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? Need for highly skilled technicians ATE Community characteristics Wealth of ATE resources Experienced PIs willing to assist first-time applicants and less-experienced PIs
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 Elaine, slides x to x, 10 minutes Questions, 5 minutes
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
Mentor-Connect First Steps + Proposal development assistance for Small Grants for Institutions New to ATE + Guidance and resources for prospective and funded PIs.
Contact Information Contact information: Mentor-Connect office: scate@fdtc.edu 843-676-8547 (SC ATE Center) Elaine L. Craft, Principal Investigator Florence-Darlington Technical College, Florence, SC Elaine, slides x to x, 5 minutes Final questions, 5-10 minutes