Future Plans

 

TEE students and faculty from ______ are scheduled to return summer 2010 to the Dominican Republic to continue their work with the MACILE group. This will take the form of an official internship program where students will develop curriculum, conduct research, and receive credit for participation. In an outgrowth of this program, faculty and undergraduate students from the Construction Management Program also at ______ will work with a group of stakeholders from MACILE (i.e., school administrators, parents, students, local construction agencies) to design and build a permanent school structure for. Specifically, Construction Management interns will team with these stakeholders to design the architecture of the school, procure construction materials, and begin the process of building the school. Teaming with student interns from the TEE program, the Construction Management students will help teach students the required processes and construction codes, needed to build a school, work with Dominican teachers to develop curricular units related to engineering and technology that are appropriate for K-12 Dominican students, and work with Dominican teachers and students to implement this curriculum.