The Principals for the GTCC Middle
Colleges requested Guilford
Education Alliance develop a program
to bring "Real Life Engineering
Experience" into the
classroom.
The purpose of "Engineering
Connections" is to develop Skills for the
21st Economy by bringing Engineering
Experiences into the classroom through
Lunch & Learn/Classroom
Connections, Staff Development and
Job Shadowing/Mentoring. The program was
conducted during the Guilford County Schools
2008 Fall -2011 Spring year with 72 people
sessions; (people sessions
correspond to number of persons
conducting session, i.e., 3 people
jointly conducting a session
represents 3 people session; one
person conducting three sessions
would also represent 3 people
sessions).
Also Staff Developmen
t
sessions were conducted for the 2008
Fall (18), 2009 Fall (200) and 2010
Spring (250) sessions. Schedules of
some sessions are
available at
2009-2010 Engineering
Connections Schools - Industry Schedule
and
2010-2011 Engineering Connections Schools -
Industry Schedule
5/5/2011
