1. EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING
WELCOME
EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING
Hank Okraski, Chairman
16 January 2013

3. Committee Actions and Events
Continued to work with NDIA for: 1) pursuit of hardware/software donations to Daytona State College, 2) mentor program with Legacy Middle School and 3) M&S Teacher Seminar planned for Fall 2013.
Attended CMSP Meeting at I/ITSEC with Adm Robb, NTSA. NCS to advertise CMSP on website. Briefed NCS Education initiative for Certification.
“Virtual Internship Project” proposal of interest to DoDEA. Met with ONR POC who encouraged resubmission with DoDEA support. Will submit White Paper to enlist support from DoD Schools.

4. Committee Actions and Events (Continued)
Participated in STEM Pavilion activities at I/ITSEC.
Presented new M&S Curriculum. High interest expressed by educators and others. M&S Curriculum on NCS website.
M&S framework being worked by OCPS and SCPS. To be submitted to Florida DoEd.
Blue Ribbon Panel ( Dave Manning, Angela Salva, Lee Lacy) working Certification Program. Met with Workforce Central Florida to garner support.
Continued to work with UCF, Orlando Science Center on NSF Proposal submitted by UCF. Dr. Anya Andrews PI, Dr. Richard Hartshorne Co-PI. Michelee Puppets and NCS sub-contractors.

5. Committee Actions and Events (Continued)
Recruited, with NDIA, volunteers for Mentors at Legacy Middle School’s STEM Program.
NCS/NDIA donated $300 each to support program.
Participated in Teach-in for Orange County 14 November 2012.
Attended Crooms AOIT Business Advisory Council Meeting
Submitted Committee budget requirements for CY 2013.
Developing Plans for M&S Teacher Seminar in Fall. Lockheed-Martin to provide facilities.
NCS and NDIA to share other costs.

7. HIGH SCHOOL M&S CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK Colleen Brown, Seminole County
Public Schools
Carol Tingley, Orange County

8. M&S CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
WELCOME
M&S CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Dave Manning, Angela Salva, Dr. Lee Lacy & Hank Okraski

9. Modeling & Simulation Industry
Florida’s Modeling & Simulation Academic/Workforce Pipeline
Modeling &
Simulation
Curriculum
Robotics &
Simulation
Curriculum
Simulation
Systems
Programs
STEM
Programs
Master’s
Doctorate
Degrees
Middle
Schools
High
Schools
State
Colleges
State
Universities
NCS Certified
Apprentices
Technicians &
Technologists
Engineers & Scientists
Modeling & Simulation Industry
Certified Modeling & Simulation Professional
Defense Health Care Entertainment Transportation Homeland Security Education Aerospace

10. M&S Certification for High School Graduates
Home Study,
Experience
or Short
Course
M&S
High School
Curriculum
Certification
Program
Managed by
NCS
Certification
Details on
NCS
Website
Students
Workforce
Florida
CAPE
Review
M&S Certification
Examination
FLDoEd
Review
Apprentices
High School/
Student
Recognition/Funds
Simulation Industry AS BS MS
PhD

11. M&S Certification Testing
Follow Certified Modeling and Simulation (CMSP ) model*
Solicit questions from NCS member organizations
Validate questions and answers
Load into a test bank database
Automate test taking or generate random tests as reports from the database
*Documented in CMSP Program Plan Appendix C

12. COMMON CORE
STATE STANDARDS
(CCSS)
Dr. “Cap” Jadonath,
OCPS

13. NASA K-12 EDUCATOR
RESOURCES
Shun Fujimura,
NASA Kennedy Space Center

14. TEAM ORLANDO
STEM
OVERVIEW
Benn Aaronson,
Team Orlando
STEM Advocate

15. NCS/UCF Proposals
Dr. Anya Andrews,
UCF/IST

16. Legacy Middle School Mentorship
Elizabeth Burch, NDIA
Carol Tingley , OCPS
Dr. Lyn Smith,
Legacy Middle School
Hank Okraski, NCS

19. UCF TEACHER
STEM EDUCATION PLANS
UCF STEM
Dr. Richard Hartshorne,
UCF College of Education

20. NEW BUSINESS
Teacher M&S Seminar
September 2013