Mentor-Connect: Leadership Development and Outreach for ATE-3

美国国家科学院、工程院和医学会的一份报告《建设美国熟练的技术劳动力》从“熟练的技术职业--定义为在技术领域需要高水平的知识，但不需要学士学位就能进入--是美国经济的关键组成部分。美国需要一支拥有适当技能组合的劳动力，以保持竞争力，同时促进更大的创新和促进共同繁荣。”高级技术教育(ATE)计划侧重于对熟练技术劳动力的教育，并支持两年制高等教育机构(IHES)发挥领导作用，以支持这一劳动力部门。然而，许多两年制的IHES并没有利用ATE计划。Mentor-Connect-3(M-C-3)项目传播对潜在受赠者有用的战略和成果；提供独特的资源来指导和有效地吸引那些在ATE计划中在地理和人口方面代表性不足的教师和机构，以培养STEM/技师教育的未来人才。Mentor-Connect-3(M-C-3)扩展了从获奖的IBM全球指导计划中获得信息的成功模式。指导、技术支持和资源使新的两年期高等专科学校成为改善技术人员教育的受资助者。为了刺激与ATE的长期合作，为寻求第二笔、更大金额赠款的新受赠者提供指导，第二次机会指导鼓励和支持NSF拒绝第一或第二项提议的弱势社区学院教职员工。基于问题的Mentor-Connect技术援助构建嵌入了领导力发展。同行指导将促进知识转移，并帮助培养对经济发展和国家安全至关重要的高级技术教育领域的下一代社区学院教职员工领袖。主动和有针对性的外展将不同的教员和两年制的IHES吸引到Mentor-Connect和ATE计划中。佛罗伦萨-达林顿技术学院将与美国社区学院协会(AACC)合作，实施M-C-3，可交付以下成果：(1)通过知识转移和领导力发展扩大ATE计划影响的再生指导系统；(2)增加与服务不足的大学和NSF/ATE计划中未被充分代表的人群进行竞争的第一和第二提案的参与和提交；(3)供导师、所有预期和当前的PI以及NSF计划官员使用的技术援助和在线资源；(4)具有领导技能的新的、多样化的主要调查人员干部；(5)准备充分、成功的作为导师-连接导师的ATE PI；以及(6)出版对ATE计划、教师和2年的长期和短期影响。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的学术价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

A report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, "Building America's Skilled Technical Workforce" begins with "Skilled technical occupations - defined as occupations that require a high level of knowledge in a technical domain but do not require a bachelor's degree for entry - are a key component of the U.S. economy. The United States needs a workforce with the right mix of skills to remain competitive while fostering greater innovations and boosting shared prosperity." The Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program focuses on the education of the skilled technical workforce and supports two-year institutions of higher education (IHEs) in leadership roles to support this workforce sector. However, many two-year IHEs have not taken advantage of the ATE program. The Mentor-Connect-3 (M-C-3) project disseminates strategies and results that are useful to prospective grantees; provides unique resources to guide and, effectively engages those faculty and institutions underrepresented geographically and demographically in the ATE Program to develop future talent for STEM/technician education.Mentor-Connect-3 (M-C-3) expands the successful model that was informed by an award-winning IBM global mentoring program. Mentoring, technical support and resources engage new two-year IHEs as ATE grantees for the improvement of technician education. To stimulate longer-term engagement with ATE, mentoring is provided for new grantees seeking a second, larger grant, and second-chance mentoring encourages and supports vulnerable community college faculty for whom a first or second proposal has been declined by NSF. The problem-based construct of Mentor-Connect technical assistance embeds leadership development. Peer mentoring will facilitate knowledge transfer and help prepare the next generation of community college faculty leaders in advanced technological education fields critical to economic development and national security. Proactive and targeted outreach draws diverse faculty and two-year IHEs into Mentor-Connect and the ATE Program. Florence-Darlington Technical College, in partnership with the American Association of Community Colleges(AACC), will implement M-C-3 with the following deliverables:(1) A regenerative mentoring system that broadens the impacts of the ATE Program through knowledge transfer and leadership development;(2) An increase in engagement with and submission of competitive first and second proposals from underserved colleges and underrepresented populations in the NSF/ATE Program; (3) Technical assistance and online resources for use by mentors, all prospective and current PIs, and NSF Program Officers; (4) A cadre of new, diverse ATE Principal Investigators with leadership skills;(5) Well prepared, successful ATE PIs who serve as Mentor-Connect mentors; and, (6) Publication of long and short-term impacts on the ATE Program, faculty, and 2-yr. colleges.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.