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- 1 Strengthening Career Pathways in Manufacturing &
Technology: A Case Study Dr. Mark Martin Centers for Applied
Competitive Technologies (CACT) CA Career Pathways Director (based
at CCSF) mvmartin@ccsf.edu Career Pathways Conference, March
2010
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- 2 Agenda Intro Who am I? What is the goal of a Career Pathways
Director? Why focus on manufacturing? Approaches to getting more
kids interested in manufacturing & technology careers Tools
that you might be able to use No matter what Career Pathway youre
focused on
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- 3 Question for the audience What would you like to learn
today?
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- 4 Intro My background Mechanical engineer Manufacturing &
design of products Always interested in educating others about
manufacturing & engineering, especially kids CACT Career
Pathways Director CACT = Center for Advanced Competitive
Technologies
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- 5 Career Pathways Director SB70 / SB1133 grant Statewide
position Began August 2008 Eight other CTE Hub Directors 1. CACT
(Manufacturing & Engineering) 2. Advanced Transportation 3.
Multimedia 4. Biotech 5. Workplace Learning 6. Centers of
Excellence (labor market research) 7. Health 8. Environmental
Training
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- 6 What is the goal of the CACT CP Director? Getting students
excited about careers in manufacturing (industrial tech) &
technology! Machining Welding Drafting Robotics Technicians
Engineering Etc.
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- 7 My biggest challenge Who wants to guess the biggest challenge
in my job as CP Director for manufacturing / technology? CACT
(Manufacturing & Engineering) Advanced Transportation
Multimedia Biotech Workplace Learning Centers of Excellence (labor
market research) Health Environmental Training
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- 8 Challenge What do you think of when you hear the word
manufacturing in the U.S.? What about manufacturing jobs ?
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- 9 U.S. Manufacturing Employment Economic Policy Institute -
http://www.epi.org/publications/entry/bp171/http://www.epi.org/publications/entry/bp171/
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- 10 Agenda Intro Who am I? What is the goal of a Career Pathways
Director? Why focus on manufacturing? Strategies for getting more
kids interested in manufacturing & technology careers Tools
that you might be able to use No matter what Career Pathway youre
focused on
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- 11 What does the previous graph tell us? Were getting our butts
kicked in manufacturing! Manufacturing is dead in the U.S.!
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- 12 Manufacturing is still very strong NAM Manufacturing
Institute, Facts About Modern Manufacturing, 8 th Edition
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- 13 U.S. Leads in Manufacturing NAM Manufacturing Institute,
Facts About Modern Manufacturing, 8 th Edition
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- 14 U.S. Manufacturing alone is 8 th largest economy in world
NAM Manufacturing Institute, Facts About Modern Manufacturing, 8 th
Edition
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- 15 Manufacturing makes up majority of U.S. exports NAM
Manufacturing Institute, Facts About Modern Manufacturing, 8 th
Edition
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- 16 And California manufacturing leads the way in the U.S.
26,870 manufacturers 1.6 million employed Largest manufacturing
state in the nation 8.7% of the nation's manufacturing employment
7% of its manufacturers Manufacturing News, April 2008
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- 17 CA Manufacturing - Examples
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- 18 Manufacturing strong, but fewer jobs Whats happening? U.S.
manufacturing is innovating and becoming more productive
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- 19 Less of this in the U.S.
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- 20 More of this
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- 21 Manufacturing Jobs Mechatronics Quality Control Technician
Sheet Metal Mfg. Manager ($65k - $90k) H.S. with 5 years of
experience Tig Welder ($22/hour) BioTech Packaging Operator ($17)
0-10 years of experience Machine Operator ($13/hour) H.S. Education
Underwater welding
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- 22 Well-paying jobs
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- 23 But who cares, if there arent any jobs?
