologies.Intellectual Merit: FLATE's focus is on three important areas: (i) Curriculum: The Associate of Science (A.S.) degree in Engineering Technology has integrated the national MSSC-CPT certification and the Manufacturing Skills Standards Council Certified Production Technician credential. This represents the first statewide articulation for a national industry credential. (ii) Professional Development: The Engineering Technology Forum is an exemplary model for collaborative professional development. The Forum meets at different Florida State and Community Colleges with a flexible agenda that meets a variety of needs within the College system. (iii) Outreach: The Made in Florida campaign is FLATE's award-winning dissemination platform that uses as its public information window www.madeinflorida.org . Made in Florida is a comprehensive combination of industry tours, videos, STEM student/teacher summer camps, career pathways, recognition awards, student-focused web site, outreach/dissemination events, FLATE FOCUS (a monthly newsletter), and statewide advertorials that are all partially supported by Florida industry. Broader Impacts: FLATE makes a significant impact on the broader aspects of technical education in Florida. It has developed a method for filtering course, certificate, and degree program content that the Florida Department of Education has delegated to FLATE to apply to new Engineering Technology- based program submissions. FLATE has demonstrated an effective way for community colleges to work directly with Workforce Florida - supported Banner Centers in order to optimize technical workforce education and training efforts statewide. It has included the Manufacturers Association of Florida in an awareness campaign that is instrumental in elevating manufacturing careers as necessary for Florida's economic well being. It has also created a pathway to the ET A.S. Degree program that allows high school students to earn 15 credit hours toward the A.S. Degree.