A STEM Agenda: Connecting STEM and Workforce Education

1. A STEM Agenda: Connecting STEM and Workforce Education League for Innovation |STEMTech Conference Joseph Hauth, Director, Puget Sound Industrial Excellence Center Holly Moore, Executive Dean, Georgetown Campus

2. Georgetown Campus • About the Georgetown Campus • Located in Washington’s largest manufacturing & industrial center • Largest apprentice training center in Washington • Trains 2,000 apprentices annually (750 FTES) from more than 20 different trades – including electricians, aerospace, building trades • Supports more than 4,000 businesses with 70,000 employees

3. Georgetown Campus Mission Creating quality educational opportunities for business, labor and our diverse communities that result in living wage careers through: Apprenticeship Labor and workforce education Entrepreneurial partnerships

4. Apprenticeship and Education Center • Strategic Initiatives • Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee (AJAC) training program development • New proposed BAS degree program in vocational instruction • Creating educational pathways between pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeship and short-term training programs that lead to degrees and certificates • Manufacturing Industrial Council (MIC) skill center initiative

5. Puget Sound Industrial Excellence Center “Where Industry Meets Innovation” • PSIEC Strategic Initiatives • Establishing strong business identity and community presence • Generating new funding sources to support program and capital development • Developing and launching new training programs responsive to industry and community needs

6. Growth is Constant Georgetown Campus PSIEC Labor Education and Research Center Apprenticeship and Education Center Onsite Partnerships

7. Partners • Offices of Senator Maria Cantwell and Senator Patty Murray • Painting, Decorating & Drywall JATC Port of Seattle Puget Sound Regional Council—Prosperity Partnership Seattle-King County Building Trades Council Seattle-King County Workforce Development Council Seattle Jobs Initiative Seidelhuber Iron & Bronze Work, Inc. Seattle City Office of Economic Development Shorebank Enterprise Cascadia SODO Business Association State Representatives Bob Hasegawa, Zack Hudgins, Phyllis Gutierrez-Kenney, and Eric Pettigrew U.S. Department of Labor U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, Washington Apprenticeship and Training Council (WSATC) Washington State Department of Transportation Western Washington Cement Masons and Plasterers Alaska Copper & Brass Company Alliance for Corporate Education Apprenticeship & Nontraditional Employment for Women / Apprenticeship Opportunities Project (ANEW / AOP) Association of Washington Business Boeing Boilermakers Apprenticeship Council for Adult and Experiential Learning City of Seattle Community Capital Development Enterprise Seattle Evergreen Community Development Association Georgetown Community Council Glaziers Architectural Metal & Glass Workers JATC Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce Hobart Machined Products, Inc. Impact Washington Institute for Environmental Research and Education Jobs for the Future King County Work Training Program Manufacturing Industrial Council (MIC) National Wildlife Federation Port Jobs

8. Key Initiatives Underway • Green training programs to promote energy efficiency and productivity – conservation, BAS in building science • Industrial safety and productivity training • Focus on low-income residents, first generation students to attend college and immigrants seeking job training in high demand fields • One-stop business and business acceleration center

9. Connecting STEM & Workforce Education

10. The Problem • Critical Skill Shortages in High Wage, High Skill Job Sectors • “In the new world of work, unemployment is high yet skilled and talented people are in short supply” – TheEconomist, September 10, 2011. • Closing the skill gap – industry has increasingly high skill requirements yet educational institutions throughout the pipeline are eliminating or cutting back vocational programs • Young people biggest victims of crisis and have increasing educational needs • Women increasingly outnumber men in postsecondary education

11. Workforce Needs of a 21st Century Economy • Businesses report that access to a skilled workforce is the most important determinant of long term competitiveness • 67% of all jobs in Washington (2.3 million jobs) will require some postsecondary training beyond high school in 2018 • Challenges • College Readiness and Continuation • Only 17% of 9th graders in Washington complete high school, directly enter college, and complete college on time • College Completion • Roughly half the students who enroll in college programs receive degrees or certificates of completion • Closing the Skills Gap • Employers are demanding more complex and varied skills

12. The Problem • Conceptual mis-alignment of how STEM applies to the world of work and careers • Pathways to Prosperity Report: • Since 1973, jobs that require at least some college have exploded while opportunities for those with just a high school education have shrunk dramatically • 27% of people with post-secondary licenses or certificates without an AA earn more than the average baccalaureate degree recipient • Only about 4 in 10 Americans have obtained either an AA or BA by their mid-twenties • A “College for all” approach as currently defined does not include a strong focus on career-oriented programs leading to jobs. In the words of Bill Symonds, this approach is “doomed to fail”

