In 2002, the
NSF
awarded Tidewater Community College (TCC) an Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Grant
to take full advantage of the new Advanced
Technology Center (ATC) located on TCC's Virginia Beach
Campus. This ATE Grant was successfully completed in May 2006. Contact Information:
The Grant, called the Advanced
Technology Education Demonstration Project (ATEDP),
brought together the initial consortium of TCC, the Virginia
Beach City Public Schools, (VBCPS), the regional Workforce
Investment Board, three manufacturing business partners, and
the City of Virginia Beach to create shared curricula. The
student population for the shared curricula were science and
engineering technology students and information systems technology
students, both high school and college, at the ATC.
The ATEDP, while fully approved
by the administration of both institutions involved, was designed
to be driven by the faculty and counselors of the two institutions
as well as the employers of the region in and around the City
of Virginia Beach.
The ATEDP fundamentally improved
the learning environment, course content, and learning experiences
each year for several hundred VBCPS high school students enrolled
in telecommunications, information technology and high performance
manufacturing/engineering strands. Additionally, new curricula
was developed in those areas for hundreds of TCC students
enrolling at the ATC.
The ATEDP model provided shared professional
development and technical experiences for high school and
college faculty who, in collaboration with the employers,
developed new curriculum and educational materials for
articulated and dual enrollment and other courses.
Each business partner to the ATEDP participated
with TCC and the high school in the development of curriculum
materials and offeredr structured "educators-in-industry"
experiences for students as well as special consideration
for employment for those students.
This grant provided for the following outcomes/deliverables:
The development/revision of 41 independent and 16 collaborative curricula for articulated and/or dual enrollment courses,
targeted to the industry standard, which will enable high
school students to earn college credits toward A.A.S. degrees
in
Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Information
Systems Technology,
Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) or related
options of the A.A.S. degree in Technical Studies, while
they are completing their high school diplomas.
Content for laboratory-intensive metrology curriculum
and at least six new or upgraded modules for other courses
in the identified curricula, but not scheduled for implementation
as dual enrollment and/or articulated courses.
Relevant, mentored, 80-hour or longer work site experiences
for both high school and TCC students.
At least an 80 percent pass rate for those students who
attempt regional and national certifications after completing
the relevant courses leading towards these certifications.
Detailed plans for implementing the reforms in the other
three school systems in the college service area and for
disseminating them nationally.
Dr. Diann Holt, DHolt@tcc.edu
Principal Investigator, 822-7486, H-140, ATC
Dr. Patrick Konopnicki, Co-Principal Investigator, PKonopni@vbschools.com
468-2038, H-110, ATC
This material is based upon work supported
by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0202383. Any opinions,
findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material
are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views
of the National Science Foundation.
