Work in progress - www.teachingtechnicians.org - a New Approach to connecting providers of faculty development to those seeking faculty development

The South Carolina Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence has received funding from the National Science Foundation to serve as a National Resource Center for Expanding Excellence in Technician Education. A major component of this project is the creation of a faculty development website, www.TeachingTechnicians.org. This site will provide the academic community in all fields of advanced technological education with a central, web-based resource that makes it easy for grant-funded projects offering faculty development to reach their target audience of educators. In the National Science Foundation´s Advanced Technological Education program alone, approximately 250 projects are funded each year. Most of these projects offer faculty development opportunities that are available to a national audience. The events offered by these funded projects are grant subsidized and thus are cost effective for participants. This website will serve as a repository for these faculty development opportunities. The site will be searchable by multiple criteria such as location, date, subject, or target audience. The site will also offer free resources to help providers improve the quality of faculty development events.