Map Your Success

该项目旨在通过增加进入其应用科学(A.A.S.)地理空间技术(GST)协会的途径来服务于国家利益。以及哈福德社区学院(HCC)的学分证书课程。随着商品及服务税被融入政府和行业应用中，大西洋中部和其他地区的雇主越来越需要一支拥有创造、开发、使用和分析测绘技术和产品的技术技能的劳动力。在商品及服务税内部，也有人呼吁进行研究，以更好地了解如何装备教育工作者，建立相关课程，并吸引未来的商品及服务税学习者。由于为非传统学生设计的为期一年和两年的商品及服务税培训计划可以有效地将工人从入门级、低薪工作转移到高薪职业，该项目的意义包括支持学生的职业发展和经济保障。通过Map Your Success项目与学校、公共和私人雇主以及需要劳动力发展的社区的不同联系，HC希望展示商品及服务税职业的高价值和相关性。该项目与NSF的使命相一致，并利用高级技术教育(ATE)奖学金，包括ATE支持的地球技术中心的工作，以促进对GST项目如何将传统的STEM技能与社会和行为科学相结合的理解。该项目将支持GST计划，以培训雇主寻求的能力，并能够有效地为社区大学学生打开一条进入GST工作的新渠道。HC的目标是将GST A.S.招生人数从每年9人增加到20人，到项目结束时，平均每年招收20名GST证书学生。项目目标是(1)增强GST A.A.S.和证书计划，以与劳动力需求保持一致；(2)平均每年招收20名GST A.S.学生和20名GST证书学生，在为期三年的ATE项目期间，通过让中学教育工作者、高中生和现有的HCC学生参与GST拓展和教育机会，达到约100名学生；以及(3)在每个计划中留住并毕业平均80%的学生，并支持他们进入相关的技术职业生涯。该中心将向道森大学的地理技术中心和马里兰地理联盟学习并与之合作，为中等教育人员开发全州范围的专业培训机会；创建一门新的无人驾驶飞行器课程；扩大现有的商品及服务税咨询委员会；加强商品及服务税实习；举办一年一度的国际地理信息系统日活动；并接触当地高中和服务不足的社区。通过Map Your Success项目评估，CC将从不同的入口点调查、产生关于GST职业道路的新知识并传播研究结果，以及在培训下一代技术熟练的地图和地理信息系统技术人员方面建立有效的合作伙伴关系的好处。该项目由高级技术教育(ATE)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。

This project aims to serve the national interest by increasing pathways into its geospatial technology (GST) associate of applied science (A.A.S.) and for-credit certificate programs at Harford Community College (HCC). As GST is woven into government and industry applications, employers in the Mid-Atlantic and beyond increasingly need a workforce with the technical skills to create, develop, use, and analyze mapping and surveying technologies and products. Within GST, there has also been a call for research to better understand how to equip educators, build relevant curricula, and engage future GST learners. As one- and two-year GST training programs structured for nontraditional students can effectively move workers from entry-level, low-wage jobs into well-paying careers the project’s significance includes supporting students’ career advancement and financial security. Through the Map Your Success project’s diverse connections to schools, public and private employers, and communities where workforce development is needed, HCC expects to demonstrate the high value and relevance of GST careers. The project aligns with NSF’s mission and draws on Advanced Technological Education (ATE) scholarship, including the work of the ATE-supported GeoTech Center, to advance understanding of how GST programs integrate traditional STEM skills with social and behavioral sciences. The project will support the GST program to train in the competencies employers seek and can effectively open a new pipeline into GST jobs for community college students.HCC’s goals are to increase GST A.A.S. enrollment from 9 students to 20 students per year and enroll an annual average of 20 GST certificate students by the end of the project period. Project objectives are to (1) enhance the GST A.A.S. and certificate programs to align with workforce needs; (2) enroll an average of 20 GST A.A.S. students and 20 GST certificate students annually, reaching approximately 100 students over the three-year ATE project period, by engaging secondary educators, high school students, and current HCC students in GST outreach and education opportunities; and (3) retain and graduate an average of 80% of students in each program and support their advancement into relevant technical careers. HCC will learn from and partner with the GeoTech Center and the Maryland Geographic Alliance at Towson University to develop statewide professional training opportunities for secondary educators; create a new Unmanned Aerial Vehicles course; expand the existing GST Advisory Board; strengthen GST internships; hold annual International GIS Day events; and reach out to local high schools and underserved communities. Through Map Your Success project evaluation, HCC will investigate, generate new knowledge about, and disseminate findings on the pathways into GST careers from diverse entry points, as well as the benefits of effective partnerships in training the next generation of technically skilled mapping and GIS technicians. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) 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.