Hosting a Regional, State or City

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• Hosting a Regional, State or City
• Competitiveness Meeting
• Convocation on Rising Above the Gathering Storm
• Energizing Employing Regions, States Cities
• by Eric Mittelstadt, NACFAM CEO
• September 28, 2006

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STEM Economic Competitiveness

• Concerns of Greater Philadelphia manufacturers
  about
• Especially the need to increase the number
  quality of students workers entering the
  workforce with much-needed knowledge skills in
  Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
  (STEM)
• Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center
  (DVIRC)
• Forum emerged organically out of work being done
  in the region
• DVIRCs 5-year old AET project
• NSF-funded Math Science Partnership, et al
• Regional Competitiveness, specifically advanced
  manufacturing technology companies,
• Forum really took existing work in the region to
  the next level
• DVIRC was also funded as a DOL High Growth Jobs
  Training Grantee
• Result Regional STEM Talent Development Forum
• Held in Philadelphia on June 26 - 27, 2006
• Led by DVIRC, funded by DoL the Commonwealth of
  Pennsylvania
• Planned co-hosted by NACFAM

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3 Major Goals of the Forum

• Dialogue for Action about what can be done now by
  regional business-education collaboratives to
  ensure the nations education systems provide a
  continuous supply of highly-trained Scientists,
  Technicians, Engineers, Mathematicians to
  enable the U.S. to maintain its global economic
  leadership
• Identify which successful local, regional, state
  national program models can be used by Greater
  Philadelphia regional collaboratives to attract
  K-12 students to STEM-related careers to
  strengthen K-20 STEM education programs
• Articulate actions that can be taken by Greater
  Philadelphia local, regional state levels to
  develop focused support for STEM education in
  K-20 systems so businesses have the talent they
  need to compete more effectively in the global
  marketplace.

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Forum Outline

• Pre-work
• Briefing Book of recent research reports sent
  in advance
• Evening reception where the Regional Congressman
• Emphasized importance of STEM education
  regions need to take ownership of this issue
  through actions resulting from the Forum
• Offered to convene elected officials of the
  region for a briefing on the results
• Morning Panel Sessions of experts covering a
  series of questions,
• in a moderated discussion, including questions
  feedback from participants, on the following
  three subjects
• Meeting the Science-Technology-Engineering-Math
  Education Challenge
• Building a World-Class Education and Training
  System to Support Private Sector Innovation
• Assuring the Global Competitiveness of the U.S.
  High Tech Sector

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Forum Outline, cont.

• Afternoon Roundtables in a breakout session
  format, with leaders framing their topics within
  a series of questions distributed in advance of
  the Forum
• The following roundtable sessions were held
• Engineering Deans Roundtable
• Building student interest in STEM-related careers
• Integrating STEM-related programs at the
  secondary and post-secondary levels
• Developing STEM-related Professional Development
  Program for Teachers
• Sector issues/approaches to deal with STEM
  education
• Integrating STEM into Incumbent Worker Education
• STEM and Economic Development

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Forum Outline, cont.

• Final report-outs and suggestions for next-step
  actions closed the Forum
• Participants will be sent a copy of these
  proceedings this week
• Draft provided to participants for feedback
  before finalizing
• The Forum attracted 171 attendees from industry,
  education, government, associations and
  non-profit groups

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Action Agenda (from Forum Post-Forum
feedback)

• Form a Regional Compact for STEM Education
• Set common, quantitative, and aggressive regional
  goals and pursue them
• Take Inventory of What is Happening Regionally
  and Disseminate it
• Develop a Communications Strategy and Plan,
  including partner communications and
  communications to other audiences and
  stakeholders
• Create a plan to radically transform classrooms
  and teaching through technology-based and applied
  learning
• Create a regional plan to support teacher
  development
• Focus energy on getting non-traditional
  populations interested in STEM education and
  careers

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Next Steps

• Briefings requested
• The Honorable Curt Weldon, U.S. House of
  Representatives Smart Delegation
• The Honorable Emily DeRocco, U.S. Department of
  Labor Employment Training Administration
• The Honorable Dennis Yablonsky, Pennsylvania
  Department of Community and Economic Development
• Briefings to be arranged
• National Science Foundation
• Pennsylvania Department of Education
• Pennsylvania Department of Labor Industry
• House Subcommittee on STEM Education
• Senate Subcommittee on STEM Education
• National Governors Association
• Northeast-Midwest Institute

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Next Steps, cont.

• Working Group Key partners in the region have
  agreed to review the Proceedings develop sign
  a Regional Compact for STEM Education to
  accomplish the action agenda
• The National Science Foundation-funded
  Math/Science Partnership of Greater Philadelphia
• The Philadelphia Education Funds Philadelphia
  Math Science Coalition
• Public Broadcasting Station WHYY
• Delaware County Community College, and
• DVIRCs Applied Engineering Technology partners

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Forum Evaluation

• On-site electronic evaluation
• Do you feel important work has been accomplished?
• Excellent 47 About right 53 100
• Do you feel your attendance was worthwhile?
• Yes 100