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EDUCATION – OVER 100 YEARS AND COUNTING

EDUCATION – OVER 100 YEARS AND COUNTING. Part of our Legacy - The Past Henry Ford The Old Days Evolution Today and Moving Forward – The Future How and Why Do We Continue to Invest Today. WHY INVEST IN EDUCATION?.

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EDUCATION – OVER 100 YEARS AND COUNTING

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  1. EDUCATION – OVER 100 YEARS AND COUNTING • Part of our Legacy - The Past • Henry Ford • The Old Days • Evolution • Today and Moving Forward – The Future • How and Why Do We Continue to Invest Today

  2. WHY INVEST IN EDUCATION? • In today's global economy, a highly skilled and innovative workforce is critical to our country's – and our company's -- survival. • Like many companies, Ford and its suppliers are having increasing difficulty in finding and keeping a motivated workforce with skills in science, technology, engineering, design and finance. • A combination of factors – including Baby-Boomer retirements and a drop in student pursuit of technical fields of study -- has dramatically accelerated the shrinking of the talent pool, particularly in North America. • Businesses are increasingly finding that young people coming out of school do not have the skill set necessary to innovate and problem solve in a global, knowledge-driven economy.

  3. The Ford PAS Curriculum Challenging Academic Content Rigorous Content National Standards Interdisciplinary

  4. The Ford PAS Curriculum Teaching Pillars:21st Century Pedagogy Inquiry-based Project-based Real-world (authentic) Performance-based Technology integration

  5. The Ford PAS Curriculum Learning Pillars: 21st Century Skills Critical thinking Problem-solving Teamwork Communication Creativity and Innovation Global Awareness

  6. THEMATIC COURSE DEVELOPMENT • Foundations in 21st Century Skills • Getting Smart About Business – Business, Finance and Marketing • Manufacturing for Tomorrow –Business and Manufacturing • Data, Decisions and Design – Technology and Engineering • Living in a Global Economy – International Business and Economics • Putting Math to Work – Business and Math • Working Toward Sustainability - Science

  7. Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies (Ford PAS) Unique Position to be Leveraged • National Network - 27 states, 600 sites, 60,000 students in 2009 • Program managers • On-going professional development for teachers on inquiry- and project-based teaching and learning • Collaboration with community partners (employers and workforce/economics development intermediaries)

  8. BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES • Mentor communities around best practices for sustaining and scaling success community career academy networks. • Raise awareness • Develop master plan for talent pipeline • Create understanding of business/education challenges/concerns/opportunities • Facilitate community-to-community mentoring relationships • Convene community/regional Ford Next Generation Learning Institutes

  9. Working Toward Sustainability

  10. Working Toward Sustainability

  11. Working Toward Sustainability • Introduces students to the scientific concept of energy and how stored energy is released in order to fuel human activity. • Engages students in thinking critically about current global energy needs and the viability of alternatives to fossil fuels. • Learn about the importance of current research into stable and practices sources of energy. • Discover alternatives that are cost-effective, renewable and environmentally safe. • Addresses major concepts in science, such as energy transformation and photosynthesis, that students often find challenging. • Supports science learning through literacy skills, including how to read scientific documents, interpret data, keep a science notebook, and write lab reports.

  12. How Can We Collaborate • Development of new curriculum modules specific to industry needs (electrification, smart grids, infrastructure development) – co-branded materials • Sponsor a regional Ford PAS professional development for teachers/educators on how to use Ford PAS • Sponsor a community Ford PAS NGL Institute with community stakeholders • Sponsor a district or school’s Ford PAS program • Support a district or school’s use of the Working Toward Sustainability modules • Sponsor student scholarships, contests and awards for teachers • Publicly endorse and recommend Ford PAS curriculum

  13. FOR MORE INFORMATION Cheryl Carrier, Program Director 21st Century Education Programs Ford Motor Company Fund ccarrier@ford.com www.FordPAS.org www.FordNGLC.org

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