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Technical Workforce Issues: Working Towards a Solution

Technical Workforce Issues: Working Towards a Solution. Edward Swallow NDIA National Security Science and Technology Workforce Division Chair Northrop Grumman. National Security Science and Technology Workforce Division.

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Technical Workforce Issues: Working Towards a Solution

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  1. Technical Workforce Issues:Working Towards a Solution Edward Swallow NDIA National Security Science and Technology Workforce Division Chair Northrop Grumman

  2. National Security Science and Technology Workforce Division • Provide a forum for effective interaction between government, industry, academia and the public at large for the strengthening of the national security Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workforce, • Overall objectives • Increasing NDIA’s participation in exciting and attracting K-12 students into STEM careers • Maximizing cooperation between federal departments, agencies and industry on STEM workforce development initiatives • Supporting the development of integrated polices around the STEM workforce • Establishing partnerships to collect and disseminate information and coordinate resources to build a robust STEM workforce of the future.

  3. Focus Areas for the NSSTWD • Focus Area / Objective 1:  Gather industry support for activities and initiatives that excite and attract young people (K-12) in pursuing STEM careers in the national security industry. • Focus Area / Objective 2:  Provide industry wide support to government STEM initiatives, such as the Interagency Aerospace Workforce Revitalization Task Force, the DSB Study on Nuclear Deterrence Skills Task Force and the Department of Energy led National Security Community Workforce “Stoplight” project. • Focus Area / Objective 3:  Produce a Defense Industrial Base Workforce Workshop by the end of calendar year 2007 • Focus Area / Objective 4:  Engage and support the US Congress STEM caucus in evaluating and supporting legislation to improve STEM education and workforce development

  4. Workforce Division Board of Directors

  5. Operating Model • Quarterly Division Meetings • New Initiatives Roundtable • Working sessions – Making a Difference • Resource Catalog development • Detailed workshop planning • Monthly Board of Directors Meetings • Division business • Committee reports • Annual Workshop • Taking the next steps • Monitoring progress on established NDIA initiatives • Sharing across NDIA Chapters and Divisions • Standing committees • Publicity • Resource catalog

  6. Elementary School Middle School High School Under- graduate Graduate School Conceptual Framework For STEM Discussions Government and Industry Employment Time Excite Attract Build a Foundation Educate and Assist Recruit STEM Initiatives Train Retain Continually Monitor and Assess STEM Initiatives Focusing on Specific Phases Clarifies Objectives

  7. How do we compare initiatives? • Definitions • # Impacted = Individuals whose behavior is changed such that they decide to pursue a (National Security?) STEM Career • # Influenced = Individuals who consider a behavioral change or take concrete steps to evaluate a (National Security/) STEM career • # Informed = Individuals who receive additional information regarding (National Security?) STEM Careers • Measures of Effectiveness • Impact Rate (# Impacted/#Influenced) = measures how many people commit to a career once they take the first step due to an initiative • Response Rate (#Influenced/#Informed) = measures how many people participate in an initiative once they hear about it • Conversion rate (# Impacted/#Informed) = measures how many people commit to a career as a result of hearing about an initiative Evaluate initiatives based on relative (H, M, L) vs. absolute MoEs

  8. Conclusions • Welcome to the NDIA National Security Science and Technology Workforce Division! • We are planning some exciting activities • This is about action • Help us get people excited and involved

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