1. National Geospatial Technology Center of Excellence (NGTCe) www.geotechcenter.org Mission: To increase the capacity of America's high schools and colleges to provide an advanced technology education to our 21st Century geospatial industry workforce. Ken Yanow Professor of Geographical Sciences Southwestern College co-PI: NGTCe Director: Geospatial Technology Program at SWC

2. Four Year Project (2008-2012) $5M total ($1.25M per year for 4 years) Renewable in 2012-2016 another ~$5M Extended in 2016-2020 another ~$3M Total potential impact is $13M over 12 years (2008-2020) 7 Community Colleges and 4 Universities National in scope Only National Center devoted to geospatial two-year education Should impact ~ 10,000 learners by 2012 Overview

3. Community College Partners Southwestern College—San Diego CA Lake Land College—Matoon IL Gainesville State College—GA Century College—St. Paul MN Kentucky State Technical & Community College Central Piedmont College—NC Niagara Community College—Niagara NY

4. University Partners San Diego State University Penn State University Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi

5. Goals Goal 1: Create a national clearinghouse of exemplary geospatial curriculum material and database web services including: learning objects, training modules, geodatabases, and sources of GIS, GPS, and remote sensing data. This repository will be peer-reviewed, instantly searchable, Internet-based, and continuously updated.

6. Increase the capacity to educate geospatial technicians through new partnerships and collaborations, including articulation pathways between academic institutions and workforce-needs- assessment with industry partners. Goal 2

7. Increase the quantity, quality, and diversity of geospatial technicians to meet workforce needs. Goal 3

8. Increase the number of community college and secondary school teachers participating in professional development through the promotion of professional societies, informal education, and workshops, for example. Goal 4

9. Sustain the Center long-term by seeking collaborations and sources of funding to maintain and improve services and products. Goal 5

10. Why am I here? To introduce you to the NGTCe To seek partnerships from respected industry insiders and educators Curricular guidance (workforce needs) Guest speakers Student internships