2. 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

3. 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

4. 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 example 15 mins. of math warm-ups 20 mins. of lecture for the topic of the day 15 mins. of explaining safety The 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

5. 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

6. 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/e nergymodel.pdf http://www.cewd.org/documents/e nergymodel.pdf

7. PPowering 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. and promote it on: maintain presence on: create promo video with: partner with: Promotion

11. 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

12. Thank you. Group members: Phuong Ngoc Lan Thi Le Justin Laguardia Shelton Tapley Nati Tessema To view more of our research, please visit our website at http://crcsccteam.yolasite.com/