13. The Problem • The myth of “blue collar” and “white collar” • Changing work environment and need for continually up-skilling • Increased skill requirements in technical trades due to automation, complex materials, environmental, safety and health requirements • Social equity challenges: • Availability of family wage jobs • Education and training career ladders with potential for job growth and wage progression • Return on education and training investment – affordability and the “open door” promise swinging the wrong way • Education versus incarceration • “The Lost Decade”

14. Workforce Needs of a 21st Century Economy Example: Washington State Aerospace Workforce (Sturtevant and Nguyen, 2009) • Washington State Aerospace sector: • 120,000 aerospace positions • 80,000 aerospace durable goods manufacturing (aka planes) • 40,000 aerospace operations, maintenance, repair, other • Companies report that they cannot find individual with the required technical trade skills • Immense demand for good students in engineering technologies graduating from the community college system… • Yet training system is contracting due in part to: • High program costs due to tools, materials and highly skilled instructors • Despite demand, community college system does not currently get enough entrants from Washington’s K-12 system to fill capacity

15. A New STEM Agenda • Strategic Initiatives • Seattle Advanced Manufacturing Skills Center • Manufacturing Industrial Council, Seattle and Highline Public Schools, City of Seattle • Career pathways in high skill, high demand workforce sectors incorporating stackable job-based certificates • City of Seattle Office of Economic Development • Developing and launching new training programs responsive to industry and community needs • Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee, CAEL, Puget Sound Educational Service District, Northwest Eco-Building Guild

16. A New STEM Agenda • Strategic Initiatives • Seattle Advanced Manufacturing Skills Center • Target audience: incumbent and dislocated workers, high school students • Dual-credit for high school students • Postsecondary coaching (focus on adult learners) • Credit for prior learning • Competency-based assessment

17. A New STEM Agenda • Strategic Initiatives • Career pathways in high skill, high demand workforce sectors incorporating stackable job-based certificates • NIMS and MSSC validation • Internships – hands-on with the technology • Tipping point research • Contextualized, work-based learning • Strong career navigation component with community partners

18. College Entry Through Completion Connection to Career Goals Proposed Project – Industrial Career Pathway Improve Conversion Rates Fund Transition Rates Improve the # of Industry Certificates, Jobs Improve Program Progression Completion Improve the # of Industry Certificates, Jobs Improve Employer Feedback

19. A New STEM Agenda • Strategic College Initiatives • Developing and launching new training programs responsive to industry and community needs • Composites technician training program • International trade and logistics certificate program • Authenticating work-based learning focused on STEM outcomes • Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) in building science • Targeted manufacturing and trades training for at-risk youth and dislocated workers • Up-skilling incumbent workers in “deep green” residential construction and remodeling.

20. Apprenticeship Facility Management Cement, Brick, Paint, Carpenter Glazier, HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical Facility Engineer Example: BAS Degree Pathway Math 9th 10th 11th Building Inspector Auditor Contractor Crew Chief Weatherization/Installer Employment Readiness/Job Exploration Math 6th grade 8th grade 10th grade 12th grade

21. Example: Sustainable Field Training Initiative • Professional certification pathway for architects, consultants and incumbent workers to address the shortage of technical training opportunities: • Integrated Design: What is Green Building? (1 Day) • Green Building Literacy and Job Readiness: Use of Computers/Software (1 Week) • Energy Efficiency: Thermography Fundamentals (2 Days) • Surfaces: Hybrid Cement Surfaces – Milestone, Others (2 days) • Renewable Energy: Solar Design for your Climate (1 Week) • LID & Rainwater: Making Pervious Paving Work (3 Days) • Interior Finishes: High-Quality Painting with Low-Toxic Paints • HVAC: Hydronic Heating Technician (1 Week) • Indoor Air Quality: Air cycling, Dry out, & Daily Cleaning (1 Day)

22. Critical Factors • Strong commitment from President and District leadership to champion the STEM agenda • Strong responsive partnerships with business and labor communities to incorporate STEM into training curriculum • Active ongoing engagement and partnership development with industry, state and locally elected officials, economic development agencies, community-based organizations to sustain STEM training initiatives • Active dialogue with accrediting bodies and state educational agencies to incorporate employment in performance measures

23. Ongoing Steps • Real ($) resource investment and clear commitment from industry and community partners • Constant and ongoing re-assessment of the workplace and workforce needs and skill gaps • A realistic assessment of science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the world of work • Scaling STEM into a broader conceptual framework grounded in meaningful career pathways, not 4-year degree program endpoints

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25. Resources “The quest for jobs”, The Economist, September 10, 2011 Dan Sturtevant and Lindsay Nguyen, Emtect Solutions, LLC, June 2009 Pathways to Prosperity Project Harvard Graduate School of Education, February 2011