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relationship with industry personnel that might
help to create future student internships or co-op
opportunities.
Faculty members selected to participate in
the Faculty Internship Program will also
receive training in curriculum development and
evaluation of existing modular competency-based
material for potential incorporation into
their own lesson plans. Scritchfield said, "This
experience should provide faculty an opportu-nity
to become more aware of the skill needs
that are important to the workforce within the
manufacturing sector. It will eventually help
TNCC build a 2+2+2 model in Manufacturing
Technology."
The Faculty Internship Program is geared
to faculty within the service district of TNCC's
Regional Manufacturing Excellence Center,
which includes TNCC, New Horizons Regional
Education Center and the Peninsula Secondary
Schools. The co-project directors for this
NSF-funded project spanning a three year
period are Roger LeMasters, Mac McGinty,
Rex Evans and Scritchfield.
Faculty interested in learning more about
the project and the opportunities for faculty
internships and/or curriculum development
may contact Scritchfield at 865-3123. An
application form is located on the P drive in the
folder PWDC Faculty Internship Program
Application.
(see page 7/ Faculty Internship Programs)
Volume 14 No. 10 March 28,2002
Faculty Internship Program: An
Opportunity to Get Hands-on Experience
Rapid changes in technology as well as
corporate procedures and processes have
prompted colleges to modify their classroom
and laboratory activities. These changes are
taking place to ensure that students are fully
prepared to successfully enter the business
community through the programs they are
completing. According to Michael
Scritchfield, Director of the Manufacturing
Excellence Center, close coordination be-tween
TNCC and the employers of the
college's graduates is key in preparing
students for real-world jobs.
Thanks to a grant from the National
Science Foundation, Improving Mathematics,
Science and Technological Education in High
Performance Manufacturing, TNCC has
initiated a Faculty Internship Program that
provides a linkage between education and
industry. The internship program provides
faculty members with opportunities to
become current in the disciplines they teach
and to develop up-to-date teaching processes
and curriculum by working in the business
community in which TNCC graduates are
employed. Faculty participating in the pro-gram
will spend a three to four-week period
at their assigned business experiencing
"hands-on" situations while making signifi-cant
contributions to their assigned compa-nies
rather than just observing operations.
In addition, faculty participating in the
program will be developing an important