{"id":517,"date":"2020-07-23T00:01:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T00:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/advanced-manufacturing\/?page_id=517"},"modified":"2025-07-22T19:19:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T19:19:31","slug":"advanced-manufacturing-academy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/advanced-manufacturing\/advanced-manufacturing-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Advanced Manufacturing Impact Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-517","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"layouts":[{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"","column_1":"","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"two_columns","heading":"Overview","column_1":"<p><strong>What is an ACC Career Academy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An ACC Career Academy is a dual credit program in a high demand workforce area that can be completed by high school graduation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is this Academy for?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>High school juniors interested in manufacturing<\/p>\n","column_2":"<p>The Academy was designed to fully immerse students in manufacturing. The following are planned activities and experiences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Students will be exposed to the incubator and its activities<\/li>\n<li>Students will be assigned a mentor<\/li>\n<li>ARMA Industry event will be held at incubator every semester and students will be included<\/li>\n<li>Manufacturing facility tours<\/li>\n<li>Potential summer internship<\/li>\n<li>Students will earn the Certified Production Technician certification upon completion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"IMPACT Academy at ACC","column_1":"<p>The Austin Community College (ACC) High School Advanced Manufacturing IMPACT Academy is a dual credit program in a high demand workforce area that can be completed by high school graduation. Currently the median salary is $52,860 and there are 71 annual job openings.<\/p>\n<p>The facilities at our Highland Campus will house the High School Advanced Manufacturing IMPACT Academy. The Academy will also utilize the equipment in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/impactlab\">IMPACT lab incubator<\/a> which will be used to support entrepreneurs, credit programs and non-credit programs.<\/p>\n<p>ACC has worked with AISD and other area ISD\u2019s to ensure alignment exists between the ACC courses and the high school programs. Upon completion of the two-year academy program, the students will earn the Advance Manufacturing Level 1 Certificate (24 college credits) and can earn the Advanced Manufacturing Production certificate (up to 6 additional college credits). Students will have up to 30 college credits and can complete 50% of the Associate&#8217;s Degree.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-558\" src=\"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/advanced-manufacturing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/IMPACT_Academy_Full_Color-300x116.png\" alt=\"Impact Academy at ACC\" width=\"300\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/advanced-manufacturing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/IMPACT_Academy_Full_Color-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/advanced-manufacturing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/IMPACT_Academy_Full_Color-1024x397.png 1024w, https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/advanced-manufacturing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/IMPACT_Academy_Full_Color-768x298.png 768w, https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/advanced-manufacturing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/IMPACT_Academy_Full_Color.png 1318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" 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#c1d82f !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/austincc.edu\/manufacturing\">austincc.edu\/manufacturing<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#2b2b2b","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"light","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"two_columns","heading":"Contacts","column_1":"<p><strong>Tina Carver<\/strong><br \/>\nManager, High School Career Programs<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:tina.carver@austincc.edu\">tina.carver@austincc.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<i class=\"fa fa-phone\"><\/i> 512-262-6600<\/p>\n","column_2":"<p><strong>Tim Hemesath<\/strong><br \/>\nDepartment Chair,<br \/>\nAdvanced Manufacturing<br \/>\n<i class=\"fa fa-envelope\"><\/i> <a href=\"mailto:tim.hemesath@austincc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" 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