Towards a Competency-Based High School Dual Credit Pathway for Advanced Manufacturing Technicians

先进制造技术方面的培训有助于帮助学生为工业中高需求的技术员职位做好准备。威斯康星州东北部的地区制造商对技术人员的新学术途径感兴趣，以满足该地区日益增长的需求。基于能力的教育(CBE)满足了行业技术人员的需求，与传统的以学分为基础的教学模式相比，它为有技能的学生进入劳动力大军提供了更少的困难。湖滨技术学院在实施CBE技术教育项目方面一直处于全州领先地位。CBE是一种教学模式，在这种模式下，学生按照自己的进度学习，证明他们已经获得了行业所重视的一组特定技能的高水平能力。该项目将在一所新的特许学校为高中生开发和实施一项双重招生计划，以帮助学生获得维修、工业4.0和焊接技术方面的能力。高中教师的专业发展将为教师提供获得行业认可的证书的机会，以培训学生掌握先进制造技术。该地区面向高中生的招聘活动将为学生提供了解技术员职业生涯、基于工作的学习计划和先进制造技术的机会。该项目应该引起技术教育界的兴趣，因为它将增进关于如何在技术教育中实施CBE以及如何为高中生掌握概念的知识。该项目的总体目标是通过追求三个目标来解决该地区对熟练先进制造技术人员的关键需求。首先是与商业和工业领导团队(BILT)协商，在先进制造业中创建CBE双重注册计划。第二是利用CBE培训教师使用先进制造技术。第三是招收高中生，以增加技术人员的渠道，重点是来自代表性不足群体的学生。BILT将审查和评估高级制造课程，以确保维护、工业4.0和焊接课程中的能力代表高级制造技术员职位所需的知识、技能和能力。社区学院的教职员工将担任特许学校教师的导师，并在授课期间充当班级资源，直到特许学校教师完成所需的证书并能够独立教授每条教育途径的所有课程。面向高中生的招聘活动将包括年度营销计划、训练营，以及与区域组织合作的活动，以帮助学生了解先进制造业的职业机会。该项目对学生参与项目的影响将使用机构数据、在线调查和焦点小组进行评估。CBE模式和项目成果将通过威斯康星州特许学校资源中心、ATE中心和ATE PI会议共享和传播。该项目由高级技术教育计划资助，该计划专注于为推动国家经济的先进技术领域培养技术人员。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Training in advanced manufacturing technologies helps prepare students for technician positions that are in high demand in industry. Regional manufacturers in northeast Wisconsin are interested in new academic pathways for technicians to meet this growing demand in the region. Competency-based education (CBE) addresses industry technician needs by preparing skilled students to enter the workforce with less difficulty than traditional credit-based instructional delivery modes. Lakeshore Technical College has been a state-wide leader in the implementation of CBE for technical education programs. CBE is an instructional model in which students, learning at their own pace, demonstrate that they have achieved a high level of competency for a specific set of skills that are valued by industry. This project will develop and implement a dual enrollment program for high school students at a new charter school to help students achieve competencies with maintenance, Industry 4.0, and welding technologies. Professional development for high school teachers will provide an opportunity for teachers to earn industry-recognized certifications for training students in advanced manufacturing technologies. Recruiting activities for high school students in the region will provide opportunities for students to learn about technician careers, work-based learning programs, and advanced manufacturing technologies. The project should be of interest to the technical education community as it will advance knowledge about how to implement CBE in technical education and how mastery of concepts can be used for high school students.The overall goal of this project is to address the critical demand in the region for skilled advanced manufacturing technicians by pursuing three objectives. First is to create a CBE dual enrollment program in advanced manufacturing in consultation with a Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT). Second is to train instructors in the use of advanced manufacturing technologies with CBE. Third is to recruit high school students to increase the pipeline of technicians with an emphasis on students from underrepresented groups. The BILT will review and evaluate the advanced manufacturing curriculum to ensure that the competencies within the maintenance, Industry 4.0, and welding pathways represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for advanced manufacturing technician positions. Community college faculty will serve as mentors for charter school instructors and serve as a class resource during instruction until charter school instructors complete required certifications and are able to independently deliver all coursework in each educational pathway. Recruitment activities for high school students will include an annual marketing plan, bootcamps, and events in collaboration with regional organizations to help students understand the career opportunities in advanced manufacturing. The impact of the project on student engagement in the program will be assessed using institutional data, online surveys, and focus groups. The CBE model and project results will be shared and disseminated through the Wisconsin Resource Center for charter schools, ATE Central, and the ATE PI Conference. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced technology fields that drive the nation's economy.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.