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 example
15 mins. of math warm-ups
20 mins. of lecture for the topic of the day
15 mins. of explaining safety
The 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
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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
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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/e
nergymodel.pdf
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
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Demand-driven system
– Stakeholders meeting
– Employ labor market analysts
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National Competency Database
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Funding
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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
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Competitive compensation
Meaningful company mission
Fun workplace culture
Sense of appreciation
Opportunity for growth
Promotion
• maintain presence on:
• create promo video with:
• partner with:
and promote it on:
Non-Profit Organization
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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:
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Phuong Ngoc Lan Thi Le
Justin Laguardia
Shelton Tapley
Nati Tessema
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