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DUE Division Of Undergraduate Education |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | April 5, 2018 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | April 5, 2018 |
| Award Number: | 1801181 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Virginia Carter
DUE Division Of Undergraduate Education EDU Directorate for STEM Education |
| Start Date: | July 1, 2018 |
| End Date: | June 30, 2022 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $224,924.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $224,924.00 |
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4000 LANCASTER DR NE SALEM OR US 97305-1453 (503)399-6031 |
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4000 Lancaster Dr. NE Salem OR US 97309-7070 |
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| NSF Program(s): | Advanced Tech Education Prog |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.076 |
ABSTRACT
Community colleges face significant challenges when designing technician education programs for occupations that are not defined by a single job title. To address this important national issue, Chemeketa Community College in Oregon will collaborate with food and beverage processors and processing equipment manufacturers to develop a new education program for manufacturing systems technicians. The goal is to develop an industry-driven program with stackable certificates embedded in a two-year associate degree, and with clear pathways to employment in high wage fields and/or a baccalaureate degree. As courses are developed, the project will use a work-based learning model that allows employees to engage both in the classroom and on the job. In this way, employees and employers can immediately benefit from the new skills and knowledge that the employees are learning. This industry-driven project is designed to develop a prototype that could be useful regionally and nationally for addressing technician education in other areas such aerospace and technology manufacturing, both growing manufacturing sectors with large existing companies.
Project activities will include conducting a DACUM (Developing a Curriculum), the occupational analysis process developed by Ohio State University that is used extensively in developing two-year college workforce programs. Based on the DACUM results, programs and courses in current associate degree technician programs at the institution will be reorganized and modified to fit the needs of the cross-sector group of industry partners. As needed, new courses will be created to meet industry-specific requirements. For example, industry partners have indicated that they increasingly use automated processes and robots to improve quality of products and reduce costs. To accommodate these changes in manufacturing processes, this project will research, develop, and disseminate curriculum to prepare workers with the skills and knowledge to set up, operate, test, and maintain these machines.
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.
PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
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The primary goals of this project are to develop an industry-driven program with stackable certificates embedded in a two-year associate degree with clear pathways to employment in high wage fields and/or a baccalaureate degree and to increase the awareness of the food and beverage industry as a viable employment sector for current students in the two year technician program.
During the three year project and the one year no cost extension, 13 digital badges were created with 221 awarded in total. 2 other digital badges were also created that serve as preliminary knowledge for persons wanting to move into the food and beverage industry as technicians. Many of the digital badges are embedded into current coursework as well. This provides a pathway for students and the current workforce to complete a two-year degree with a transferability to a four year program externally or within our new baccalaureate degree as well.
A summary by year:
The first year, 2018-2019, was dedicated to researching the knowledge and skills needed for technicians in the food and beverage industry. Ohio State University was contracted to facilitate a DACUM. Multiple technicians were involved with a wide cross section of the industry represented. A verification survey was sent out and material development started.
In 2019-2020 the grant started to offer in person workshops, which quickly stopped when the Covid pandemic struck. Workshops were converted to an online format and offered, while current students began benefiting from the newer examples and demonstrations. Digital badging began for a few the workshops.
The 2020-2021 year brought much of the same as the previous, but online workshops were not being attended as much, so face to face workshops began again. Other businesses started inquiring about wanting this type of training as well. More digital badging was developed and issued. The college began to review the use of digital badging further to provide acknowledgement to students achieving college wide outcomes.
The no cost extension year 2021-2022 provided the opportunity to continue the grant offerings to the industry participants and students in a face to face setting.
More information can be found at http://ate.is/sekafetz
Last Modified: 08/29/2022
Modified by: Charles O Sekafetz
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