engineering pathway

It is the vision of Tolland Engineering Pathway to expose students to the varied career opportunities within the engineering fields and facilitate their development into future professionals, through hands-on training and one-on-one guidance provided by faculty, staff, and industry professionals. The Pathway is open to any and all students interested in developing the academic and non-academic skills necessary to create the solutions to problems today and into the future. Furthermore, the Pathway will develop the community connections necessary to provide students with meaningful real world experiences, and to be sure our program is dynamic and adjusts to the needs of our students and the engineering field within Connecticut and the nation.

Specialized Opportunities

PROPOSED FIELD TRIPS

A variety of field trips will be offered. These include:

UCONN Senior Design Day- View senior engineering student industry-based projects, talk with senior engineering students, tour the UCONN School of Engineering, and more.
Future Workforce Opportunities Fair, Windsor, CT
Construction Career Day, Wallingford, CT
Habitat for Humanity Women Build, Hartford, CT
Company Tours- various opportunities including partners such as JF Fredericks Aerospace.

GUEST SPEAKER SERIES

In partnership with the UCONN School of Engineering, we plan to host a monthly opportunity for students to participate in conversations with faculty and students. These may focus on a particular field or degree within engineering, specific topics of interest for students, workshops with UCONN's Engineering Ambassadors, and more. The 2022-23 school year began with a presentation from Associate Dean Dr. Daniel Burkey.

COMPETITIONS/

SPECIAL EVENTS

Technology Student Association- meetings, leadership conferences, competitions
CT Invention Convention- now offered at the high school level, and may be inidividual or with a partner.
Career Fairs
Job Shadows/Internships
RAGE Robotics- While not a Tolland Public Schools program, they offer the opportunity to participate within many roles to prepare for and participate in robotics competitions.
Members of the pathway may receive other opportunities from outside Tolland Public Schools (ex. summer programs) via email.

Core and elective courses associated with the pathway will work to develop students' understand of and ability to employ this design thinking framework as an approach to problem solving.

Contributing partners

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