ITS in Academics
ITS Community College Workshop #1
September 20-21, 2017 | ITS America Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Day 1 Presentation | September 20, 2017
National Transportation Career Pathways Initiative
Presenter: Clark Martin
Presenter’s Org: Transportation Workforce Centers (TWCs)
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Many of the slides in this presentation include the Northeast Transportation Workforce Center (NTWC) logo
Slide 1: National Transportation Career Pathways Initiative
- Clark Martin, Program Manager, Center for Transportation Workforce Development, FHWA
- Stephanie Ivey, Director, Southeast Transportation Workforce Center
- Glenn McRae, Director, Northeast Transportation Workforce Center
- Peggy O’Neill-Vivanco, Northeast Transportation Workforce Center
September 20, 2017
Slide 2: Agenda
- Introduction to FHWA Center for Transportation Workforce and National Network for the Transportation Workforce (NNTW)
- Overview of NNTW and National Transportation Career Pathways Initiative (NTCPI)
- Case study…example…
Slide 3: Center for Transportation Workforce Development
- Virginia Tsu, Director
- Provides national leadership, coordination, and assistance to develop, enhance, and expand the nation’s transportation workforce
- K-12 education
- Post-secondary education
- Professional/practitioner development
- Training and Education Programs
- Garrett A. Morgan Transportation Technology Education
- Eisenhower Fellowship Program
- On-the-job Training/Supportive Services
- STIPDG
- National Summer Transportation Institutes
- OJT/SS
- Regional Transportation Workforce Centers
- National Transportation Career Pathway Initiative
- Highway Construction Workforce Development Pilot
[This slide contains a collage of four images: (1) a photo of a bridge under construction, (2) an aerial photo of a highway with six vehicles, all of which have been marked with three concentric circles to indicate that they are “connected,” (3) a time-lapse photo of a highway interchange, and (4) a photo of a tablet that is displaying a 3D map.]
Slide 4: NNTW
- West, Steve Albert, Montana State University, stevea@coe.montana.edu, (406) 994-6114, wrtwc.org
- Southwest, Tom O’Brien, ThomasObrien@csulb.edu, (662) 985-2875, www.ccpe.csulb.edu/CITT/about.aspx- content is no longer available
- Midwest, Teresa Adams, adams@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-3175, mtwc.org
- Northeast, Glenn McRae, glenn.macrae@uvn.edu, (802) 656-1317, netwc.net/
- Southeast, Stephanie Ivey, ssalyers@memphis.edu, (901) 678-3286, memphis.edu/setwc
[This slide contains a U.S. map that is color-coded to indicate the five NNTW regions (Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and West).]
Slide 5: National Transportation Career Pathways Initiative
Project Overview
“A goal of the National Transportation Career Pathways Initiative is to document a series of career pathways (a sequence of educational courses and training programs that align to an occupational career ladder) that engage and prepare students for key transportation occupations.”
[This slide contains a graphic with five circles arranged in a ring around a U.S. map that is color-coded by the five NNTW regions: Northeast (Environment), Southeast (Operations), Southwest (Planning), Midwest (Engineering), and West (Safety).]
Slide 6: National Transportation Career Pathway Initiative
Project Overview
Inspire and prepare greater numbers of students to pursue transportation career pathways
- Identify Top 10-20 Occupations within each focus area in Transportation, Next 5-15 Yrs
- Identify Knowledge, Skills, Abilities (KSAs) Required by These Top Occupations
- Identify Gaps in Post-K12 Training/Education Delivery, Currently & Over Next 5-15 Yrs
- Identify Innovative Approaches to Delivering KSAs into Student/Worker Prep Pipeline
- Describe a Series of Career Pathways that Lead to Top Occupations, Next 5-15 Yrs
- Identify Scope of Pathway Implementation to Address Workforce Needs, Next 5-15 Yrs
- Identify Barriers; Propose Recommendations
[This slide contains a drawing of the silhouette of nine people standing in a group.]
Slide 7: National Transportation Career Pathway Initiative
- Discipline Working Groups
- Trade & Tech Schools
- Community Colleges/Universities
- Private Industry
- Public Municipalities
- Regional Partners
- Inter-Collaboration
- Multidiscipline, National Perspective
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Slide 8: National Transportation Career Pathway Initiative
Unifying theme of disruptive technologies
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Slide 9: Northeast Transportation Workforce Center
National Transportation Career Pathways Initiative: Environment Discipline Working Group
Disruptive Technologies and the growth of a workforce supporting Smart Communities through ITS and Shared Mobility
[This slide contains the Northeast Transportation Workforce Center (NETWC) logo and the U.S. DOT FHWA logo.]
Slide 10: Transformative Technologies in the Environmental Disciplines
Three areas of workforce growth and focus that address critical environmental problems in the transportation sector.
- Smart Communities: ITS is a critical technological opportunity to address pollution and move people and commerce more efficiently.
- Shared Mobility: An emerging approach that holistically address urban and rural transportation needs, equity, safety, congestion, and sustainability. Due to a diversity of transportation options, there is a wide variety of employment opportunities.
- Climate Adaptation: Adaptive strategies at state and local levels to reduce vulnerability of transportation infrastructure due to climate change impacts.
[This slide contains the NTWC logo.]
Slide 11: Smart Communities: ITS Career Tracks
[[This slide contains a flowchart showing various ITS jobs and possible career paths. It includes lists of training certifications and various course work. The jobs are color-coded to show a job’s educational requirements.]]
Slide 12: Smart Communities: ITS
Foundational Competencies
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Writing
- Active Listening
- Reading
- Speaking
- Complex Problem Solving
- Analytical Ability
- Troubleshooting
- Operation and Control
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Service Orientation
- Life-long Learner
Technical Competencies
- National Electric Code
- MUTCD Requirements
- Work Safety Certification
- OSHA Training
- IMSA Traffic Signal Certification
- Comtrain Tower Climbing Certification
- AutoCAD
- CISCO Networking
- CICSI Certifications
- Controller Software
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Traffic Planning and Analysis Software
- Fiber and Wireless Certifications
Slide 13: Smart Communities ITS Competencies Scan
[This slide contains two vertical bar graphs: (1) ITS Foundational Skills are ranked from 0-4.50: Writing (4.00), Complex Problem Solving (3.00), Judgment and Decision Making (3.00), Troubleshooting (3.00), Speaking (3.00), Analytical Ability (2.00), and Service Orientation (2.00); and (2) ITS Tech Skills are ranked form 0-3.5: RCDD (1), DOT Construction Standards (2), National Electric Code (3), MUTCD (3), IMSA Certification (1), and OSHA Training (1).]
Slide 14: Smart Communities: ITS Education Tracks
Delaware County CC
- Prep for Municipal Electrical Licensing Exam
- Electrical Certificate
- Electro-Mechanical Technologies - Cert. of Competency
- Project Management Certificate
- AAS Skilled Trades - Electrical
- AAS Technical Studies
Prince George’s CC:
- CAD Certificate
- CISCO CCNA prep exam Certificate
- Electrical Certificate
- AAS Electronic Engineering Tech
- AAS Engineering Technology
- AS Engineering
New England Institute of Technology
- AS in Electrical Technology
- AS Civil Engineering Technology
- AS Network Engineering
- AS Software Engineering Technology
- BS Construction Management; Electrical Engineering Technology; Software Engineering Technology
Slide 15: Smart Communities: ITS
Next Step to Explore:
How NTCPI can help document needs and opportunities; identify gaps and resources; test new approaches and facilitate partnerships?
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