Abstract
Geospatial Technician Education through Virginia’s Community Colleges
Track: Teaching with GIS in Higher Education
Author
In order to meet the increasing demand in Virginia for a workforce skilled in using geospatial technologies, three Virginia Community Colleges (Virginia Western Community College, Tidewater Community College, and John Tyler Community College), with the support of the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) and in partnership with the Virginia Geospatial Extension Program (VGEP) and the Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC), are engaged in the Geospatial Technician Education through Virginia’s Community Colleges’ (GTEVCC) project. This initiative, funded through the National Science Foundation, is designed to create model academic pathways at community colleges, provide both precollege and higher education faculty professional development opportunities, and develop a geospatial Webportal to support the sharing of academic resources among academic professionals in Virginia. The GTEVCC project team desires to build on the successful accomplishments and outcomes of the current ATE planning and capacity building, including iGETT, and the National GeoTech Center.
John McGee
Virginia Tech
319 Cheatham Hall
Mailcode 0324
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
United States
Phone: 540-231-2428
Fax: 540-231-3698
E-mail: jmcg@vt.edu
David Webb
Virginia Western Community College
Business Science Building 124
P.O. Box 14007
Roanoke, Virginia 24038-4007
United States
Phone: (540) 857-7379
E-mail: dwebb@vw.vccs.edu
Chris Carter
Virginia Space Grant Consortium
600 Butler Farm Road
Suite 2253
Hampton, Virginia 23666
United States
Phone: 757-766-5210
E-mail: cxcarter@odu.edu
William Wyatt
John Tyler Community College
Chester-M111a
13101 Jefferson Davis Highway
Chester, Virginia 23831
United States
Phone: 804-706-5125
Fax: 804-796-4359
E-mail: wwyatt@jtcc.edu