PATHWAY CONNECTION

Brookdale Community College (BCC), Camden County College (CCC), and County College of Morris (CCM) will serve as technical assistance providers and trainers to their own faculty and to other education institutions wanting to implement Data Science industry credential courses and programs.  Faculty at these Community Colleges have completed or will complete Data Science Professional Development for PCEP, Tableau Desktop, Splunk, Alteryx, R Programming, Google, and IBM DS. 

In an effort to disseminate lessons learned and promote the discipline of Data Science across the state, this Center participated in the Mathematics Assoc. of NJ’s Two-Year Colleges (MATYCNJ) Fall conference on November 5th 2022 focused on the current state of Data Science education.  The Center led a panel discussion on the Center of Workforce Innovation for Data Science initiative to transform and strengthen the links between education and the needs of employers in New Jersey.  Luncheon information table sessions were also hosted as follows:   

• Curriculum for an Introduction to Data Science Discussion Lead by Kelly Fitzpatrick (CCM)  
• OER and Transfer Opportunities in Data Science-Discussion Lead by Sue Monroe (BCC) 
• Technology used for Data Science-Discussion Lead by Tuan Le and Anita Wright (CCC) 

As the Center created courses and curriculums are implemented, it will continue to discover, develop, and share useful OER (online educational resources) to improve content and delivery as well as provide support to new programs. Sample first-year course learning materials for an Intro to Data Science and Data Preparation have already been shared.