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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...

This 172-page resource was developed as a reference guide for the IT Skill Standards 2020 and Beyond project grant, explaining in step-by-step detail how to collaborate with employers to develop future-facing technical skill standards and then use that work to align curriculum to workforce needs....

This resource, published by Portland Community College, is the second issue of J ATE. J ATE is a peer-reviewed technical journal focused on community college faculty and staff who work with technician education. This journal is cross-disciplinary and encompasses all technologies under the National...

This 6-page resource, provided by the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC), is a process document developed to explain the annual "KSA" validation meeting, the cornerstone behind the unique "BILT" (Business and Industry Leadership Team) model. The BILT model maximizes a program's...

This 34-page report provides information about a study sponsored under a research effort called Discovering the Educational Consequences of Advanced Technological Education (DECA). DECA was a program intended to kick-start greater research into technician education from the perspective of the...

This scenario-based instructional activity card, from the ATE 2.0: Preparing Technicians for the Future of Work project, was created to support the implementation of the Cross-Disciplinary STEM CORE Framework. This framework has the following three skill areas: Data Knowledge and Analysis, Advanced...

This study, employing Schulman's teacher knowledge base as a theoretical lens, examines the complexity of pre-service teachers' technology pedagogical content knowledge (TPCK) in the context of integrating problem based learning (PBL) and information and communications technology (ICT). Ninety-seven...

This 4-page resource, from the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC), is a template for a set of in-class learning activities. There are sections for an instructor to fill in the basic information about each intended lesson, including recommended resources, instructor preparation, in-class...

This presentation slide deck, provided by the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC), highlights key strategies and best practices for successfully planning and delivering a professional development event. Communication, technical support, no-shows, hosting best practices, surveys,...