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

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