HBI’s industry-validated Pre-Apprenticeship Certificate Training (PACT) is now aligned with the STEM model, a curriculum based on four specific discipline areas—Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The HBI PACT model is flexible and allows students to benefit from the expanded scope that includes the STEM interdisciplinary and applied approach.
“HBI’s PACT curriculum has remained true to our initial goal of addressing all facets of a trades student’s needs along the program’s entire continuum,” said HBI President and CEO John Courson. “By enhancing our training program with STEM disciplines, we have raised the bar for our PACT curriculum.”
The STEM communities want industries to understand the critical role that STEM education plays so that the United States remains an international leader in economic and technological skills that improve the way students learn. HBI is committed to ensuring its graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills of the STEM disciplines necessary for future success.
“A team of HBI instructors reviewed PACT’s problem-based learning environment and aligned it with the STEM principles and educational models,” Courson explained. We want our students to remain competitive at the highest level to secure positions in the building industry.”
HBI’s new Unit 14 Basic HVAC Technology Instructor Guide includes the STEM- enhanced Skill Achievement Record and provides additional instructional guidance and cross-curricular references that can be applied to each day’s instruction. In addition, the students can achieve a higher skill- and comprehension-level of the material through the added instructional sections.
“The new HVAC unit additions will allow students to study at their own pace and gain efficient practical instruction through hands-on training,” Courson added.
