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The ITS Professional Capacity Building (PCB) Program

The ITS Professional Capacity Building (PCB) Program. Program Definition. What is “Professional Capacity Building”?: Process of developing knowledge and skills that directly increase effectiveness in job performance Relies on multiple methods to achieve “continuous” and “accessible” learning:

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The ITS Professional Capacity Building (PCB) Program

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  1. The ITS Professional Capacity Building (PCB) Program

  2. Program Definition What is “Professional Capacity Building”?: • Process of developing knowledge and skills that directly increase effectiveness in job performance • Relies on multiple methods to achieve “continuous” and “accessible” learning: • Training • Education • Technical Assistance • Outreach • Peer Exchange • Others

  3. With the right mix of training, education, technical assistance, and information, individuals and agencies can better prepare to meet ITS needs, and receive the right depth of information at the right time. Readily accessible requires that the most effective form of learning materials be available when the need arises for a professional to learn. ITS PCB Program: Philosophy

  4. The ITS PCB Program • Portal for ITS Learning: • Over 30 instructor-led courses in current ITS Curriculum • Links to other courses and sources of technical assistance • Reliance on partnerships • Annual program of $3 to 3.5 million

  5. ITS PCB Program: Partners

  6. ITS PCB Program: Content Four major program elements: • Training: Building State-of-the-Art ITS Knowledge and Skills • new course development • course updates • delivery and distance learning • Education: Creating the Transportation Workforce of the Future • Technical Assistance: Timely Problem Solving with a Network of Experts • Information Outreach: Information Where and When You Need It

  7. Training

  8. Training • Coursework: Average of 3,000 participants take PCB classroom training per year • An ITS Curriculum with 3 levels of learning based on known needs: • Awareness Learning • Core Learning • Specialized Learning

  9. Training: The ITS Curriculum

  10. Additional Curricula • Systems Engineering (SE) Series • Standards • Transit • More?

  11. SE Serieshttp://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/brochures/ITS_SE.htm

  12. Training • An ITS Curriculum Guide: An on-line engine tailors the ITS Curriculum to individual or agency needs and preferences • www.pcb.its.dot.gov/CG.asp • Pcbquestions@volpe.dot.gov

  13. Training: Opportunities • Catalogs: Making training accessible; lists PCB Program and partner training available around the Nation

  14. Training: Distance Learning • The PCB T3 Program: “Technical Training by Telephone”; brief technical training/assistance sessions presented through audio-teleconference technologies • Web-based courses: HTML presentations with testing opportunities; Currently hosting 3 courses with 2 additional by end of 2003

  15. Education

  16. Education • Academic institutions and the incorporation of ITS in courses and degree programs • Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) and the marketing and distribution of information • CITE Consortium

  17. Technical Assistance

  18. Technical Assistance • Technical Assistance Navigator • Peer to Peer Matrix

  19. Information Outreach

  20. Information Outreach • Right Information at Right Time • Website • Peer exchange and insight • PCB state/local programs • PCB Online

  21. Program Feedbackhttp://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/PCB_feedback.asp

  22. ITS PCB Program:End Result • Flexible, accessible program • Up-to-date, based on known needs • Mechanisms for continuous learning • Ways to tailor for professional development • Working toward a better integration with workforce development

  23. Update on New Initiatives • Core Learning • Travel Management Courses • Transit Courses • ITS/CVO Courses • Web-based Courses

  24. Core Learning • Deploying ITS in Metropolitan Areas • Available Fall 2003 for delivery • Rural ITS Toolbox • Available NOW • ITS Public/Private Partnerships • Update beginning • Using the National ITS Architecture • Available NOW • ITS Procurement • Updates under review

  25. Core Learning • ITS Software Acquisition • Available NOW • Introduction to Systems Engineering • Available NOW • Managing High Technology Projects • Classroom course • Web-based course • Blended version starting Oct. 1 • Managing Incidents • Available NOW • ITS Standards Overview • Standards curriculum under review

  26. Travel Management Courses • ITS Awareness Seminar • Available NOW • Planning for Operations • New course available later in 2003 • CORSIM • Available NOW • Recommended Practices for Operations • Available NOW • IDAS • Available NOW

  27. Travel Management Courses • Road Weather Management • Just Piloted, Available 2004 • Computerized Traffic Signal Systems • Available NOW, Updates by December 2003 • Freeway Traffic Operations • Available NOW • Configuration Management • New course available later in 2003

  28. Travel Management • Fiber Optic Installation • Workshop available NOW • Turbo Architecture • Available NOW • Transportation Management for Special Events • New course, RFP to be submitted September 2003 • ITS for Small Communities • New course, RFP to be submitted September 2003

  29. Transit Management • Systems Engineering Applications in Transit Architecture Consistencyworkshop • Later in 2003 • Updates to ITS Consistency Workshop • Revisions this September

  30. Transit Management • Transit Applications of ITS in Multimodal Planning • Available later in 2003 • BRT course • Recent pilot • Available later in 2003

  31. ITS / CVO • CVISN Overview Course • Considering a web-based version • ITS/CVO Security Technology Awareness Course • Classroom and web-based, 2004 • Potential courses or themes: • Driver / Vehicle Roadside Strategies for 2010 • Benefits/ Costs and funding sources • Expanded CVISN capabilities • Utilizing the T3 Program

  32. Web-based Training • Intro to the National ITS Architecture • Available NOW • Applied Systems Engineering • Available NOW • Managing High Technology Projects • Available NOW • Intro to Systems Engineering • Under development • ITS Awareness Seminar • Under development

  33. T3 Program Feedbackhttp://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/T3/form_feedbk.htm

  34. Conclusion • Questions? www.pcb.its.dot.gov

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