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Goal 1 |
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Promote
systemic reform in technical education by employing
innovative and effective curriculum delivery processes
that ensure maximum flexibility and responsiveness to
stakeholder needs. |
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Objective A |
NWCET
IT Skills Team |
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Develop
strategies to align curriculum with workforce needs in
order to result in an increased number of well-prepared
students available to enter the technology workforce |
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Activity 1 |
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Validate
NWCET IT skills standards for our region, by identifying
the specific skills requirements that both current and
emerging technologies place on curriculum. Identify
the top one to two most in-demand technology career
clusters for the region. Validate with regional
industry representatives, identifying additional skills
needed in the region. Conduct gap analysis with
consortium colleges to determine curriculum modification
needs. Disseminate this information to all colleges
in the region for their use in creating and modifying
curriculum. |
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Activity 2 |
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Evaluate, adapt, and implement
existing curriculum for programs developed at other NSF
Centers of Excellence (NWCET) and ensure adaptations meet
state standards as defined in the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board's Workforce Education Course Manual
(WECM). |
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Objective B |
Convergence Lab Team |
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Create
convergence lab available for consortium use to support
students' learning to integrate various WAN hardware and
software technologies from a variety of vendors to
simulate real-world WAN environments. |
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Activity 1 |
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Implement a Convergence Lab
for students, faculty and industry experimentation and use
emerging products from industry partners to enhance
laboratory learning experiences; emphasis on optics,
wireless, voice over IP, security and general computer
networking. Make lab available for remote access to
consortium partners. |
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Activity 2 |
Learning Model Team |
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Develop a model for creating
problem-oriented instructional methodology for utilizing
convergence lab. Develop learning activities,
piloted in convergence lab, ensuring that the model
produces effective instruction. Disseminate model to
consortium and industry partners, including training on
how to use the model. |
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Objective C |
Articulation Agreement
Team |
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Reform
curricula offerings to better meet the career goals of all
technology students with emphasis on associate degrees,
seamless articulation into university programs, and
preparation for the workplace. |
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Activity 1 |
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Refine and solidify
articulation programs with secondary schools and
universities in the region. |
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Activity 2 |
Dual Credit
Team |
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Identify, adapt, and implement
dual-credit technical courses. |
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