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This collection was developed by the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) in conjunction with the Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD) to provide a detailed guide for implementing the Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) model. The BILT model "puts businesses in a...

This report includes profiles of seven projects that have successfully worked to recruit and/or retain female students in community college STEM programs, including IWITTS’s CalWomenTech Project. The report highlights proven strategies from successful programs, reviews the current literature on...

These presentations, from Louisiana Delta Community College, were part of a high school basic electronics course from Project COMPLETE (Controlling, Operating, and Measuring: Pathways for Learners to Engineering Technology Employment). The course is intended for use in a project-based learning...

This virtual session, from the HSI ATE HUB project, took place at the 2021 HI-TEC Conference. The session provides "strategies and practices that technician educators can apply... to better serve diverse students in community and technical colleges." The importance of Hispanic Serving Institutions...

In this professional development video from Getting Results, instructors from different disciplines fit content from their disciplines into one integrated project that simulates a real-world problem. The instructors—from physics, technology, math, and communications disciplines—discuss the project...

This video from Preparing Technicians for the Future of Work introduces a framework for a cross-disciplinary STEM core. In the video, Ann Claire Anderson highlights the project's team, project goals, changes in the technician workforce in Industry 4.0, and the role technology plays in these changes....

This paper, from the Midwest Center for Information Technology (MCIT), outlines advice for success in leading large-scale collaborative projects in information technology education. The advice offered pertains to faculty development, community college curriculum, women in IT, course articulation,...

This handout was developed by the IT Skill Standards (ITSS) 2020 and Beyond project to provide a quick reference guide to the ITSS process, a modification of the BILT (Business and Industry Leadership Team) process. The BILT process aims to align curriculum with workforce needs through frequent...

Collection Description: This collection contains presentation slides and an action plan from the three-day April 2024 ITSS Summit hosted by the IT Skill Standards (ITSS) 2020 and Beyond NSF (National Science Foundation) project grant as a part of its six ITSS Summit workshops. The Summits were...

This 32-page report, published by Collin College, provides an overview of the ITSS Skill Standards 2020 and Beyond (ITSS) grant project, including project outcomes and impacts on educational institutions and employers. ITSS aimed to provide comprehensive skill standard content to better align...