Puget Sound Consortium for Manufacturing Excellence
About PSCME


Vision
The Puget Sound Consortium for Manufacturing Excellence (PSCME) sees industry and academia working together to ensure high quality, relevant, motivational education for the manufacturing technologists of the future. PSCME sees manufacturing technology as a viable career choice for potential students, with quality educational opportunities available to all.


Mission
The PSCME is a dynamic education-industry partnership working towards building the connection between manufacturing technology education, student career goals, and private sector demand. The PSCME works with its partners to modularize manufacturing technology curriculum based on existing industry skill standards. Modularized instruction will provide for customization of instruction for students potentially leading to degree obtainment. PSCME partner institutions and industry will have the ability to integrate PSCME modules into their programs and the PSCME will also assist tech prep programs, colleges and universities in promoting manufacturing career opportunities. Professional development activities will be offered on the design and implementation of the modularized curriculum system for high school and college faculty and industry trainers in an effort to keep training institutions current with local industry needs.


Objective 1: Deploy a manufacturing technology curriculum that will allow that graduates of manufacturing programs to meet national skill standards.

Objective 2: Promote professional development of high school instructors, college faculty and manufacturing trainers by providing high quality instruction on the use and application of PSCME instructional products.

Objective 3: Present a plan for curriculum articulation and interaction between high schools, community and technical colleges, four-year colleges and universities, and industry.

The Advanced Technology Education Project is supported by the National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed are PSCME's and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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