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Better Preparing Students for IT Careers

Better Preparing Students for IT Careers. Joint Partnerships to Support a Technical Career Pipeline in Prince George’s County, MD. STEAM Prince George’s. Background.

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Better Preparing Students for IT Careers

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  1. Better Preparing Students for IT Careers Joint Partnerships to Support a Technical Career Pipeline in Prince George’s County, MD STEAM Prince George’s

  2. Background The focus is on the development of a career pipeline and interceptive strategies to improve student matriculation and eventual career success. The goal of the program is to identify and develop students in the Prince George’s County Public School System (PGCPS) who have demonstrated a sustained aptitude and interest in IT and to cultivate their educational and career growth so that they become future contributors to the economic success and viability of Prince George’s County.

  3. Prince George’s County, MD • Prince George's County is a county located in Maryland, immediately north, east, and south of Washington, D.C. • Area: 498 square miles • Founded: 1696 • County seat: Upper Marlboro, MD • Population: 881,138 • Employees: 6,500 • $3.2 billion operating budget

  4. Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) • 125,136 students • 205 schools • 9,197 teachers • $1.7 billion annual budget

  5. Challenge • Underperforming in STEM on both global and national levels • Global competitiveness is driving demand for more STEM talent • Notable STEM “Gap” in under-represented students According to the Department of Labor: Maryland needs to fill 241,000 STEM jobs by 2018

  6. Opportunity • Increase access and awareness for all students • Stimulate interest and retention through a tailored development plan • Streamline post-secondary and workforce readiness

  7. Strategy • Integrate STEM related success factors and promote an emotionally and intellectually safe environment • Provide innovative opportunities to learn and interact in-school, after-school, and throughout the community • Establish a context-driven system for measurements of effectiveness

  8. Context: A New Success Equation - “A.C.T.” • Architect the Community • Challenge students with problems of today • Transcend through continuous innovation

  9. County Programs Converging Initiatives

  10. CountyStat • Prince George's CountyStat is a program launched by County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III to deliver results through analysis, accountability, and innovation. Focusing on specific topics, CountyStat ensures county government is making measurable progress on the issues that matter most.

  11. Inter-County Broadband Network (ICBN) • The program will also leverage Inter-County Broadband Network (ICBN) fiber to connect students in Prince George’s County with students and resources in remote locations for the purposes of learning opportunities such as after school tutoring and education based activities such as math competitions. • Prince George’s County is one of nine jurisdictions in the ICBN.  Through this grant, Prince George’s County constructed nearly 103 new fiber miles connecting 117 community anchor institutions: •          84 Schools •          23 Public Safety Facilities •          9 Municipalities •          1 Library

  12. Transforming Neighborhoods Initiative (TNI)

  13. SY14-15 Capstone Challenge • The Capstone Challenge was created as a means by which to better align the 13 PGCPS Career Academies to current industry emerging markets, best practices and workplace trends. Students from each of the six TNI regions that participate in a Career Academy will be selected to form a core set of primary business functions that typically exist within an industry environment. Students from each of the 13 Career Academies will be selected and assigned to a team with all of the essential elements required to form a company.

  14. Youth@Work/Summer Youth Enrichment Program (SYEP)

  15. OIT SYEP Challenge 2013 • The 2013 OIT SYEP was designed for 10 students from PGCPS, that were broken into two teams of five. Each of the team members was responsible for one area of focus. They were solely responsible for being the expert in that area of focus for the duration of the project and applying their expertise via technology to solving a local problem. • Problems chosen were increasing high school graduation rates and teaching technology to senior citizens.

  16. OIT SYEP Challenge 2014 • Create a six week program that allows summer youth to work in their area of interest, while partnering with government and industry. Demonstrate that technology should play an important part in the successful execution of every professional field by using scientific method.

  17. Education Innovation Initiative (EI2) • The EI2 program is a PreK-20 Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) academic enrichment program that is grounded in advocacy for early career pathway exposure amongst under-represented students in Prince George’s County. The mission of EI2, to provide unique access to STEAM enrichment experiences to incentivize progression toward successful completion of higher education or preparedness toward entry into STEAM and STEAM related careers.

  18. Classroom Use Cases STEM Cloud

  19. Benefits for Students STEM Innovation Cloud • Learn • On-demand self-paced access to reinforce STEM curriculum • Collaborate • Increase teacher-student interaction and facilitate peer-mediation • Feedback • Incorporate improvement feedback to stimulate innovation

  20. Use Case 1: Collaborative County Classroom • Virtual collaboration & sharing • 1-click access to the STEM Cloud content and users • High definition, in-person experience which includes mobile device access • Connecting STEM via a “window” into anywhere in the County • Converging personal Information Technology (IT) with classroom IT

  21. Use Case 2: Always on Connectivity Remote Office Home Office • Connect the cloud from anywhere…even remote locations • Improved Teacher-Student interaction outside the classroom • On-demand, access for those who missed class or just a key concept • during class

  22. Use Case 3: The Community Classroom • Increased teacher productivity through virtualized participation • Increased student access to the STEM experience…even outside their district • Connected to labs around the County, State, Country, even the World…

  23. Key Points • Standing still equates to falling behind • Every student is capable of STEM success • Enable student success through innovation and community participation

  24. Student Focus The first step in the program was to develop students in PGCPS who have the potential for future success by employing the following ten elements: • Identification of students with a sustained aptitude • Establishment of strategic partnerships with industry • Cultivation of growth through Instructor externships • Internships with IT related businesses and government entities • Removal of environmental impediments • Educational augmentation through remote tutoring programs • Creation of after school programs and extra-curricular activities • Non-standard educational models such as blended learning • Focus on life skills such as interview preparation • Use of mobile technology to facilitate online learning

  25. Sample Eligibility Requirements

  26. Program Successes Steps to Fruition

  27. Interfaces with Industry

  28. IT Early College • Support the IT Early College at Prince George’s Community College (PGCC) to make maximum impact in six key areas: • Development of a plan with dramatic results for students in the County • Creation of verifiable work experience by partnering with OIT and industry • Generation of positive press by demonstrating program successes through CountyStat and other BI/DW means • Ability to compete in the changing Global Economy through the application of remote learning and hands on experience • Active business involvement in the development of internship programs and demonstrating a healthy pipeline of available candidates for company workforces • Assistance with grant writing process

  29. School Investments • Peterson Family $1 million Teach For America donation • LEARN Foundation & Heart of America William Paca Elementary School Computer Lab • Potomac Code Camp – William Paca Elementary School • Cisco donation of seven tele-presence units and related software to support STEM Cloud • Lockheed Martin investment of $2 million of technology at Bowie State University

  30. Current Grant Applications

  31. Partnership Needs • Need for strong Technology & Business Partnerships • There are more than 1,000 high-tech companies employing more than 40,600 highly skilled workers in Maryland. • Prince George’s County is second among Maryland counties in both the numbers of high-tech companies located, and high tech jobs created.

  32. Summary • Prince George’s is a county full of valuable resources, but in order to demonstrate continued viability, we must continue to cultivate our youth and to develop a skilled workforce. • This will require the cooperation of multiple stakeholders and entities to ensure the future success of the career pipeline.

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