National Visiting Committee (NVC)
Required of all NSF ATE Centers, the NVC serves the two major roles of assessing and advising. As advisor, the NVC helps the Center make improvements and enhance its likelihood of success. The assessing role helps gather evidence that the project is on track and carrying out the activities as promised. The National Visiting Committee's role and report are governd by the guidelines outlined in the national NVC Handbook. Members serving on the NVC Committee for 2010 include:
Craig MaAtee, NCATC - NVC Chairperson
Rob Knight, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Company of Kentucky
Bonnie Tura, General Motors, Michigan
Clyde Hornberger, Lehigh Career Technical Institute, Pennsylvania
Lorna Finch, St. Louis Community College
Marilyn Barger, FLATE
Ken Carroll, Kentucky Association of Manufacturers
Elisabeth Barnett, Community College Research Center (CCRC), External Evaluator
Jorja Kimball, Texas A&M University, Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)
The 2010 National Visiting Committee met on March 25 and 26 to review the progress of the National Center of Excellence in Advanced Automovie Manufacturing at AMTEC's Toyota partner site, North American Production Support Center and Bluegrass Community and Technical College, in Georgetown, Kentucky.
NVC 2010 AMTEC Annual Report
The following NVC reports are reports for the AMTEC Project grant:
NVC Year 1 Annual Report
NVC Year 2 Annual Report
NVC Year 3 Annual Report (PDF)
Evaluation Committee
The evaluation of AMTEC is intended to provide formative data that will allow for those participating in the Center to continuously improve their work, resulting in better educational opportunities for students wanting to enter or advance in the automotive industry. It is also intended to provide information to wider audiences who may be interested in building upon the work of the Center to improve their own practice.
Evaluation will be conducted be the Community College Research Center (CCRC) housed at Teachers College, Columbia University. CCRC brings extensive expertise in workforce programs associated with community colleges as well as knowledge of evaluation design, implementation, and utilization.
The external evaluators serving in 2010 are:
Elisabeth Barrett
Christine McPhail
Aki Nakanishi