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ENERGY IS THE FUTURE MAKE IT BRIGHT

ENERGY IS THE FUTURE MAKE IT BRIGHT. Get kids interested by Increasing computer literacy Increasing problem solving skills Providing fun science festivals at schools Bring Science Museums to schools

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ENERGY IS THE FUTURE MAKE IT BRIGHT

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  1. ENERGY IS THE FUTURE MAKE IT BRIGHT

  2. 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 Sparking Future Leaders’ Interest

  3. 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

  4. 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 STEM After-School

  5. 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 The Community College Advantage

  6. Certification and Degrees • 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Promotion • maintain presence on: • create promo video with: and promote it on: • partner with:

  11. 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

  12. Thank you. Group members: • Phuong Ngoc LanThi 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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