Workforce Efforts
Susan Lavrakas
Director, Workforce
June 4, 2013
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How We Are Organized
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Internal to AIA
Workforce Steering Committee
Workforce Working Group
Team America Rocketry Challenge
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Partners
National Defense Industrial Association
Aviation Week & Space Technology
Business-Higher Education Forum
Business and Industry STEM Education Coalition
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Companies Represented on
Workforce Committees
Aerojet
ATK
BAE Systems
Ball Aerospace & Technologies
Boeing
Deloitte
GE Aviation
Harris Corporation
Hawker Beechcraft
Huntington-Ingalls
Hydra-Electric
L-3 Communication
Lockheed Martin
Natel
Northrop Grumman
PTC
Raytheon
Rockwell Collins
Rolls-Royce
RTI International Metals
SAIC
Seal Science
Textron
UTC/Pratt & Whitney
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Annual AvWeek Workforce Study
 Objectives:
Provide a single official survey and assessment
 Identify industry-wide workforce trends
 Address and resolve how to attract and retain the right people
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 Elements
of annual workforce study
Corporate study
 Young professionals study
 University engineering students study
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We refine and improve the survey each year
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Public Advocacy
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National partnerships formalized
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Business and Industry STEM Education Coalition (BISEC)
National Governors Association
National STEM Undergraduate Partnership (with BHEF)
Exerting leadership at state and grassroots levels
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Convening AIA/NDIA/BISEC Workforce meetings with state STEM
networks and other local stakeholders
Now planning meetings for 2014
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2011 – 2012 State STEM Meetings
Colorado
Indiana
Florida
Washington
Virginia
Tennessee
Arizona
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2013 State STEM Meetings
California
March 6
Northrop Grumman in
Redondo Beach
Michigan
June 4-5
Henry Ford Museum in
Dearborn
District of
Columbia
October 8-9
National Museum of Natural
History
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Team America Rocketry Challenge
 11th
annual competition this year – finals May 11
 60,000
students have participated since 2003
 Survey
of past participants gave encouraging findings
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96% plan to complete a college degree and 68% also expect to attend
graduate or professional school
71% plan to pursue a career directly related to STEM
42% very likely to pursue a career in aeronautic/aerospace engineering
TARC has become our model STEM program
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Business-Higher Education Forum
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Members are corporate chief executives and university
presidents
Several aerospace & defense CEOS have been involved and lead
the STEM work
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STEM initiative includes
 STEM education system dynamics model
 National STEM Undergraduate Partnership
 Regional workforce projects
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Business and Industry STEM
Education Coalition
Principles
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We encourage a systemic change to STEM education/literacy
whereby all children, youth and adults are encouraged to be
scientifically literate and to have opportunities to pursue careers within
the STEM fields.
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We encourage volunteerism and community involvement as key
elements to foster an increase in individuals pursuing STEM career
paths.
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Recognizing the necessity for strategic partnerships and utilizing
unique organizational strengths, collaborative partners shall include:
professional societies, philanthropic and education organizations and
STEM thought leaders.
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Business and Industry STEM
Education Coalition (continued)
Our Goals
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To leverage and align our activities and resources to achieve
meaningful employer engagement in STEM in all 50 states.
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To improve the quality and impact of our business-led or supported
STEM programs towards an increase in our nation’s student
achievement.
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To increase the number of STEM bachelors’ degrees to 400,000
annually by 2020.
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To articulate and publicize our industries’ scientific and technical
achievements and contributions to society to attract our future
workforce.
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BISEC Members
Aerospace Industries Association
Air Force Association
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
American Chemistry Council
Associated General Contractors of America
Association for Enterprise Information
Biotechnology Institute
Business-Higher Education Forum
Business Roundtable
Caucus for Producers, Writers and Directors
Entertainment Industries Council
Information Technology Industry Council
Institute for Competitive Workforce
Manufacturing Institute
National Association of Broadcasters
National Association of Manufacturers
National Cable & Telecommunications Association
National Defense Industrial Association
National Training & Simulation Association
Navy League
Precision Strike Association
Software Engineering Institute
Software Entertainment Association
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Aerospace States Association
American Association for the Advancement of
Science
American Institute for Aeronautics & Astronautic
Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress
Council on Competitiveness
Corporation for National Community Service
Gates Foundation
National Academies of Engineering
National Governors Association
SAE International
Society for Manufacturing Engineers
Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM
Triangle Coalition
Women in Aerospace
Women in Defense
Advisory Members:
National Aeronautics & Space Administration
National Science Foundation
U.S. Department of Defense, DDR&E
U.S. Department of Defense, NSSO
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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For further information
Contact Susan Lavrakas
susan.lavrakas@aia-aerospace.org
or
703-358-1031
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