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The webinar, from EvaluATE: Evaluation Resource Center for Advanced Technological Education, was designed to help project teams and evaluators discover different evaluation approaches. The presentation explores three evaluation approaches, each providing unique perspectives and strategies for...

This 42-page report, from the National Cyberwatch Center, includes information on cybersecurity apprenticeships. This resource is primarily intended for federal cybersecurity human resources and hiring managers. During over a year long effort "... a working group of 15 federal, academic, and...

These slides are from a presentation given by Carolyn J. Heinrich at the Symposium on the Supply Chain for Middle-Skill Jobs: Education, Training, and Certification Pathways. This presentation discusses the issues surrounding federally-funded workforce development. Topics of the presentation include...

This 41-page paper, written by Carolyn J. Heinrich, discusses major workforce development programs under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and publicly-funded workforce development for middle-skill employment. This paper begins with a discussion of "existing evidence on the effectiveness of...

This webinar, provided by the Centers Collaborative for Technical Assistance, includes tips for writing a National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grant proposal. The peer review process for proposals is also discussed. This webinar focuses on proposal specifics that...

This 3-page resource, provided by EvaluATE: Evaluation Resource Center for Advanced Technological Education, is a guide for finding and selecting an external evaluator for Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Proposals. This guide includes eight questions and answers. The questions include: what...

The ATETV project delivers web-based videos to connect students to careers in advanced technology. In this episode of ATETV, internships, information and communications technologies, and biotechnology are discussed. Internships provide students with valuable experience, and they often lead to...

This 2-page handout, provided by EvaluATE: Evaluation Resource Center for Advanced Technological Education, is from the 2010 ATE PI Pre-conference workshop and includes the five levels of professional development evaluation. The five levels include Participants' reactions, Participants' learning,...

This best practices guide from FLATE, the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence, provides information and tools for starting and sustaining school-industry partnerships to develop Florida's manufacturing workforce. The 28 page document includes two major sections: Partnership...

This site provides a listing of free online courses in mechanical engineering which are offered by real schools. Learn which mechanical engineering courses are available, what topics are covered, and which ones lead to real college credit.