Expanding Career and Educational Learning in Information Technology (EXCEL-IT)

对科学，技术，工程和数学职业感兴趣的学生发现从高中到社区大学再到四年制学位课程的过渡特别具有挑战性。在高中早期的大学和双学分课程可以支持学生成功过渡到大学水平的工作。在信息技术（EXCEL-IT）项目扩大职业和教育学习将准备在华盛顿州的一个多样化和经济挑战的地区超过900名高中学生的大学水平的工作。 该项目将涉及在高中由受过培训的，经过认证的和得到良好支持的教师使用混合在线/课堂结构教授的双招生IT课程。学生将能够获得高中和大学学分，并参加行业认可的证书的免费认证考试。 该项目将有助于2+2+2 STEM学位途径的发展，并得到华盛顿州社区和技术学院委员会的支持。 该项目的目标是直接解决合格的IT专业人员日益短缺的问题，并为高中和大学提供有用的数据和实践，以招募和培养更多、更多样化的学生从事IT职业。

Students with an interest in science, technology, engineering, and math careers find transitions from high school to community college to four year degree programs to be particularly challenging. Early college and dual-credit programs in high school can support students in successfully transitioning to college-level work. The Expanding Career and Educational Learning in Information Technology (EXCEL-IT) project will prepare for college-level work over 900 high school students in a diverse and economically-challenged area of Washington State. The project will involve dual-enrollment IT courses taught in high schools by trained, certified, and well-supported instructors using a hybrid online/classroom structure. Students will be able to earn both high school and college credit, as well as take free certification exams for industry-recognized credentials. This project will contribute to the development of a 2+2+2 STEM degree pathway, with support from the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. The goal of the project is to directly address the growing shortage of qualified IT professionals and generate useful data and practices for high schools and colleges to recruit and prepare a larger and more diverse body of students for IT careers.