2012 carocp fall conference presentation: creating and expanding vibrant stem pathways

7/30/2019 2012 CAROCP Fall Conference Presentation: Creating and Expanding Vibrant STEM Pathways

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Joel Beckmann AV NDEP Coordinator

Diane Walker AVUHSD/AVROP

CAROCP/CALCP Fall Conference 11/15/12


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Agriculture & Natural Resources

Arts, Media & Entertainment*

Building Trades & Construction*

Education, Child Development & FamilyServices

Energy & Utilities*

Engineering & Design*

Fashion & Interior Design*

Finance & Business*


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Health Science & Medical Technology*

Hospitality, Tourism, & Recreation

Information Technology*

Manufacturing & ProductDevelopment*

Marketing, Sales, & Service*

Public Services*

Transportation*


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AVUHSD Medical

Dental

Pre-engineering (PLTW/GTT)and CAD

Construction

Automotive

Fire Tech

Forensic Science

Arts, Media &Entertainment

Agriculture and Natural

Resources (including Vet)


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Grow your own initiative for

the Aerospace Valley begun in2003

AFRL began EPAs with local

school districts & colleges

MSET partnerships business,industry & government with K-

14 education expanded to K-

16

Collaboration with others

Pasadena EducationFoundation, TIES, etc.


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AVC and AVUHSD/AVROP

renewed an articulation

Memorandum of

Understanding in 2006

Approximately 40

AVUHSD/AVROP courses are

articulated with approximately

45 AVC courses through the

credit-by-exam mechanism Nearly 3,000 high school/adult

ROP students are eligible to

receive articulation credit

annually

CATEMA System adoption

beginning 2012-2013


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AVUHSD - Project Lead the Way curriculum begun at Lancaster HS2003, Highland HS 2004, Knight HS

2006, Quartz Hill HS 2009; AntelopeValley HS (GE) and Palmdale HS(FAST) 2012; SOAR HS STEM focus;Tehachapi HS; Sierra Sands USD

AutoCAD, Engineering, andEngineering Technology (includingcomposites fabrication) sequences at

AVC; partner with industry Lancaster University Center begun in

2004 - CSULB-AV degree completionprograms in Mechanical andElectrical Engineering http://www.ccpe.csulb.edu/splash/e

ngineering/ Photos from www.freedigitalphotos.net F-22 by Tom Beach, Spaceplane by VictorHabbick
http://www.ccpe.csulb.edu/splash/engineering/http://www.ccpe.csulb.edu/splash/engineering/http://www.ccpe.csulb.edu/splash/engineering/http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/http://www.ccpe.csulb.edu/splash/engineering/http://www.ccpe.csulb.edu/splash/engineering/


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Summer Gateway Academysessions; govt/industry sponsors

Extension of pathway down tomiddle school level (Gateway toTechnology) Sierra Sands USD,Lancaster SD, Palmdale SD/TPAA,Westside USD, SOAR PrepAcademy, Jacobsen MS Tehachapi, Tropico MS - Mojave;private school efforts

AVC STEM Grants AFRL/AFTC Natl Defense Education

Program STEM insertion initiatives

STEM events/activities for students(robotics, rocketry, ScienceOlympiad, Super Science Saturday,

MEEC, etc.) Industry participation through

STEMPosia, tours, professionalassociations, etc.


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AV STEM 2012


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Students

Transferring usingArticulationAgreements

SB1440


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Anticipation ofcompetitive

secondary/post-secondaryconsortia for portion offunding under new re-authorization (CTE

Blueprint US Dept. of ED)

Perkins


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SB70 grant, CTE Transitionsgrant, Perkins secondary andpost-secondary funding braidedalong with private donationsand grants to leverage resourcesfor programs

Relations among K-16 programsare strong and collaborative

Commitment to the success ofstudents in CTE is constant

Commitment to CTE amongpartners is enthusiastic

AVC has worked with studentsto develop My Career Pathwebsite. Take a brief look

Digital World graphic from www.freedigitalphotos.net
http://myavcareer.com/about/http://myavcareer.com/about/http://myavcareer.com/about/http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/http://myavcareer.com/about/


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Designed by students

Reviewed by counselors and teachers

Highlighting CTE

Will be available shortly

Both high school and middle school websites

will be available in Spanish


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AVC developing anisland in Second Life

(http://secondlife.com)as a CTE Adventurefor exploration of thepathways

Used by counselors

Used by teachers withsmall groups

Linked to STEM

Using articulation

throughout the path
http://secondlife.com/http://secondlife.com/http://secondlife.com/


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One area of emphasis in the SB70regional collaborative grant

2010-2011 academic year,

Psomas FMG worked withAVUHSD/AVROP as part of itssolar panel installation project atthe sites - Psomas AVUHSD CaseStudy

Five-day solar curriculum project

with Palmdale High SchoolBuilding Construction Technologyand Algebra I courses

Psomas extending curriculum toinclude more expository writing,activities see handout forinformation
http://www.psomasfmg.com/casestudy.htmlhttp://www.psomasfmg.com/casestudy.htmlhttp://www.psomasfmg.com/casestudy.htmlhttp://www.psomasfmg.com/casestudy.htmlhttp://www.psomasfmg.com/casestudy.htmlhttp://www.psomasfmg.com/casestudy.htmlhttp://www.psomasfmg.com/casestudy.html


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Facilitated connection between theory and

application in high school courses significanttest gains, particularly in the Algebra course

Psomas PHS Solar Collection Project Site

Solar Energy Curriculum Pilot Project Video
http://projects.psomasfmg.com/avuhsd/palmdale-high-schoolhttp://projects.psomasfmg.com/avuhsd/palmdale-high-school


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FAST Academyprojects: Little Green Planet Skills

USA national gold and bronze

Sustainable House

Connection to

regional communitycollege pathway

Industry connections

Green symposia Engineer Checking Solar Panel picture from www.freedigitalphotos.net by

worradmu
http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/


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Solar

Solar farms

Residential

Sales

Maintenance

EngineeringCivil

Aerospace

Mechanical

Electrical

Electronic

Computer Drafting

Drafting

Engineering

Technician

Nursing

R N

LVN

Respiratory Tech

EMT


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Partnerships withindustry and

government

Northrop,Lockheed,

Boeing

SCALEDComposites,

The SpaceshipCompany

Solar One

NASA, AFRL,EAFB

City ofLancaster

NDEP, MSET,CPC


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Future


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Increasing industry need forqualified workforce in STEM areas greying workforce

US focus on increasing STEMgraduates and jobs to kick-start theeconomy

Creating and expanding pathwaysto meet regional workforcedemandswith home-grown STEM

workforce Approximately 7,000 AV region

students involved in STEM coursesand activities expected toincrease to nearly 13,000 withinthe next two years


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Joel Beckmann [email protected]

Diane Walker [email protected] http://avstemcenter.blogspot.com

www.avdistrict.org

www.avrop.avhsd.org

www.avc.edu/stem

http://www.ccpe.csulb.edu/splash/engineering/
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://avstemcenter.blogspot.com/http://www.avc.edu/stemhttp://www.avc.edu/stemhttp://www.avc.edu/stemhttp://www.ccpe.csulb.edu/splash/engineering/http://www.ccpe.csulb.edu/splash/engineering/http://www.avc.edu/stemhttp://www.avc.edu/stemhttp://www.avc.edu/stemhttp://avstemcenter.blogspot.com/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]

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