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Resources For Building, Maintaining, and Sustaining Educator and Industry Consortia Dr. Marilyn Barger, PI and Director of FLATE Dr. Ann Beheler, PI of National Convergence Technology Center Innovations Conference, 2015 Background }
Innovations Conference, 2015
} National Science Foundation Advanced Technological
} Mandated by Congress } 21 years old } Focuses on supporting technician education } Primarily grants to Community and Technical Colleges } Projects and Centers } All grants have a dissemination component } Authentic focus on sharing, especially within the Centers } Current funding level approximately $64 million annually
} 4 Rounds of funding, totaling just under $2 billion } Focus on Community Colleges
} Capacity Building } Production of graduates that are workforce-ready } Various priorities including
} alignment with business and industry need for worker skills } technology-enabled education } bridge programs to enable underprepared students to succeed
} The 21 years of NSF experience would likely be beneficial
} National Center for Convergence
T echnology (CTC) based at Collin College in Frisco, TX (lead)
} South Carolina ATE National Resource
Center (SCATE) based at Florence Darlington Technical College in Florence, SC
} Florida ATE Center (FLATE) based at
Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, FL
} Bio-Link Next Generation National ATE
Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences (Bio-Link) based at City College of San Francisco in San Francisco, CA
} Networks Resource Center based at the
Maricopa Community College District in Phoenix, AZ
} Respond to a request from the Department of Labor
} Success coaching on program issues including project
} In-person convenings for the TAACCCT grantees to discuss
} Knowledge management through the identification and sharing
} Peer-to-peer learning.
} Topical Webinars and Teleconferences
} Covering existing knowledge, processes, and connections, as
} Live/recorded with attendee Q&A } Archived on ATE Central website } Sessions presented by various NSF Centers and other leaders
} Other online media including videos and transcripts } Invitations to regional discipline-specific conferences } Annual HI-TEC NSF conference (discussed later) } Annual TAACCCT
} Best Practices of all kinds posted on ATE Central
} DOL TAACCCT grantees } NSF ATE grantees } Community and technical college educators in general
} January 20, 2015 Webinar:
} February 20, 2015
May 12 – Planning for Sustainability
Funding agencies have the expectation that vital elements of funded projects will be sustained after awards are expended. How do grant funded college programs plan for sustainability? How will the project’s goals, principles, and efforts necessary to achieve desired outcomes be continued? The NSF ATE program has focused on sustainability strategies for over 20 years. Learn from a panel of experts how to think and plan strategically and creatively to ensure your project’s most meaningful work is sustained.
} You are invited to attend this conference in Portland, OR } July 27-28 – pre-conference workshops } July 29-30 – The Main Conference (registration fee)
} Keynotes } Conference Sessions with specific strands
} TAACCCT
} ICT } Advanced Manufacturing } Nanotechnology } Biotechnology } Engineering and Electronics } Learning and Evaluation
} July 31 – Special Friday morning Convening for TAACCCT
} http://www.highimpact-tec/registration.php } For questions regarding webinars or HI-TEC contact
} Christina Titus, Program Director } 972 377 1649 } ctitus@collin.edu
} Dr. Marilyn Barger mbarger@hccfl.edu } Dr. Ann Beheler abeheler@collin.edu