CT-EnTICE: Chemical Technology - Enrolling Technicians and Improving Community Engagement

开普费尔社区学院(CFCC)将开发“化学技术招收技术人员和提高社区参与度”计划(CT-Entice)。项目活动将建立一条从地区高中到CFCC化学技术计划的途径，并将改善CFCC的技术人员教育。项目活动包括一项由仪器贷款计划支持的高中科学项目竞赛。这项活动建立在过去国家科学基金会ATE资助的CFCC工作(W.A.T.E.R.S.项目，1003564号奖项)的基础上，并将与当地工业合作伙伴进行协调。它将在行业需求的背景下为高中生带来课堂上的技术和研究丰富的教育体验。CT-Entice将支持兼职化学技术联络员接触当地企业和行业，与CFCC服务领域的行业建立新的合作伙伴关系。CT-Entice将利用在W.A.T.E.R.S项目中学到的关于社区积极参与的知识，并将行业合作伙伴作为其外联活动的积极参与者。CT-Entice和社区科学项目得到了业界的热情支持，所学到的将改善CFCC的技术人员教育。该项目的预期成果是CFCC化学技术项目(产生了应用科学协会)与社区在多个层面上更紧密的合作伙伴关系：高中生、社区公民和当地行业代表。最终，该项目将增加CFCC化学技术项目的招生人数，扩大其社区合作伙伴的数量，并加强其与行业的关系。许多目标高中都有相当数量的经济困难学生，因此通过CT-Entice提高对CFCC化学技术项目的认识可能会引导这些学生走上经济繁荣的道路。项目评估将衡量参与者对化学技术职业的看法和看法的变化，以及他们对该计划的认识。结果将通过ATE社区传播。

Cape Fear Community College (CFCC) will develop the "Chemical Technology-Enrolling Technicians and Improving Community Engagement" program (CT-EnTICE). Project activities will build a pathway from regional high schools to the CFCC chemical technology program, and will improve technician education at CFCC. Project activities include a high school science project competition supported by an instrumentation loan program. This activity builds on past NSF ATE-funded work at CFCC (Project W.A.T.E.R.S., Award# 1003564), and will be coordinated with local industrial partners. It will bring a technology and research-rich educational experience in the context of industry needs to high school students in their classrooms. CT-EnTICE will support a part-time chemical technology liaison to reach out to local business and industry to build new partnerships with industry in CFCC's service area.CT-EnTICE will leverage what was learned during Project W.A.T.E.R.S. regarding positive community engagement and will incorporate industrial partners as active participants in its outreach activities. There is enthusiastic industry support for CT-EnTICE and the community science projects, and what is learned will improve technician education at CFCC. Anticipated outcomes of this project are stronger partnerships between the CFCC chemical technology program (which results in an Associates of Applied Science) and the community at multiple levels: students from high school, citizens from the community, and representatives from local industry. Ultimately, this project will increase the enrollment of the CFCC chemical technology program, expand the number of its community partners, and strengthen its relationships with industry. Many of the high schools targeted have a significant number of economically disadvantaged students, so heightened awareness of the CFCC chemical technology program through CT-EnTICE could lead these students to a pathway to economic prosperity. Project evaluation will measure participants' changes in opinions and perceptions of careers in chemical technology and their awareness of the program. The results will be disseminated through the ATE community.