2016 biotechnician assistant credentialing exam

Florida’s

Secondary

Industrial

Biotechnology

Program &

Biotechnician

Assistant

Credentialing

Exam (BACE)

Lori Wojciechowski

2016 Bio-Link Summer

Fellows Forum

© UF/CERHB© UF/CERHB

Hot Spot for Bioscience Job

Creation

195 JOBS145 JOBS 220 JOBS

579 JOBS

100 JOBS

45 JOBS

275 JOBS

225 JOBS

90 JOBS

200 JOBS

100 JOBS

94% = Growth in Florida’s biotechnology sector over the past 6 years*

9% = Increase in # of Biotech Companies (2013-2014)

Nearly 80,000 Total Jobs, with 16 Billion Economic Output**

*Source: BioFlorida, Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator BioDatabase – (Dr. Michael Schmitt)

**Source: Battelle Technology Partnership Practice, The Economic Impact of the U.S. Biopharmaceutical Industry, Report

prepared for PhRMA, July 2013


Florida Biotech Sector

www.bioflorida.com/resource/resmgr/Industry_Data/State_of_the_Industry_Report.pdf

www.enterpriseflorida.com/industries/life-sciences/


Career Opportunities

• Research & Development

• Manufacturing

• Quality Control (QC)

• Quality Assurance (QA)

• Regulatory Affairs

• Facilities

• Business

• Administration

Building the Workforce

Florida Partnership for Industrial Biotechnology

• Develop & deliver curricula for industrial biotechnology (short-course) training

• Ensure programs within educational institutions are relevant & meet industry’s needs & standards

• HS Industrial Biotechnology

Program– Blended CTE/Academic Credit

– “Equally Rigorous” Science

• Local Articulation Agreements

• Teacher Training/Prep


High School Industrial

Biotechnology I, II, III

• Added to the FL DOE Course Code Directory (December 2006)

• Comprehensive sequence covering skills used by industrial, medical, agricultural and research facilities

– Biotech I & II -Students earn 0.5 each of Academic (elective science) and CTE credit

– Biotech III earns 1 full CTE credit

– Performance and Sunshine State Standards (Next Generation) assigned to each benchmark

• Provides multiple career paths

– Articulation into A.S. degree/Certificate

– University

– Entry level employment


Biotech II

#3027020

Transformation

Culture Scale-up

Recombinant Proteins

Production of Proteins

Protein Quantification

Filtration & Purification

ELISA

PAGE

Western/Southern Blot

PCR

Assay Development

Quality Control

Quality Assurance

Regulatory Affairs

Product Marketing

Biotech I

# 3027010

History, Benefits, Careers

Safety Procedures

Solution Preparation

Basic Chemistry

Basic Equipment

Cell Structure & Function

Culturing Microorganisms

Sterile Technique

Experimental Design

DNA Isolation/Analysis

Environmental Monitoring

Data Analysis

Law & Ethics

Documentation

Communication

Biotech III

#8736030

CTE Credit Only

Independent design

and implementation of

student projects,

simulating

employment in a

biotechnology-based

industry and utilizing

industry partners

Program Overview

8736000


Teacher Certification (IBTE)

• District Certification Program – CERHB– 80 hour (2-week) “Industrial Biotechnology Teacher

Experience” Workshop– Provides industry experience in the context of the

curriculum, including preparative steps– Completion of this course earns “district certification”

for existing Biology and Chemistry teachers, enabling them to teach the CTE components of the program

• Teacher Short Courses• DNA and Cloning• Working with Proteins• Industry Assays• Applications of PCR• Core Concepts in Biomanufacturing & Quality Systems


Statewide Articulation:

Secondary to A.S. (Biotechnology)

• POS Grant from US Department of Education’s Office of Career and Technical and Adult Education (managed through FL DOE)

• Comparison of secondary standards to postsecondary Biotechnology course standards

– Syllabi, course descriptions, Florida’s SCNS, Instructor communications

• Alignment with Industry, Postsecondary, and National Standards

http://www.fldoe.org/ese/ese-home.asp

http://www.fldoe.org/ese/ese-home.asp


Career and Professional

Education Act (2007)

Facilitate partnerships between business and education; to attract, expand, and retain targeted, high-value industry and sustain knowledge-based economy

• Improve MS and HS academic performance through Rigorous & Relevant curricula

• Provide Rigorous and Relevant career-themed courses

• Articulate to postsecondary coursework and lead to industry certification


“Biotechnician Assistant”

Credential

Based on foundational concepts and skills required in

biotechnology-based workplace settings

• Written & Practical exam questions/skills

• Aligned w/Academic and Performance Standards

• Industry recognition through BioFlorida

• Accuracy, Alignment of Questions to Standards,

and Representative of Industry needs

– Biopharmaceutical, Diagnostics, Environmental

– Approved by Florida’s Board of Education, Jan., 2012 for statewide articulation (A.S.) Biotechnology

