volunteering & outreach breakout: “how your group can get involved and how we can all work...
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Volunteering &OutreachBreakout:
“How Your Group Can Get Involved and How We Can All Work Together”
January 15, 2011Portland, ME
Today’s Session•How you can participate•How We Can All Work Together•Breakout Discussion
How You Can Participate
• High school– Career Fair Kit– High school Handouts– Future Web services– West Point Bridge
• Middle School– Career Fair Kit– Middle school handouts– ASCEville and poster– West Point Bridge– Building Big– Design Squad– Cyberchase
• Elementary School– Elementary school handouts– ASCEville and Poster– Building Big– Fetch with Ruff Ruffman– Zoom into Engineering– Curious George – Let’s Build!
• Other– EYL Brochure, postcard and
poster– Discover Magazines (JETS)– PowerPoint slides– ASCEville stickers
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Visit ASCEville!
ASCE’s PUBLIC
K-12 Outreach Website
ASCE’s Handouts
High School
High School Student Transition Strategy(Embracing a cradle to grave philosophy of building and retaining the best talent out there.)
•Provide high school students with a pre-professional experience to support their interest in engineering
•Connect high school students with ASCE student chapter members to build bridges between high school students and future civil engineers.
Teamwork!
ASCE sponsored website for young women
www.engineeryourlife.org
PreK-1: Curious George Let’s Build!Outreach Program
Grades 1-5
Activity Guide
CD
Show on hiaitus
Grades 3-5
Activity Guide
Challenge Pack
Reality Show
After-School Clubs
Grades 6-8
Activity Guide
DVD and Book
Grades 6-8Easily reworked for High SchoolReality-based engineering showActivity Guide for events or clubs
Read a Storybook
• Speaking to classes of kids or big assemblies
• Career Fairs
• After-school programs• Field Trips
Job Shadow
Teacher Externships
High School Interns
• FUTURE CITY• Other Local Contests
• Trainings for Engineers• Teacher In-service Trainings• Guidance Counselor
Symposia
STEM ( Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics ) Education Advocacy(Ensuring that America’s students are prepared for the Grand Challenges of the 21st century.)
•Inform members about engineering education policy•Support members interest in affecting change
Assisting Colleges and Young Engineers
• Judge a Concrete Canoe or Steel Bridge Competition
• Organize a Scholarship Program• Run a PE Refresher Course or any other
Training Class• Set up a mentoring program or a lecture series
specifically for students or young members.
Food for Thought• TV Show, Book or Newsletter to the Public
Showing Great Things Civil Engineers Do• Large-Scale Events with Competitions and
Hands-On Activities• Coordinate an Alliance of Numerous Non-Profits
and Professional Societies• Join several sections or YMG’s together to do a
larger project
• In Class Activities• Speaking to classes of kids or big
assemblies• After-school programs• Career fairs• Contests• Field Trips• Job Shadowing• Setting up a big event of your own
A Summary: Activities with Students
A Summary: General educational help
• Inform Guidance Counselors about Civil Engineering• Help Teachers Develop Lesson Plans• Create Publications and Presentations• Gather Various Outreach Organizations • Help Engineers Get Started in Outreach• Get Engineering included in your state core
curriculum• Get involved with a Science Museum
How We Can Work Together
In 2009, our members said this…• ASCE Annual Membership Study
• Pre-college outreach is ranked 4 out of 22 program areas that members would support financially if they were administrators of the annual budget
• 91 percent describe pre-college outreach programs as “very valuable”
• 42 percent are aware of pre-college outreach resources• 8 percent have used them in the past two years
• ASCE Key Contacts Issues Survey• Math and science education (pre-college) is ranked 4 out
of 34 federal legislative areas Key Contacts had an interest in pursuing
What do we tell them?• Being an engineering /civil engineering is both
enjoyable and makes you feel proud• Relevant information to feed their growing
interest• The pathway to becoming an engineer• Gradual orientation to specific programs and
services of ASCE that benefit students
How do we relay this info?
• Trained & engaged engineer volunteers/mentors
• Directly to students• Through adults who influence kid’s choices• In cooperation with other engineering
outreach initiatives
Never before …
2010 2013 2015
5th Grader 8th Grader 11th Grader
ASCE’s Ongoing Efforts• Committee on Pre-College Outreach
– Develops Materials and Website For Kids– Coordinates Hands-On Events for Kids– Builds Bridges to Other Outreach Organizations
• Committee on Volunteer Community Service– Network of Active Volunteers– Rewards Outstanding Efforts and Members
Committee on Volunteer Community Service
(All forms of Community Volunteerism)
• Network of Active Volunteers
• Rewards Outstanding Efforts and Members
• Tip Sheets• Volunteer News
• ASCE Awards given yearly include Public Service Awards to Groups or Sections and Citizen Awards to Individuals.
• Dozens of Other ASCE related Awards can involve community service (Diversity Champion, “Young Faces”, Edmund Freeman, etc.)
The New Sliced Bread: Discover “e”www.mydiscover-e.org
Post Your Events!
Jane HowellDirector of CommunicationsCPO Staff Director703-295-6403 [email protected]
Leslie PayneManager, Pre-College OutreachCPO Staff Liaison703-295-6364 [email protected]
Committee on Pre-College Outreach
Contacts:Sybil Hatch, P.E. M. ASCECPO [email protected]
Ken Maschke, P.E., M. ASCECPO [email protected]
Reed Brockman, PEPast Chair, CVCS & CPOOutreach Coordinator, Boston
Society of Civil EngineersReed.brockman@aecom.comwww.engineeryourfuture.org617-240-7979
Committee on Volunteer Community Service
Contacts:Becky WaldrupStaff Liaison, Volunteer
Community Service703-295-6281 [email protected]
THE BENEFITS•Professional recognition.•The students will inspire you.•You will become a better leader.•You are making the future.
DISCUSSION•What Does Your Group Do?•Any Stumbling Blocks?•Anything You Want To Do?•What Help Would You Like To See?
GET INVOLVED!Thank You!!