Anticipated enrollment will be approximately twenty-five students. When the pilot starts up again this fall each of the five sites will have all equipment and curriculum necessary for instruction in DC Circuits, AC Circuits, Analog Circuits, and Digital Circuits. One of the things that our experience with the pilot project has taught us is that each training site must have a well-trained facilitator, so in July CATE is planning a training secession for the site facilitators. On site equipment set up. It is anticipated that this will greatly improve the quality of the instruction.
Dissemination is a certainly a concern of the project.
Again working with the NIDA Corporation, a method has been found to disseminate what has been learned. In June of 2000, at the invitation of the NIDA Corporation, one of the project leaders traveled to Bowling Green, Kentucky to share our experiences with the Kentucky Advanced Technology Institute. The audience was a group of community college faculty, administrators, and Kentucky State Department of Education staff. This presentation as well as others that are planned after the project has been funded should provide an invaluable component to the dissemination process. The pilot has provided CATE with a wealth of experiences that have improved the quality of the instructional model.