1. Alamo Area Academies: Career Pathways & Creative Delivery of Education Cliff Zintgraff President, Innology LLC Co-Founder, Information Technology & Security Academy January 30, 2008

2. Innology: Raising Talent, Technology and Entrepreneurs Talent TechnologyEntrepreneurs

3. Challenge: Engagement While we expand the pool of teachers, “a better understanding of what actions can be taken to excite children about science, mathematics, and technology would be useful in designing future educational programs.” Rising Above the Gathering Storm Page 114

4. Challenge: Critical Thinking Skills “This is a story about … whether an entire generation of kids will fail to make the grade in the global economy because they can't think their way through abstract problems, work in teams, (or) distinguish good information from bad …” New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce Time Magazine December 2006

5. Presentation Overview Alamo Area Academies: Why & How They Started Alamo Area Aerospace Academy Information Technology and Security Academy Manufacturing Technology Academy Outcomes By the Numbers Challenges We Face(d) Mystery Workshop Academies – What’s Next?

6. 1999: Mayor Peak’s Better Jobs Initiative Classic “review and recommendation” committee Result: “Primed the pump” for …

7. 2000: San Antonio’s Aerospace Challenge 1.Vibrant aerospace manufacturing and maintenance cluster 2.Aging workforce 3.No feasible plan

8. Aerospace Industry in San Antonio

9. The Aerospace Academy Entrepreneurs Dr. Richard Butler Trinity University Professor of Economics Dr. Federico Zaragoza Vice-Chancellor Alamo Community Colleges Dr. David Splitek Superintendent Lackland ISD Joe Wilson Lockheed-Martin Kelly Aviation Center

10. What They Could See 1.An 11/12 th grade program 2.Dual credit 3.Taught by college instructors 4.Students still connected to home school 5.Industry-driven curriculum 6.Leading to a job on graduation 7.And an industry certification within 6 mos

11. What They Created 1.Region-wide program 2.Broad partnership 3.Industry-led curriculum 4.Dual credit 5.Near 100% job placement

12. What Students Earn 1.Certificate of Completion 2.27-31* college semester hours (free) 3.80% completion of airframe/powerplant license *At ACCD or St. Mary’s University; fewer hours at other institutions

13. Zachary Trede National SkillsUSA Contest Silver Medal July 11, 2007

14. Partnership City of San Antonio Alamo Community Colleges All San Antonio area school districts and select Private Schools Local aerospace companies Port San Antonio Alamo WorkSource Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce

15. Partner Contributions City of San AntonioFunding Alamo Community Colleges Facilities, administration and instruction School districtsTextbooks and transportation EmployersCurriculum leadership; summer internships Alamo WorkSourceGrant funding support; industry cluster support data

16. 2001: San Antonio’s IT & Security Challenge 1.Second largest concentration of IT security professionals in the U.S. 2.Growing IT and Security industry cluster 3.Inability to fill open positions

17. IT & Security: Differences from Aerospace 1.Longer pipeline 2.Fragmented and diverse industry 3.Internships more challenging 4.Articulations more important 5.In the end, higher wage jobs

18. What We Created

19. ITSA: Economies of Scale 1.Staff 2.Facilities 3.Administration policies 4.Transportation 5.Recruiting efforts

20. ITSA: What Had to Change 1.Industry Committee structure 2.Goal (college, not work) 3.Internships (mix of paid and unpaid) 4.Support structure (to allow for these differences)

21. Student Success

22. Strategic Success? Air Force Cyberspace Command “High school students have studied computer security in a high school-to-career academy, called the Information Technology and Security Academy, since 2002 … … No city has more assets that would be left unused, including a superbly trained work force, if the Air Force does not place its Cyberspace Command in San Antonio.” U.S. Air Force AIM Points, http://aimpoints.hq.af.mil/display.cfm?id=20950, 9/30/2007

23. San Antonio’s Advanced Manufacturing Challenge 1.Robust manufacturing capability and industry association. 2.Serious difficulty filling positions; workforce not being replenished. 3.Perception of manufacturing as “dirty, low wage jobs.”

24. What Was Created Using primarily the Aerospace Academy Model

25. OUTCOMES B Y T HE N UMBERS

26. Numbers -- Overview 368 graduates, 2002-2007 98% continued higher education, or … obtained jobs (vast majority in related industry) … or joined the military Average starting pay $27,730 Salary: $21,320 ($10.25 x 2080 hrs) plus ~ $6,400 in benefits (Prior to earning FAA certification) (Does not include any ITSA graduates, who will just be graduating college)

27. Graduation Placements

28. Ethnicity

29. PAST C HALLENGES

30. Past Challenges 1.Workforce Education Course Manual (WECM) 2.Accuplacer 3.Four hours on campus 4.4 by 4 5.Transportation 6.Long pipelines (ITSA) 7.Perceptions (Manufacturing) 8.End to end alignment of staff, admin, industry, partners 9.Recruiting

31. D ESIGN A P ATHWAY W ORKSHOP

32. Design a Pathway … What career pathways does your region need? Will industry drive the curriculum? Will industry send requisite leadership? Will industry provide internships? Who will administer the program / pathway? Who will teach? Who will fund raise? Is regional funding available? Who are the stakeholders? How will you recruit students?

33. Pathway 1

34. Pathway 2

35. Pathway 3

36. Takeaways 1.The Academy Framework provides benefits in brand recognition and recruiting 2.Framework provides operational benefits (scale) in operations and recruiting 3.Industry drive is essential 4.Industry design must be custom 5.Tactical benefits are clearest with a short pipeline 6.Industry support wavers in a long pipeline -- but strategic benefits can win the day 7.Achieve critical mass – launch intending to reach orbit

37. W HAT’S N EXT?

38. New Academy Locations New Academy Locations: New Braunfels – Manufacturing Technology Academy New Braunfels – IT & Security Academy Dreams for New Academies: Biotechnology Nursing

39. Creative Recruiting Alamo Area Academies will integrate K-10 “engagement programs” as tools to explicitly recruit into the Academies: SpaceTEAMS Texas Institute for Educational Robotics Whyville Robotics

40. Creative Recruiting -- SpaceTEAMS The Texas Institute for Educational Robotics (TIER) will build on SpaceTEAMS to expand the program in San Antonio and throughout Texas.

41. Whyville – Engaging Students © numedeon, inc. 2006

42. Ion Engine Design © numedeon, inc. 2006

43. Whyville Beach © numedeon, inc. 2006

44. © numedeon, inc. 2004 Whyville Biotech

45. Whyville PlaneWorks

46. Whyville Texas Challenge STARTS April 15 Biotechnology and advanced manufacturing competitions Virtual World class vs. class competition Prizes! To get on the mailing list: info@whyville.net

47. Alamo Area Academies: Career Pathways & Creative Delivery of Education Cliff Zintgraff President, Innology LLC Co-Founder, Information Technology & Security Academy January 30, 2008

48. Innology: Raising Talent, Technology and Entrepreneurs Raising Talent by helping to create careers pathways in San Antonio Raising Technology by managing the technology assessment effort for the UT/Portugal CoLab Raising Entrepreneurs in Portugal (adults) and in virtual worlds (middle and high school students)