STEM EDUCATIONICEIWG QUARTERLY MEETING MN

AUGUST, 2018

Jason Ramos, Council Member, Energy and Education Liaison

Blue Lake Rancheria

ENERGY AND EMPLOYMENT

POWER GENERATION AND FUELS 2016

1.9 million workers

• 1.1 million traditional coal,

oil and gas

• 800K low CO2 generation

• Renewables, nuclear, low

emission natural gas

TRANSMISSION DISTRIBUTION, STORAGE

2.3 million workers

• 982,000 in retail trade

(gas stations, fuel dealers)

• 830,000 utilities and

construction

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

2.2 million workers

• 133,000 jobs added in

2016

MOTOR VEHICLES

2.4 million workers

• 259,000 alt fuels

• 69,000 jobs added

STEM JOBS8.6 million 6.2% of US Employment

Computer occupations 45%

Engineers 19%

Math, Science, Architects, Surveyors 4%

STEM OCCUPATIONS LARGEST, SMALLEST

MEAN WAGES

National Average STEM $87,570

National Average non-STEM $45,700

EMPLOYMENT CHANGES

NEW JOBS 2014-24Computer occupations 12.5%, 500,000

Engineers 65,000

NEW JOBS SOLAR• 2016 solar employment increased by 25% over 2015. 260,077 solar workers in 2016.

• U.S. tariffs cut ~10,000 U.S. jobs in 2017, but solar industry is strong in U.S. and worldwide.

• “India Tenders 1.2 Gigawatts Of Solar Capacity In First Week Of 2018”

• Solar employment has more than tripled since 2010.

Sources: https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/downloads/2016-national-solar-jobs-census; https://cleantechnica.com/2018/01/08/india-tenders-1-2-gigawatts-solar-capacity-first-week-2018/

NEW JOBS

2017 U.S. Dept. of Energy “U.S.

Energy and Employment Report”

https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2017/0

1/f34/2017%20US%20Energy%20and%20Jobs

%20Report_0.pdf

• The electric generation mix in the United States is changing,

driven by the transition of coal-fired power plants to natural

gas and the increase in low carbon sources of energy.

• This transition has required significant build-out of new

power generation facilities and technologies in the United

States.

• According to the Energy Information Administration, electric

generation technologies are expected to add over 26 GW

of utility-scale capacity over 2016.

• The majority of these additions are coming from three main

resources: solar (9.5 GW), natural gas (8 GW), and wind

(6.8 GW).

• Together, these three sources make up 93% of total

additions.

JOB OPENINGSComputer occupations 1,000,000

Engineers 500,000

ENGINEERS8.0% total growth between 2014 and 2024

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT Large opportunity with a Bachelor’s degree

INFANT MORTALITY RATE:

American Indian/Alaska Native 7.6

Non-Hispanic White 4.9

All Races 5.8

AI, AN to NH-White ratio 1.6

Source: CDC, 2017. Health United States, 2016. Table 10.

Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births,

2014

DEATH RATES

Key Findings

• Among AI/AN people, cancer is the leading cause of death

followed by heart disease. Among other races, it is the opposite

• Death rates from lung cancer have shown little improvement in

AI/AN populations. AI/AN people have the highest prevalence

of tobacco use of any population in the United States.

• Deaths from injuries were higher among AI/AN people

compared to non-Hispanic whites.

• Suicide rates were nearly 50 percent higher for AI/AN people

compared to non-Hispanic whites, and more frequent among

AI/AN males and persons younger than age 25.

• Death rates from motor vehicle crashes, poisoning, and falls were

two times higher among AI/AN people than for non-Hispanic

whites.

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/p0422-natamerican-deathrate.html

1999-2009

American Indian and

Alaska natives death

rates were nearly 50%

greater than non-Hispanic

whites.

INCOME

Median Household

Income 2016

• $39,719

• 69% of national

average ($57,617)

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/

POVERTY

33.8% NA children in

poverty

• 2016

• Similar to rates for African

Americans

Rate of poverty

• 2X national average

EDUCATION • American Indian and Alaska Native students are disciplined

more than most other racial groups

• They have a dropout rate of twice the national average

• American Indian and Alaska Native students are more likely to

be suspended than any other racial group, with the exception

of African Americans

• Native students are disciplined at roughly two times the rate

of their white peers

• Less than 1% of educators nationwide are AI/AN

https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/2013-14-first-look.pdf

https://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/highered/racial-diversity/state-racial-diversity-workforce.pdf

(US Department of Education)

644,000 American Indian and

Alaska Native students in the US

K-12 system, representing 1.2

percent of public school students

nationally

90% of Native students attend

public schools

8% attend schools administered

by the Bureau of Indian

Education (BIE).