– Manufacturing and Health Science Career Clusters

© Biotility @UF/CERHB© Biotility @UF/CERHB

Biotechnician Assistant

• Distinct from A.S. “Biotechnician”• Basic lab support

• Prepare solutions, culture media and equipment for use

• Document data • Monitor/maintain equipment. • Assist in facility and equipment

cleaning• Assist with

experiments/tests/manufacturing• Assists with Inventory, MSDS

• Salary • Start out $10.00-$12.00/hour• High potential for growth


Growth & Dissemination

• Alachua County Santa Fe HS

• Broward County Coconut Creek HS

• Citrus County Crystal River HS*

• Dade County Law Enforcement Officers’ Memorial HS, MAST @ Homestead HS*

• Duval County Mandarin HS

• Hernando County Central HS

• Hillsborough County Middleton HS

• Indian River County Sebastian River HS & Vero Beach HS

• Lake County Lake Minneola HS

• Madison County Madison County HS

• Manatee County Palmetto HS*

• Marion County North Marion HS, West Port HS*

• Okaloosa County Ft. Walton Beach HS*

• Orange County Cornerstone Charter Academy*

• Osceola County Celebration HS*

• Nassau County West Nassau HS*

• Palm Beach County Palm Beach Lakes HS, Seminole Ridge HS & Spanish River HS

• Pinellas County Countryside HS

• Polk County Lake Gibson HS

• Putnam County Palatka HS

• Santa Rosa County Pace HS

• Seminole County Oviedo HS

• St. Johns County Ponte Vedra HS

• St. Lucie County Treasure Coast HS

• Sumter County Sumter HS

• Volusia County University HS*

• Warsaw Area Career Center* (Warsaw, IN)

• Anderson HS (Austin, TX)

• Richmond HS* (Richmond, IN)

• Billings Career Center (Billings, MT)

• Approximately 4300 students enrolled in biotech courses

*PLTW

2016 Districts, 37 Schools, ≈ 650 Students


Partnership with Project Lead

The Way

• PLTW Biomedical Sciences (BMS) Program• Foundation Courses

• Principles of the Biomedical Sciences (PBS)

• Human Body Systems (HBS)

• Medical Interventions (MI)

• Capstone Course• Biomedical Innovation (BI)

• Adopted BACE as PLTW’s Biomedical Sciences Credentialing Exam


Biotechnician Assistant

Credentialing Exam (BACE)

• Online (“written”) component, administered at high school• Approximately 75 questions (one point each); 3

hours allotted

• Practical laboratory component, which may be proctored at high school or other approved laboratory• Practical: Approximately 40-50 questions (100

points total); 3 hours allotted


BACE Written Exam Subjects

CELLS (8%)• Cells (general)• Cell Structures & Organelles• Identifying Cell Structures• Photosynthesis

CHEMISTRY/BIOCHEMISTRY (42%)• Bonds• Cell Respiration• Chemistry, Molecules & Macromolecules• DNA Structure & Function• Enzymes & Reactions• Periodic Table• Protein Structure & Function• Reaction Rates• Translation (Gene Expression)

GENETICS (5%)• Genomics• Mitosis & Chromosomes• Meiosis• Ploidy

LABORATORY SKILLS/APPLICATIONS (23%)• Cell and Tissue Culture• Electrophoresis• Microscopy• Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)• pH• Restriction Enzymes• Southern Blotting• Transformation & Transfection• Western Blotting & ELISA

RESEARCH & SCIENTIFIC METHOD (12%)• Experimental Design• Understanding Scientific Method• Graphing

GENERAL TOPICS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY (10%) • Applications• Benefit to Society• Biotech Careers• Ethics• Historical• Regulatory• Workplace


BACE Practical

• Proctored in an approved laboratory by District-level proctor, or by course teacher with District-level supervisor present

• Exams and reagent kit are supplied in advance

• Proctors assess students’ skills based on supplied rubric in Skills Assessment Form

• Exams, Skills Assessment Form and students’ work are sent back to Biotility for scoring


BACE Practical Exam Subjects

APPLIED MATHEMATICS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY (15%)• Density• Graphing• Beer’s Law• Standard Curves• Axis Scaling and Limits• Plotting Data

BIOTECHNOLOGY SKILLS (49%)• Autoclaving• Culturing Organisms• Aseptic/Sterile Technique• Electrophoresis• Liquid Measurement (Macro and Micro) • pH• Pipetting (Macro and Micro)• Serial Dilutions• Spectrophotometry

LABORATORY EQUIPMENT (12%)• Identifying Glassware• Proper Usage:• Electrophoresis Equipment• Spectrophotometer• Micropipettors• Weighing/Using Balance

PREPARING SOLUTIONS (12%)• Proper Technique• Volume/Volume Calculations• Weight /Volume Calculations• Molarity Calculations• Dilutions

WORKPLACE SAFETY & BEHAVIOR (12%)• Identifying Safety Symbols• Laboratory Safety Protocols• Understanding Safety Data Sheets (SDS)• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)• Labeling Samples & Product


BACE Statistics

Year 2012 2013 2014 2015

# Schools 4 7 10 26

# Students 55 100 232 417

Passage Rate 69.1 63.0 68.1 69.0


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Thank You

University of Florida

Dr. Richard O. Snyder (PI)Dr. Mary Jo Koroly

Tamara Mandell

Santa Fe CollegeDr. Linda Nichols

Dr. Kelly Gridley

Florida State College JacksonvilleDr. Kathryn Birmingham

Dr. Kevin Pegg

Indian River State College

Dr. Henri Sue Bynum

Dr. Robin Willoughby

Alachua County School District

Dr. David EdwardsBill Herschleb

June Camerlengo

Marion County School DistrictDee Reedy

Jill Stephens

Palm Beach County School District

Fred Barch

Lyn Slygh

Tom Hession

International Society

for Pharmaceutical Engineers

Beth Potter

Ali Montes

Florida Department of EducationKathleen TaylorLoretta CostinEric Owens

Banner Center for Career AcademiesDr. Frank Fuller