Advanced Technological Education (ATE)

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Advanced Technological Education (ATE)

• The ATE program promotes improvement in the
  education of science and engineering technicians
  at the undergraduate and secondary school level
  and the educators who prepare them, focusing on
  technicians for high-technology fields that drive
  the nations economy.
• The ATE program focuses on two-year colleges and
  expects two-year colleges to have a leadership
  role in all projects.

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ATE

• ATE is in its 17th year, started
• with the Science and Advanced
• Technology Act of 1992 (SATA).
• Program Budget 52 million (64 million)
• Look for a new solicitation
• FY2010
• Preliminary Proposals (optional) April 2010
• Formal Proposals October 2010

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ATE Tracks

• Projects
• Standard (25,000-300,000/yr for 3 yrs)
• Small projects for institutions new to ATE
• Centers
• National (5 million over 4 yrs)
• Regional (3 million over 4 yrs)
• Resource (1.6 million over 4 yrs)
• Targeted Research on Technician Education
  (100,000-300,000/yr for 4 yrs)

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Small Grants for Institutions New to ATE

• Purpose
• Simulates implementation, adaptation, and
  innovation in all areas supported by ATE.
• Available only to institutions that have not had
  an ATE award within the last 10 years
• Broaden the base of participation in ATE.
• Strengthen the role of community colleges in
  meeting needs of business and industry
• Proposers are encouraged to include resources of
  ATE and other NSF awardees and to include those
  people as consultants and subawardees.
• Limited to 150,000 with a maximum of 10
  indirect (may change)

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Centers of Excellence National, Regional,
Resource http//www.ATECenters.org
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0603378 San Antonio CollegeRobyn McGilloway

• The goal of this project is to increase the
  number of qualified grades 6-14 science teachers
  in San Antonio who use technology-rich
  inquiry/lab-based pedagogies that are aligned
  with national and state science education
  standards.
• multidisciplinary science partnership involving
  San Antonio College (SAC), San Antonio
  Independent School District (SAISD) and Project
  BRIDGE education/industry partnership
• This project has the potential to improve science
  and technology literacy for at least 400 SAC and
  1000 secondary students each semester. The
  project is also enhancing the San Antonio and
  regional educational infrastructure through
  improvement of networks and partnerships.

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0802581 Cabrillo CollegeDiego James Navarro

• http//www.cabrillo.edu/academics/digitalbridge/
• YouTube video describing the program at this site
• This project expands the successful Digital
  Bridge Academy (DBA) curriculum to include
  intensive math and science content. The new
  curriculum adds (1) a numeracy course and (2) a
  two-semester "science-intensive" course that
  includes additional mathematics and accelerated
  versions of high school biology, chemistry and
  physics courses.
• The goal is to prepare students to be successful
  in the standard college level math and science
  courses they need in order to qualify for
  technician careers supported by the ATE program.
  The DBA program, has shown great success with
  high at-risk Latino, urban African American, and
  Southeast Asian Students.
• The DBA program aims to become a national model
  for the recruitment, accelerated preparation, and
  retention of under-prepared, minority, and other
  at-risk students into careers as technicians for
  the high tech industries.

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Cabrillo College

• Digital Bridge Academy additional funding from
  the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• College received a 2.9 million Title V Hispanic
  Serving Institution grant High Engagement
  Practices for Transforming Students
  10/1/09-9/31/14

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0830384 University of New MexicoSouthwest Center
for Microsystems EducationMatthias Pliel

• Provides skill standards, curricula, educational
  materials, workforce development modules,
  professional development and outreach activities
  directed toward increasing the number and quality
  of technicians who can perform microsystem design
  and manufacturing.
• Develops associate degree programs in microsystem
  technology with industry-specific concentrations.
  Materials are designed for career pathways for
  secondary school students.
• Sandia Laboratories provides a loaned executive
  to the Center.
• Supported by ATE centers in biotechnology and
  semiconductor manufacturing as well as other
  industries and industry associations.
• Hispanic students and others from groups
  underrepresented in technical manufacturing are
  made aware of careers in microsystems
  manufacturing. A bi-national alliance is fostered
  to educate faculty at 54 technological
  universities in Mexico.