http://www.ncai.org/policy-issues/education-health-human-

services/education

EDUCATIONALATTAINMENT

•High School

• White 95.2%

• NA, AN 84.5%

•Associates degree

• White 54.3%

• NA, AN 16.5%

• Bachelor’s degree

• White 42.9%

• NA, AN 10.2%

•Masters or higher

• White 10.5%

• NA, AN 2.1%

Percentage of 25 to 29 year olds with

selected levels of educational attainment,

by race/ethnicity:

Selected year 2016

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d16/tables/dt16_104.20.asp

National Center for Educational Statistics

AMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY ANNUAL REPORT 2016

ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM

HEALTH & FAMILY SERVICES

Healthy and positive home

environments

Teachers and school

administrator training to identify

and address bias

Minimize common barriers to

learning; transportation, meals,

vision, hearing

Early exposure to STEM, early

success, self efficacy

K-12

Early exposure to STEM subjects

and projects.

Repeated exposure project

based “makers spaces”,

“robotics labs”, “design labs’.

Emphasis on early development

of self-efficacy, academic

resiliency, and peer cooperation

“Confidence gap” (Sadker &

Sadker,1994)

COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY

Remediation for students who are

close to meeting entrance

requirements

ITEPP model - Indian Tribal &

Educational Personnel Program

(Native American Center for

Academic Excellence)

Klamath Connection

ANSEP Logic Model (ansep.net)

Mentor and buddy programs

DOE RACE & ETHNICITY

• Two part question, for data collection by colleges and universities, 2008

• Part 1-Ethnicity question

• Hispanic or Latino

• Part 2 -Race question

• White

• Black or African American

• Asian

• American Indian or Alaska Native

• Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

DOE RACE & ETHNICITY

• Example 4: A respondent self-identifies as non-Hispanic/Latino and as

American Indian or Alaska Native and White.

• This respondent is reported in the two or more races category.

• Federal Register /Vol. 72, No. 202 / Friday, October 19, 2007 /Notices 59267

• https://title2.ed.gov/public/TA/Guidance.pdf

HUMBOLDT STATE

HSU STATS

HSU ITEPPIndian Tribal & Educational Personnel

Program (ITEPP)

Native American Center for Academic

Excellence

History - Indian Teacher Education

Project 1969

18 original students

Expansion - Native Living Suite

Important lessons learned

Native American Center (ITEPP)

ITEPP

ITEPP RETENTION RATES

HSU INRSEP

Indian Natural Resources, Science and Engineering Program (INRSEP)

Provides academic and research support to underrepresented, low income, and historically

disadvantaged students in STEM disciplines

Specific focus on American Indian and Indigenous students

Founded in 1972

• professional resource management positions

Program | INRSEP

KLAMATH CONNECTION

Graduate NA students in Natural

Resource Sciences

• High school outreach

• Summer Immersion

• Field trips, speakers, meeting scientists,

mentors

• Freshman year experience

• Freshman Year Seminar (FYS)

• Auto enrollment

BLR BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY PROGRAM

• Sponsor breakfast, lunch, and after-school meals programs

• Only meals for kids in poverty

• Direct donations

• Scholarships $800/student for the last 10 years

• Save sports, art, music

• STEM initiatives

• Purchase in-classroom technology

• Fund required curriculum upgrades

• Over $1M to date

• Spend dollars on early childhood education for greatest ROI

BLR HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM

• Clyde Patnaud High School Graduation Incentive Scholarship

• $500/student for graduating / $80,000 to date

• Support HS design lab

• Summer internships

• Tribal summer jobs program

HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY

• President’s Native American Advisory Council

• HSU is lead for increasing NA enrollment across 23-campus CSU system

• Northern CA Tribal Chairmen’s Association

• BLR relationship with HSU SERC (Schatz Energy Research Center)

• Scholarships

• BLR Tribal Members

• HSU Fellowship for Clean Energy Studies, $30K/year

• HSU

• ITEPP, INRSEP, Klamath Connection

HSU SERC

Schatz Energy Research Center (SERC)

History - Louis Schatz, Peter Lehman,

Charles Chamberlin, founded 1989

Clean energy technologies: hydrogen,

solar, storage, gasification, wind

energy, fuel cells and others

BLR - SERC

• Student study, Capstone projects

• Biodiesel, gasification, microgrids

• Clean Energy Fellowship

OTHER BLR STEM INITIATIVES

Toma Resilience Center

- Training, education

- Low-carbon technologies/industry development

- STEM programming

- Pathmakers (maker space model)

- Environmental literacy

- Summer classes

- Host STEM teachers and students to ‘learn in place’ using BLR energy facilities (e.g.,

microgrids, biodiesel manufacturing, solar, battery storage, residential solar and

energy efficiency measures)

THANK YOU.Jason Ramos

Council Member, Energy & Education Liaison, Tribal

Gaming Commission & Regulatory Chairman

Blue Lake Rancheria, California

jramos@tgc.bluelakerancheria-nsn.gov