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ENERGY IS THE FUTUREMAKE IT BRIGHT
Sparking Future Leaders’ Interest
Get kids interested by• Increasing computer literacy
• Increasing problem solving skills• Providing fun science festivals at schools
• Bring Science Museums to schools• After school programs and summer camps taught by
members of the STEMIDEA to give hands-on experience and to keep young minds sharp
Main Point: Increase STEM exposure to young minds to ensure comfort and interest
Keeping Future Leaders Interested
Provide useful resources• Team up with websites like Khanacademy.org to offer educational
assistance• Have professionals from the industry mentor students to ensure that
kids are focused and don’t get discouraged• Offer more internships for high school students• Create High School clubs that expose students to problems in the
industry• Similar to the Model UN club that looks at foreign issues
• Give lab tours of the energy/utilities to show off the work environment and projects to kids
STEM After-School
The non-profit organization will hire students from community colleges and universities to be the instructors for the after school programs at K-12 schools.The high school program will model a college course to prepare students with the responsibilities needed to success in college and to start getting exposure to more STEM topics
Structure example15 mins. of math warm-ups20 mins. of lecture for the topic of the day15 mins. of explaining safetyThe rest of the time will be devoted to the lab experiment
Such experiments for K-6 include making ice cream, coloring shirts, building bridges, using legos
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• Geographic Convenience: 1,202 public community colleges– Within driving distance of 90% of the
population
• Enrollment Capacity: 11.6 million students – 6.6 million students for-credit– 5 million students non-credit– 40% full-time students
• 27% employed full time• 50% employed part time
• Equity and Access: Enroll 46% of all undergraduates– 55% of Hispanics– 47% of African-Americans– 47% of Asians– 57% of Native Americans– 40% of all foreign undergraduates
• High School Pipeline• Summer Fast Pass
• Customized Degree and Certificate Programs
• Basic fundamentals industry and career specific competencies
• Bridge programs for low skilled adults
• Educational framework: http://www.cewd.org/documents/energymodel.pdf
Certification and Degrees
P Powering Education with Collaboration
Career-Tech. to Credit Transfer• Co-enroll at technology centers in a cooperative
energy/utility degree program
Develop Energy Management Training program
• Hands-on learning• Team teaching with academic instructor and
industry leader• Mentoring
Workforce Alignment
• Demand-driven system – Stakeholders meeting– Employ labor market analysts
• National Competency Database
• Funding
• Results:– Savings of over $21,000 in
training for each new hire– Reduction of unproductive time
of 12 weeks per new hire
Ideal Industry/Employer
Model Google’s successful approach to employee management• Competitive compensation• Meaningful company mission• Fun workplace culture• Sense of appreciation• Opportunity for growth
and promote it on:
• maintain presence on:
• create promo video with:
• partner with:
Promotion
Non-Profit Organization
• 2009 Recovery/Reinvesting Act• Hire MESA College students I.A.s• Target group K thru 12• Curriculum to meet International benchmark• Give practice CST exams once a quarter• Facilitate summer internship
Thank you.
Group members:• Phuong Ngoc Lan Thi Le• Justin Laguardia• Shelton Tapley• Nati Tessema
To view more of our research, please visit our website at
http://crcsccteam.yolasite.com/
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