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- 24 Jobs in California (projected to 2016) Current JobsANNUAL
New Jobs Engr/Architecture 343,00011,000 Manufacturing Occupations
1,020,00024,000 Installation/Maint/Repair 560,00015,000 Healthcare
Occupations 650,00027,000 Healthcare Support 341,00013,000
Education 1,041,00044,000 Sales 1,800,00078,000 Computer & Math
414,00021,000 Office/Admin 2,800,00086,000 Source: CA EDD -
http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/?PageID=145http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/?PageID=145
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- 25 Manpower, Inc. 10 Hardest Jobs to Fill 1. Engineers 2.
Machinists/Machine Operators (10)* 3. Skilled Trades 4. Technicians
(4) 5. Sales Representatives (1) 6. Accounting & Finance Staff
(8) 7. Mechanics (3) 8. Laborers (9) 9. IT Staff 10. Production
Operators As reported by U.S. employers * Rank in 2007 Top 10
Hardest Jobs to Fill Manpower Survey -
http://manpower.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=45http://manpower.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=45
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- 26 Agenda Intro Who am I? What is the goal of a Career Pathways
Director? Why focus on manufacturing? Strategies for getting more
kids interested in manufacturing & technology careers Tools
that you might be able to use No matter what Career Pathway youre
focused on
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- 27 Developing Strategies To come up with strategies, I started
with interviews, talked to Teachers Principals Community College
Administrators Students How can I get more students interested in
manufacturing / technology careers?
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- 28 Strategy Focus on articulation? Create curriculum for
teachers? Develop local programs for students? Others?
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- 29 Biggest challenge School industrial tech programs are
closing California K-12 ITE Enrollment 1998263,000 (3800 programs)
2008164,000 (2500 programs)
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- 30 Strategies Evangelize to administrators, teachers, &
students There are jobs in manufacturing! Help industrial tech
teachers Create connections between teachers and industry Leverage
others in order to reach out to students
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- 31 What am I doing to help? EVANGELIZING Making people more
aware about manufacturing and careers in manufacturing Making
presentations like this Conferences Educator gatherings Im
exploring having a Manufacturing Conference for school counselors
Making these presentations available to others
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- 32 What am I doing to help? Getting more kids introduced to
manufacturing / technology Supporting teachers Working with teacher
organization(s) Strengthening teacher network (GIS Mapping) Online
resource for information Getting industry involved in the classroom
Volunteer Match Equipment Swap Direct student outreach (iDesign-E,
iDesign- M, career fairs, etc.)
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- 33 Supporting Teachers
http://CaliforniaTechEdResources.org
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- 34 GIS Mapping Demo GIS mapping tool developed internally Free
to all (for educational use) Relatively easy to upload to your
website Easy to upload dataupload
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- 35 Getting Industry Involved Volunteer Match
http://www.svec.org/DiscoverE/teachltr.html
http://www.svec.org/DiscoverE/teachltr.html Website to connect
teachers and industry volunteers Testing out with Silicon Valley
Engineers Council Plan to roll it out to other organizations this
summer
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- 36 Direct Student Outreach iDesign Summer Engineering Program
2-weeks at City College of San Francisco learning about engineering
Hands-on projects, guest speakers, field trips 22 high schoolers
(12 female / 10 male)
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- 37 iDesign SCHEDULE
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- 38 iDesign GENERAL FOUNDRY
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- 39 Looking to Franchise iDesign 20-page document Free to all
Information on: Information Costs (including spreadsheet) Timeline
Logistics (the good, bad, and the ugly) Fundraising tips How to
recruit & recruiting materials Curriculum (including list of
components to buy) Etc.
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- 40 iDesign-Manufacturing for 2010? Similar in structure to
iDesign-E Partnering with Laney College (Oakland) Focus on
industrial arts Machining / Welding introduction Tours of local
manufacturers Foundry Machining center Port of Oakland Etc.
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- 41 Agenda Intro Why focus on manufacturing? Approaches to
getting more kids interested in manufacturing & technology
careers Tools that you might be able to use GIS Mapping Volunteer
Match iDesign Franchise (Summer Engineering Program)
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- 42 My goal Get more kids interested in manufacturing,
engineering, and technology careers
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- 43 THANKS! And spread the word QUESTIONS?
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- 44 Manufacturing in Action
http://manufacturing.stanford.edu