1. Umpqua Valley STEAM Hub
Vision, Initiatives and Impact on Community Vitality

2. Vision
By the year 2020, the Umpqua Valley Regional STEAM Hub (UVRSH) will be the major catalyst of community collaboration for future workforce development with collective impact around STEAM learning in the region.

3. Initiatives of the Umpqua Valley STEAM Hub
SUPPORTING PARTNERS to Enhance STEAM Education
Southern Oregon Area Robotics
Alder Creek Community Forest
Expanding Horizons CTE Camps
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Umpqua Valley
Area Health Education Center
Spring STEAM Exhibition
Winston Area Teen Center
Eastwood Nature Trail
Local Schools
Umpqua Community College
And many more……..
STEM Beyond School
South County YMCA
Reedsport Great Afternoons
LENDING RESOURCE LIBRARY – Web based check-out system of STEAM “tools” for education
CONNECTING COMMUNITY TO YOUTH
Oregon Connections
Mentoring
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
In-School and Out-of School Educators
Next Generation Science (STEAM) Standards with an emphasis on the
PRACTICES of STEAM learning
Project-Based Learning

4. Skills Developed through STEAM Education
Reasoning
Problem Solving
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Recognizing cause and effect relationships
Defending claims and opinions using facts.
Mathematical skills
Attention to detail
A variety of technical skills
Teamwork
Initiative
Responsibility
Communication (verbal, writing and visual)
Creative, artful innovation and design
Leadership
Organization

5. STEM Employment 2014-2024 Douglas County Introduce self
Workforce demand – where are the jobs, where do we see demand in the future

6. Defining a STEM Occupation: Brookings Institute identified STEM occupations using O*Net Knowledge Scores
Uses the Department of Labor’s O*NET (Occupational Information Network Data Collection Program)
Detailed surveys of workers in every occupation to document their job characteristics and knowledge requirements.
Brookings uses the O*Net Knowledge information to classify occupations based on what workers need to know to perform their jobs.

7. Knowledge Categories
O*NET reports a knowledge score for each occupation across 33 domains.
Six domains were chosen as representing basic STEM knowledge:
three for science (biology, chemistry, and physics),
one for technology (computers and electronics),
one for engineering (engineering and technology), and
one for mathematics
“What level of knowledge of ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY is needed to perform your current job?”

8. Employment estimates and projections
Based on employer tax records and employer surveys
Updated every two years
2014 employment and projections for 2024 released in June 2016
About 700 occupational titles in our data
286 occupations identified as STEM in new projections data
246 with published employment data in Oregon
40 with suppressed data in Oregon

9. Ratio of STEM jobs in Douglas County projected to increase slightly

10. Ratio of STEM jobs in Oregon projected to increase slightly

11. Where do STEM jobs fall? (Douglas County)

12. Nearly one in five jobs is a STEM job…

13. …and the same story holds for job openings

14. …and the same story holds for job openings

15. Growth projected in all STEM areas (Douglas County)

16. Top demand occupations are varied (Douglas County)

17. Need to replace workers outweighs growth openings in most categories

19. Questions? Brenda Turner, Occupational Economist
Workforce and Economic Research
Oregon Employment Department
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OregonEmployment.Blogspot.com

20. Umpqua Valley STEAM Hub
Grace Goodson
Gwen Soderberg-Chase
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