Engineering Technology Challenge

工程技术挑战赛（ETC）项目是康涅狄格社区学院、三所市中心高中、工业界、康涅狄格工商业协会（CBIA）和促进教育绩效催化剂公司（CPEP Inc.）之间的合作项目，旨在吸引来自城市综合高中的不同群体的代表性不足的学生参加周六和暑期的制造技术课程。该项目将创建由高中生组成的团队，由社区大学学生、教师和行业专业人士指导，开展行业驱动的基于问题的学习（PBL）项目，包括专业技能和团队合作的整合。具体而言，ETC项目将开发和实施：1)利用行业和兴趣驱动的PBL项目，为高中生提供课外活动；2)职业和大学准备研讨会；3)暑期学习经历，包括行业实习；4)使用PBL课程和ETC开发的动手工具包的高中教师暑期讲习班；5)为职业咨询师、STEM高中教师和家长制作职业路径体验；6)参加Mini Maker faeres。多样性是ETC的核心目标，直接影响了大约240名市中心/代表性不足的高中生和75名高中教师。通过教师专业发展工作坊，间接影响了另外7500名学生（每名教师约100名学生）。ETC将通过合作社区学院和大学的学分证书和学位，帮助学生为继续他们在制造技术领域的职业道路做好准备；以及先进制造业劳动力中的高科技工作岗位。项目评估工作将有助于建立关于成功的中学生课外和暑期项目的属性和实践的一般知识库，以及与社区学院教职员工和行业导师合作开展的教师相关专业发展。

The Engineering Technology Challenge (ETC) program is a collaboration among Connecticut community colleges, three inner-city high schools, industry, the Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA), and Catalysts Powering Educational Performance (CPEP Inc.) to engage a diverse group of underrepresented students from urban comprehensive high schools in Saturday and summer programs focused on manufacturing technology. The program will create teams of high school students, mentored by community college students, faculty, and industry professionals in industry-driven problem based learning (PBL) projects, including the integration of professional skills and teamwork. Specifically, the ETC Program will develop and implement: 1) after-school programs for high school students, using industry and interest driven PBL projects; 2) career and college readiness workshops; 3) summer learning experiences including industry internships; 4) high school teacher summer workshops using the PBL curriculum and hands-on kits developed in ETC; 5) manufacturing career pathway experiences for career counselors, STEM high school teachers and parents; and 6) participation in Mini Maker Faires. Diversity is a core goal of ETC, directly impacting approximately 240 inner-city/under-represented high school students and 75 high school teachers. Through teacher professional development workshops, another 7500 students are indirectly impacted (~100 students per teacher). ETC will contribute to preparation of students for continuing their career pathway in manufacturing technology through credit certificates and degrees at partner community colleges and universities; and for high-tech jobs in the advanced manufacturing workforce. Project evaluation efforts will contribute to the general knowledge base regarding the attributes and practices of successful after school and summer programs for secondary school students, as well as associated professional development for teachers, that are carried out in collaboration with community college faculty and industry mentors.