leadership development and outreach for ate ate pi conference, november 24, 2012
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Introduction to Mentor-Connect. Leadership Development and Outreach for ATE ATE PI Conference, November 24, 2012. Mentor-Connect Vision. A regenerative mentoring system for leadership development and knowledge transfer to broaden the impact of the ATE Program. Why Mentor-Connect? . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Leadership Development and Outreach for ATE ATE PI Conference, November 24, 2012
Introduction to Mentor-Connect
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Mentor-Connect Vision
A regenerative mentoring system for leadership development and
knowledge transfer to broaden the impact of the ATE Program.
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Why Mentor-Connect?
+Need for highly skilled technicians
+ATE Community characteristics
+Wealth of ATE resources
+Experienced PIs willing to assist first-time applicants and less-experienced PIs
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Why Mentor-Connect?
+ Two-thirds of CC’s have never had NSF funding
+ NSF ATE preliminary proposals eliminated
+ Complexity of “grantsmanship”
+ Mentoring pilot projects – demonstrated need
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Mentor-Connect Goals
+Increase the number and diversity of successful first-time grant applicants to the NSF ATE program
+Enable new applicants to benefit from mentoring by experienced ATE principal investigators
+Strengthen leadership skills among faculty in advanced technological education
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Mentor-Connect First Steps
+ Proposal development assistance for Small Grants for Institutions New to
ATE+ Guidance and resources for prospective and
funded PIs.
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Contact Information
Contact information:Mentor-Connect office: [email protected] (SC ATE Center)
Elaine L. Craft, Principal InvestigatorFlorence-Darlington Technical College, Florence, SC