Preparing Students for Advances in Transportation that Utilize Alternative Energy Sources

加州里约热内卢Hondo学院将与麻省理工学院高级汽车技术中心（CAAT）、其他专注于交通或能源的麻省理工学院中心以及地区和当地雇主合作，进一步开发并提供新创建的电动/混合动力/燃料电池技术副学士学位。该项目将以该机构与当地学校、公司、劳动力投资委员会（WIB’s）、加州就业发展部（EDD）、州长绿色团队和加州能源委员会建立的专业知识和伙伴关系为基础。它将创建和评估基于工作的学习工具的改进模型，以确保学生更成功，并增加技术劳动力的多样性。该项目将集成高性能电子技术、计算机管理技能和先进的技术诊断技能，使学生在帮助学院服务区域的不同高中人口的同时，具有很高的就业能力。它将鼓励学生继续他们的教育，并获得两年制和四年制的技术学位。该项目将开发一个清晰明确的途径，使来自不同背景的高中生能够进入一种新的汽车和能源技术人员培训形式。它还将创造通往科学副学士学位的职业道路，该学位可转移到机械工程或电气工程的科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）领域的铰接大学，这些学位过去通常与汽车技术人员无关。该项目将在学院、高中和大学合作伙伴中采用创新的教学策略，整合基于STEM的高性能能源课程。它将跟踪新的混合动力/电力/燃料电池技术员项目的学生，以确保他们毕业时有足够的学习和工作经验，以胜任电力/混合动力/燃料电池技术员的工作，并将使用制造商支持的行业认证和对教师的技术培训。工业合作伙伴将为技术人员提供实习机会和受监督的工作经验，使毕业生在找到工作后能够取得成功。该项目将展示在职业和技术教育（CTE）领域使用跨学科和应用方法的STEM学习方面的显着改善。解决问题的能力和技术能力将通过该课程得到提高，因为它将结合基于工作的技能，明确定义的职业道路，以及行业要求员工的可堆叠证书。一个面向13岁学生的暑期能源学院将老师和学生聚集在一起，建立和测试最新的替代能源技术。

In partnership with the ATE Center for Advanced Automotive Technology (CAAT), other ATE Centers that focus on transportation or energy, and regional and local employers, Rio Hondo College in California will further develop and offer a newly created Electric/Hybrid/ Fuel-Cell Technician Associate Degree. The project will build on the expertise and partnerships the institution has developed with local schools, companies, Workforce Investment Boards (WIB's), the State of California Employment Development Department (EDD), the Governor's Green Team, and the California Energy Commission. It will create and evaluate improved models for work-based learning tools to assure students are more successful and to increase diversity in the technical work force. The project will integrate high-performance electronics, computer management skills, and advanced technology diagnostic skills that make students highly employable while assisting the diverse high school population in the service area served by the college. It will encourage students to continue their education and attain two and four year technology degrees. The project will develop a clear and defined pathway that will allow articulated high school students from diverse backgrounds to enter a new form of automobile and energy technician training. It will also create the career pathway to an Associate of Science degree that is transferable to articulated universities in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) areas of Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering, degrees not commonly associated with the automobile technician in the past. The project will integrate a high-performance STEM based energy curriculum using innovative teaching strategies at the college and high school and university partners. It will track students in the new Hybrid/Electric/Fuel-Cell Technician program to assure that they graduate with sufficient learning and work experience to qualify for employment as an Electric/Hybrid/ Fuel-Cell Technician and will use manufacturers' supported industry certifications and technical training for faculty. Industrial partners will provide internships and supervised work experience for technicians that allow graduates to be successful when they secure employment. The project will demonstrate significant improvement in the STEM learning using interdisciplinary and applied approaches to areas of Career and Technical Education (CTE). Problem solving and technical skills will be enhanced by this curriculum as it will integrate work-based skills, clearly defined career pathways, and stackable certificates that industry demands from employees. A Summer Energy Academy for 13 year old students brings teachers and students together to build and test the latest alternative energy technology.